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Originally Posted by curves2000
Call me jaded or call me stupid but sometimes I don't get this narrative that we need to sign him to a long term deal to win as if we are on the cusp of winning. He isn't the missing piece. He's a fantastic player but we won absolutely nothing that matters with him and other's when their contacts started with a 4 and a 6/7 respectably. Why would that change if someone is getting a 80-90% raise? Does their production and contributions go along with that raise?
This organization won a 2nd round playoff game (2015) when our top players like Gio, Monny and Johnny were making approx $6 million combined and 2 were fresh NHLers. Then everybody got a raise and we are still struggling to make playoffs and win a 2nd game in the 2nd round
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I agree!! I'd rather keep Backlund as his leadership as a pure bread flame is for more valuable. Also everyone claims lindholm is this selke contending monster but Backlund seems to beat him every single year in votes.
Only problem is that the draft year where a 1st overall would have been extremely valuable is now over. We just better not get rid of him for a low 2nd 3rd 5th combo. Seems like Conroy would be soft enough to accept such a trade