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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
The Flames could trade Brodie in the offseason for more than they'll get for Backlund at the deadline.
If you trade Backlund, you're blowing a gigantic hole in the core of your team, and you're signalling that you've given up. You can't expect to go on a run without him, he starts 60% of his shifts in the defensive zone. I don't care if he's not great at faceoffs - he and Tkachuk have turned Troy Brouwer into 0.5 PPG player since he replaced Frolik (Or at least in the last 8 games, I don't recall how long Frolik's been out for).
This is what removing Backlund does:
Gaudreau-Monahan-Ferland
Tkachuk-Jankowski-Frolik
Mangiapane-Bennett-Hathaway
Hrivik-Stajan-Brouwer
Lazar
Backlund's not a critical piece? You want to go into the playoffs with a #2 centre with 15 career points and Sam Bennett as your #3?
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You're pruposefully omitting whatever roster player comes in via trade when Backlund is moved.
I get it, there's going to be some very staunch blind defense of keeping Backlund. Hudlers trade deadline created the same environment.
Backlund may re-sign, he may not. But I think we can all agree that letting Backlund walk for nothing if that's the way things turn, is the worst possible outcome the team can endure.
You and Ashax not arguing with a bunch of WhereRUChrisOsullivans, majority of us here know what Backlund is. Not one person is saying he sucks. And when the business side of hockey comes into play, it doesn't matter how much a player is loved by fans, they're going to do what's best for the team.