Speculation: Time to move on from Backlund ?

[Kranix]

Backlund and Darryl Sutter did not get along, they got into a "f*** you" matchup's.

That's not what he said. Sorry.

 

[Master Bill]

Yeah maybe that's one of the less serious things that must've happened that Weegar chose to talk about but coaches and players have f*** you matches all the time, and it doesn't mean that they don't get along. Coaches do it to get messages across to other players who might not take it well whereas a veteran like Backs who's been through a lot of coaches on this team is probably able to handle it and brush it off.

 

[viper0220]

That's not what he said. Sorry.

That's just me thinking what happened.

 

[Some Other Flame]

lol Backlund literally wanted out and all the rumors suggest it was because of Sutter. But no, this is just another innocent coincidence in a long line of them.

 

[Kranix]

lol Backlund literally wanted out and all the rumors suggest it was because of Sutter. But no, this is just another innocent coincidence in a long line of them.

Just rumors. Weegar, in a very candid interview said Darryl and Backlund have a long relationship, so Backlund can stick up for himself and throw it back at Darryl. That was it. Backlund himself said his questioning of committing further to Calgary was based on his age and lack of playoff success to date.

 

[lightstorm]

32yo Kadri, 30yo (next month) Huberdeau, 29yo Weegar, 33yo Markstrom and 31yo Coleman all locked into massive, unmovable long term deals, and people think we're going to rebuild? Backlund or no Backlund there's not going to be a rebuild anytime soon.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

If Lindholm asks for $7M, he can f*** right off lmfao.

Maybe if Johnny and Tkachuk were still here but not on his own.

 

[Backlund]

If Lindholm asks for $7M, he can f*** right off lmfao.

Maybe if Johnny and Tkachuk were still here but not on his own.

There's no reason for him to ask for less and his trade value is great with the cap hit he has now. The right move is to trade him. If he's re-signed this organization is full of idiots.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

If Lindholm asks for $7M, he can f*** right off lmfao.

Maybe if Johnny and Tkachuk were still here but not on his own.

I'd gladly pay Lindholm that.

 

[cannucky]

I would move all of Lindholm , Backlund , Toffoli , Tanev , Hanifin and Markstrom for picks if a package for a stud can't t be made . Pelletier and Duehr are both NHL ready and willing to run through a wall to prove it . Dustin Wolf is the back to back AHL goalie of the year and this year's AHL MVP only the 8th time a goalie has won that award , clearly he is more than ready to be a full time NHL goalie . The first six are costing us 29.9 million combined , the latter three are costing @2.5 million , Kylington is supposed to be back at 2.5 so that's 5 million among 4 players replacing 6 . We would have 26 million to spend on a couple of studs , say 1 top 4 D , 1 top 6 F and a couple of ELC or league minimum vets , It wouldn't hurt to have a Lucic or Ryan Reeves playing grocery stick at league minmum to keep the everybody safe eh!

 

[Kranix]

Dustin Wolf is the back to back AHL goalie of the year and this year's AHL MVP only the 8th time a goalie has won that award , clearly he is more than ready to be a full time NHL goalie . T

More than ready to be given an NHL job, but they might not want him sitting on the bench if Markstrom is playing the bulk. I don't see that happening, but Conroy seemed to imply it. If they're a tandem, that's fine. I'd caution against thinking too far ahead with Wolf, even with his pedigree. You never know with goalies.

 

[cannucky]

More than ready to be given an NHL job, but they might not want him sitting on the bench if Markstrom is playing the bulk. I don't see that happening, but Conroy seemed to imply it. If they're a tandem, that's fine. I'd caution against thinking too far ahead with Wolf, even with his pedigree. You never know with goalies.

My point was to dump Markstrom and his 6m , platooning him with Wolf instead of Vladar is circular logic . Both Valdar and Wolf are better , younger options than Markstrom , they both just need reps and those only come from playing .