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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
No one is talking about exposing the 2019-2020 Backlund. The discussion is about 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 Backlund. Who will still cost $5.35M per year, but won't be the same player we had last year.
As to him being traded, that has been addressed. There will be very little apatite, league-wide, for high dollar, veteran players for two reasons: 1) the tight cap and substantially reduced cash flows for every team; and 2) the expansion draft.
There is no way we can trade Backlund for a player that wouldn't also need to be protected, unless we took pennies on the dollar.
Backlund is a great player - I am a big fan. But this is a cruel and cold business that runs on 'what have you done for me lately'. And age is a bitch.
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Unless you're the Oilers, then it's "what have you done for me in the 80's".