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Old 02-19-2018, 09:53 AM   #306
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada View Post
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.
I see it as he and Giordano are the elder statesman on a team that just went through a rebuild with an extremely young core that is learning how to win on the job.

Your rain cloud view seems fun though!
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