I'm still so happy about this. What a great value signing. If Backlund left, through trade or FA, the Flames would have a huge hole to fill and be on the way to another rebuild.
I get the arguments the deal is a year too long, although I think as a late bloomer Backlund will still be contributing by the end, but I don't buy the argument saying he is not good offensively by stating where he ranks in scoring for centres. There are numerous players listed as centres who barely ever play centre such as Marner, Nylander, and Draisaitl. If you only rank players who are actually centres Backlund's stats look much better.
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