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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
For people that want to expose and motivate Seattle to take Backlund - how much do you think it would cost to sign a player like him as a free agent?
Or is there another plan to fill his hole in the lineup as a guy who gets the toughest match-ups and still produces offensively?
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I don’t advocate it. If you were wanting to lose the salary, you’d trade him with some retention.
But if he were gone (and if you got Eichel), I suppose Lindholm would be your two way matchup guy, and you might play Monahan on a line that is more sheltered. Eichel-Lindholm-Monahan-some guy who played like Ryan but is cheaper is good centre depth.
I haven’t seen Eichel enough to know how he is defensively - if he can go head to head against tough matchups, between him and Lindholm you wouldn’t be too concerned. And Monahan is capable of played good D too.