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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I think Backlund is the 53rd highest paid centre in league so he is paid as a second line player
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https://www.spotrac.com/nhl/position...rd/active-cap/
This site has him as the 90th highest paid forward and the 47th highest paid center.
Of course at center they have the following players above him listed as a center - Stamkos, Hayes, Nylander, Nugent-Hopkins, Guentzel, Forsberg and Teraivainen listed as centers who do not regularly play center (there may be others, those ones caught my eye) so he is the 40th highest paid center.
Paid like an elite second line center (top third of the league).
The issue in my mind is not that Backlund (or most of the lineup) is overpaid. One could make a credible argument that he is the 40th best center in the league. I would place him lower than that, but I could accept an argument that he is the 40th best center in hockey. But there is almost no player on the roster that outperforms their contract with the sole exception of Lindholm. They perform at or below their contract (most performing below in my opinion) leading to a mediocre team that is about the 15th to 20th best team in the league.