Based on Treliving's comments with the FAN960 immediately after he signed Backlund to the extension, I think this rumour is fake. He talked a lot about how teams win with two-way players like Backlund and even noted that without re-signing Backlund, the Flames did not have anyone ready to fill that hole.
He's always emphasized the importance of Backlund to the organization and I very much doubt his opinion changed in a year after being willing to trade him away to move up 2 spots in the draft.
Fake news!
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