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Originally Posted by Nelson
As for replacing Backlund, I have a few points. First, Backlund has already began to regress. Who knows what he is like after next season? Second, if Backlund gets selected, the Flames would have over $5M in cap space to work with. That doesn’t guarantee a Backlund replacement. But $5M could allow the Flames to augment the team in other ways. Third, if Backlund were selected, the Flames centres would include (as I would order them on the depth chart): Lindholm, Monahan, Bennett...In this centre-ice depth chart, Lindholm is Backlund’s replacement. Based on the two months we saw this past season, I think Lindholm could do it...
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Excuse me? Backlund's second half and his playoffs were easily the strongest set of games he has played in his entire career. What is this nonsense about his current supposed regression?
I think Backlund is likely to be the exposed forward, and if he is, he is going to be selected by Seattle. If this does happen, the Flames will lose a tremendously good player, but it also testifies to the depth that Calgary has at forward. For fun, try to put together an expansion list for the Oilers without snickering at the fact that Zack Kassian is locked in before even getting to the sixth forward.
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