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transplant99 · 01-25-2018, 01:18 PM

Backlunds CAREER average is 41 pts a year.

Now, the last 3 have been above that by a little to a lot.

50 point players in this league vary wildly on the pay scale, but with what he adds defensively, he should be on the upper end of that.

The issue here is that the Flames cannot afford to be paying him at that rate because of the other players around him that will be/are getting paid what they are worth. In short he may be worth X million per year to some teams, but is he worth that to this team?

His re-signing in Calgary hinges on this IMO. If he is willing to take a haircut in order to stay, great. If not, then there is no other option than to maximize the return on him. That can only occur from now until the end of Feb.

If Treliving believes he has his next Backlund in Jankowski, then it makes things a lot more black and white and actually pushes the narrative to not if but when the deal is made. All just my speculation of course, but reading the tea leaves it seems like a reasonable deduction.

All this aside, the lack of any media chatter about talks going on signals to me....its likely happening right now. BT never lets this kind of stuff out until it happens and in this case one can assume that the silence is deafening and probably a good sign for those that want hi to remain beyond this year.

Or I could be completely out to lunch.

01-25-2018, 01:18 PM	#273
transplant99 Fearmongerer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign. Exp:	Backlunds CAREER average is 41 pts a year. Now, the last 3 have been above that by a little to a lot. 50 point players in this league vary wildly on the pay scale, but with what he adds defensively, he should be on the upper end of that. The issue here is that the Flames cannot afford to be paying him at that rate because of the other players around him that will be/are getting paid what they are worth. In short he may be worth X million per year to some teams, but is he worth that to this team? His re-signing in Calgary hinges on this IMO. If he is willing to take a haircut in order to stay, great. If not, then there is no other option than to maximize the return on him. That can only occur from now until the end of Feb. If Treliving believes he has his next Backlund in Jankowski, then it makes things a lot more black and white and actually pushes the narrative to not if but when the deal is made. All just my speculation of course, but reading the tea leaves it seems like a reasonable deduction. All this aside, the lack of any media chatter about talks going on signals to me....its likely happening right now. BT never lets this kind of stuff out until it happens and in this case one can assume that the silence is deafening and probably a good sign for those that want hi to remain beyond this year. Or I could be completely out to lunch. Last edited by transplant99; 01-25-2018 at 01:33 PM.