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Originally Posted by Geeoff
I think if Lindholm works out at center, Backlund is expendable. But obviously it's tough to trade a player with Backlund's cap hit and with the covid rules. At the very least, it becomes easier to expose Backlund to Seattle
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The only thing that will make Backlund expansion-expendable is the emergence of one of the younger forwards: Mangiapane, Bennett, or Dube. The Flames are already protecting Lindholm, so whether or not he supplants Backlund really has no bearing on Backlund's protection status—a big move is required from one of the other three.
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