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Originally Posted by New Era
Elite players are all stars and make their national team. Backlund is neither.
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Backhand has played for the Swedish National Team 4 times, twice at the world junior championship, and twice at the world championship.
And he likely gets the call for the 2018 Olympic team id NHL'ers were allowed.
Not that any of this really matters in evaluating the contract.
The real question is: Would you have been prepared to let him go via UFA and let him walk over the length of the contract?