^^^^^
There's basically no way Backlund can live up to that contract, Brad stopped just short of admitting that. It was unfortunately a necessity to ink him though, because of how good he is defensively for us.
What's really going to make that contract hurt is that it's looking like the Flames aren't going to be contenders during the first two years when he'll be worth his AAV, then he'll start dropping off after that. Ouch.
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