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Originally Posted by Wild GM
I didn’t comment on whether that deal was good I was responding about whether other teams would have competed for him. And you still haven’t put forth an alternative plan for what the Flames should do instead
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Draft players and develop them. Don't sign everyone that has a pretty good season to a 6-year deal. Never ever trade away your high draft picks.
Don't "build" through UFA's. Big contract UFA's should only be signed if they really are the missing piece that will get you to a point that you can make the playoffs without them and they are going to win you some playoff series.
Does signing UFA Backlund mean the Flames are pretty sure they will win a playoff series this year? Even then they did not need to sign him now. Hard to imagine Backlund having a playoffs that would have upped his value as a UFA.