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Originally Posted by New Era
His point production has be maintained in the 50 point range over the length of the contract. Any dip and Backlund will quickly become a liability and whipping boy for the fans here. Can you imagine a player scoring 30 points and getting $5M+ a season? That's like a guy scoring 25 points and getting paid $4.5M. We know how popular that guy is.
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It isn't that cut and dried.
He is currently productive, and he does more than just produce. If you were to call him a top 5 shut down center he'd already have a 4M contract just for that role alone.
His production puts him in the 6.5 range on the open market, so this deal is what it is.
It's very good value for three years, and then likely a decline that Treliving is well aware of.
But it adds an important player to the window that the Flames are using to contend, and that's the right thing to do.