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Originally Posted by DomeFoam
But Gio's 37, Backlunds 31. Gio's best years are behind him and Backlund still has a lot left to give. He's more valuable to us at this point. Certainly not the kind of value you'd let go for free.
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I don’t know how much longer Backlund will be full value for 5.35M?
Flames have lots of big cap decisions in 2 years. Tkachuk, Gaudreau, Mangipane, Gio are all up. Flames likely will see Gio take a huge pay cut but not sure that is enough for the raises those other 3 would require. I know Johnny might not be part of that picture but if Backlunds contract is removed I think the Flames have a lot more cap flexibility going forward due to the length on his deal.