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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
Gives Seattle options to mull over and allows the flames to protect another young player in Phillips. Personally I think Lucic means more to this teams identity than Backlund as does Gio so honestly of the 3 I’d like to see Backlund gone which is why I lead with that. If Backlund isn’t exposed I don’t see the logic, it’s a contract that will only get uglier but I can see your reasoning with Lucic already being asked to waive his NMC with intention of exposure.
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A. You don’t expose players to get rid of them. You expose them to protect others. Who are you fussed about protecting?
B. Exposing Backlund doesn’t help you protect Gio unless you go the 8 skater route and that would mean you’d expose even more players you want to keep.
C. If you want to shed Backlund you trade him. Even if you only got a 4th (which is ludicrous) it’s better than losing him for free.
D. Backlund’s contract is not very far out of line compared to his comparables, if at all.