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Originally Posted by New Era
You sign a guy to a six year $5.3M contract to be a big contributor and chip in offensively. The nice thing about the two players is their contracts are complimentary to each other. I think the Backlund contract will be a poor value contract, but the Lindholm contract will be a great value contract. As a whole, the two balance each other out. It doesn’t change that I think the Flames believed thay were going to be getting a player that be a big game player for them and score those clutch goals when they needed them. You can live with paying a 15-20 goal scorer that much if he is a clutch player and scores those goals at important junctures of the game or season. I think that is what Treliving thought they were getting with Backlund, which he isn’t, but they did get with Lindholm. Like I said, it all works out in the end and for the betterment of the hockey club.
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Backlund was a known quantity. Clearly your expectations of him changed when he signed his big deal but that’s a you issue, has nothing to do with the Flames, Treliving or Backlund. Backlund as an elite 3rd line centre or good 2nd line centre is worth 5+ million on the open market. It did not mean he’s suddenly going to explode offensively or suddenly be more clutch. He was signed to a market value UFA deal because he plays one of the most important positions in the game. I guess you underrate how much players like Backlund are worth as UFAs or something? Bozak signed for a similar amount.