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Originally Posted by Brad Marsh
I agree that he's an essential part of the team.
Towed has 659 regular season points. Bergeron has 722. Backlund has 262. Sorry, one of these are not the same as the others.
I would agree that Backlund could be in the same conversation from a defensive centre perspective, but in no way has Backlund had anywhere near the offensive production that these players have had.
Comparing peak seasons: Backlund 53 points, Toews 76, and Bergeron 73.
The only reason Backlund is on pace this year with Bergeron is because Begeron himself is in that 32 plus age range where offence really starts to drop off, but he's dropping off from consistent 60+ point seasons, whereas Backlund will be dropping off of one 50+ point season.
Look I think Backlund has been excellent for the Flames. And I think all of us will really like the first couple of years of this contract, I just think the term is a couple of years too long.
I fully believe someone else would have paid him this as a Free Agent, but that doesn't automatically me at that it's a great deal and that the Flames should have.
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Lol how is Bergeron ‘dropping off from 60 point seasons’. He’s literally having his best offensive season of his career. Bergeron is an example of why that theory doesn’t work so well when assessing defensively elite players
And someone would have paid him significantly more as a free agent. Not the same, way more.