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Originally Posted by jayswin
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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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First of all, we don't know that the Flames won't be contenders in the first two years of the contract - predicting
next year is impossible, never mind the year after.
Second, even if they aren't, that doesn't make it a bad contract - you need players, you have to ice a team. Despite what some people try to suggest, the object of the NHL is not to amass draft picks.
And third, I would argue that Backlund will be worth
more than the AAV in the first two years.