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Originally Posted by Saqe
Hard for me to look at this as anything but a steal. People have talked forever about how the cap will go up and how seven million will be the new five. Well at the end of this deal it actually should be.
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Even if by the end of this deal it will be viewed as $5 million today, how effective is he going to be in the last four years of the deal at the age of 36-40 years old making $5 million per season? Flames are paying Backlund $4.5 for the next two seasons but that only takes him to 37. How would you feel about him taking up $5 million of the Flames annual cap space from 37-40 years old? It's a good contract but nowhere near a steal IMO.