You have to wait and see what Johnny does before you make any big changes, the ball is 100% in his court. If he decides to go elsewhere there isn't a thing the Flames can do about it.
Then you try to utilize the cap space the best you can, because while Johnny isn't going to be fully replaced by one player in his stead, you can certainly do your best to improve the club with the huge increase in cap space and still ice a competitive team.
If he stays, then you try to move on from a couple of bad contracts and build the depth back up around him. I certainly wouldn't put Backlund in that category though.
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