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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Every other year it’s been the same thing, in the non-COVID league. Backlund isn’t overpaid.
Again, just trade him if you want to shed salary. It’s a bad idea, but it’s better than “for free”.
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He’s handsomely paid for what he brings and the argument right now is that he’s about to hit his ‘cliff’ and the expansion draft adds a different opportunity for that. Again trading Backlund isn’t just something that is done easily, he’s an aging vet with a heavy contract who is bound to slow down soon, you won’t just get prospect or picks for him you will likely have to take salary back and what kind of salary?? Another aging player? The flames have a lot of youth they need to extend and very shortly, subtracting a contract both in term and length like Backlunds isn’t a bad thing especially if your not taking money back which is a likely scenario in any Backlund trade.