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Originally Posted by Bingo
Guys are making 12 million now, the next tier of future stars (young players) are getting 8.5.
Backlund is an elite two way center, not a number one center but one of the most productive shut down guys in the league.
You don't let them walk when you're trying to create a three or four year window.
His contract flows through that window and I'm pretty sure he'll be as productive as he needs to be in that secondary scoring role.
If the cap goes where they say it might his contract will be just fine.
Can't believe there's 16 pages suggesting Backlund is a sign of mediocrity.
This site is just crazy these days ...
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He has been a large part of a team that has been mostly a bubble team that is not getting better. In a lot of ways giving him this raise on this term is the exact definition of signing on for more mediocrity. That’s not to say he’s a bad or even mediocre player but if his best days haven’t contributed to this team getting better it’s clear this deal is a large serving of mediocrity as unlike a lot of the young core Backlund’s best days are behind him and he largely got this deal based on his career season last year. This is not how teams get better and this is clearly a team that hasn’t improved on last season despite adding better players in Stone and Hamonic.