This is a really good deal, don’t know how anyone can say otherwise. A 50 point defensively ELITE centermen for that deal with the cap supposedly going to 80m? This is realistically the best we could have gotten. When I saw the rumours about 5x5 I thought that was insane, and it turns out it was. This is a great deal. Backlund probably will be slowing down towards the end but I think it won’t be until then. Players whose game is built around defense tend continue their strong play well into their 30s while guys built purely around offense tend to do the opposite. I think the chances of this ever looking like a bad signing are very slim, it likely would take bad injury luck
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