It is not out of the realm of possibility to think Jankowski will be a top 2 line centre in the next 2 years. Do the Flames want to risk having a 33-35 year old Backlind in their team in 4 years making $6M?
Backlund has all the power now and is the clear cut second best UFA centre this summer. I really hate the idea of top players going this far into the season unsigned. Losing assets like this for nothing close windows faster, especially when this team lacks picks to make improvements elsewhere
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