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Originally Posted by transplant99
No..I didnt.
I was asking how Okposos salary is a bad one in COMPARISON to a guy we just signed to a longer term who produces less and is less than a year younger.
But in your own words that Okposos' deal isn't very good...then what does that make Backlunds even longer deal?
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I'm not sure where the disconnect is here.
You asked:
"How is 6 million a bad salary when we just finished giving Backlund 700K less a year for far less production?"
And the answer is the context of the Flames present salary situation over the next few five years. With Backlund locked up, we now need to be very careful with contracts we take on relative to paying Tkachuk, Ferland, Bennett etc as our cap situation is becoming complex.
If you're removing the context and simply asking how is Okposo's cap situation different from Backlund without looking specific to the Flames' cap situation moving forward... Backlund is an elite defensive centre. Okposo is a 45-50 point winger who's been a career minus player. Okposo also had a huge health
/ concussion scare in 2017.
If you're saying in a vacuum you think they're comparable players that's your prerogative. I don't think so at all... and again my point goes far beyond that to the concern of adding that contract to our complicated cap situation moving forward.