Second line offense and 4th in Selke voting last year... $5M x 5yr is very reasonable for Backlund.
Comparable contracts:
Valtteri Filppula - $5M AAV
Ondrej Palat - $5.3M AAV
Frans Nielsen - $5.2M AAV
Bryan Little - $5.3M AAV
Tyler Johnson - $5M AAV
Carl Soderberg - $4.8M AAV
Reilly Smith - $5M AAV
Jori Lehtora - $4.7M AAV
Except for Little and maybe Palat, Backlund is as good or better than all of those players
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