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Originally Posted by Lonestar
I might be in the minority here but I'm not a fan of this decision.
Backlund wanted to leave 3 months ago. Conroy has made it clear that new management thinks it's important to have guys in Calgary that WANT to be in Calgary. Why attach the captaincy to a contract extension to seemingly appease a guy that didn't get the C right after Gio left, for whatever reason?
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Backlund has been here for 15 years. He obviously loves Calgary, he was just frustrated after a #### season and the person who was largely responsible for that #### season is gone now.