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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
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.
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This is an over simplistic view with far too many assumptions built in.
First - who's to say they do not get better. They still have a young core, some of whom probably haven't reached their full potential
Second - there are likely to be changes to the roster going forward. There always is.
Third - This team's window is just opening. So the fact that this season, according to some, hasn't gone to expectation is hardly a guarantee that it will be the same next season.
So no - it is not the exact definition of anything unless you choose to look at things through a very narrow lens.