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Originally Posted by bubbsy
If we are to assume last year was Backlund's offensive peak, and agree he is elite defensively.
What is a comparable player that got paid for defensive prowess that is about a 0.5 pts/gm offensively?
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Jordan Staal? He's the first line C on Carolina but he is about the same production wise as Backlund and his advanced stats are similar over his career. He's being paid $6M, but I suppose it's a bit skewed because of his ranking on his own team.
Derek Stepan gets $6.5 and his strengths are similar to Backlund. Once again, though, he is a 1C on his team.
Maybe Anisimov? A 2C who is great defensively and not bad offensively. $4.5M