Waived: [BOS] Backes on Waivers

[Drew311]

Have fun riding the bus ya overpaid plug.

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

Poor guy; concussions are incredibly detrimental to quality of life

Hasn’t he had like 3?

I’ve had one and I don’t wish them on anyone

 

[PB37]

Hasn’t he had like 3?

I’ve had one and I don’t wish them on anyone

More. The last one was really heartbreaking because it involved another player who was concussed at the same time as Backes and had to be stretchered off; Backes was visibly upset on the bench and in tears watching the kid get taken off the ice.

 

[wintersej]

Backes + big add to Chicago
Saad to Boston

Saad gets the top six help they were looking for at an identical cap hit and same term remaining. Chicago takes Backes off their hands at full cap hit plus a big add

Question is what would Boston be willing to add to Backes to get Saad at full cap hits for each?

Chicago could just buy out backes this summer to clear some cap as well while adding to their rebuilding pipeline ($4M cap hit next year, $1M year after)

I’d rather pay the price for Saad at 50%

 

[wintersej]

Have fun riding the bus ya overpaid plug.

he is great person

 

[HawkeyTalkMan]

Classy.

How’s that Seabrook contract looking?

3 cups. You?

 

[HawkeyTalkMan]

I’d rather pay the price for Saad at 50%

Honestly the price at Saad at 50% is probably even with taking backes back with both at 100%

Not really an easy route for Boston here

 

[Drew311]

he is great person

He’s also made a lot of money over his career so it’s tough to feel bad for him. The truth is he can’t play anymore and doesn’t deserve to be in the NHL. His demotion will make room for someone who does.

 

[stl76]

3 cups. You?

Me? I'm fantastic, thank you for asking.

Pro tip: the hawks have won 6 cups, not 3.

 

[landfill]

No one leaves money on the table.

*except Rafalski and Bobby Orr.

byfuglien.


great. career. maybe if he gets some rest can come back next year healthier and ready to play elsewhere?

 

[Chayos]

Cups > Cash.

Not a chance! A middling power forward like him getting that offer would represent a lottery win. Money Trumps everything!

 

[MilesNewton]

Is he really so bad now he can’t even be a limited 4th line role player?

Has to be the money

 

[rocketdan9]

His style didn’t lend itself to lasting well over the term of the contract.

See if he reports to Providence.

Doubt it

How would a buyout work?

 

[biturbo19]

It's too bad the Bruins were smart enough to at least limit the damage with one less year on the deal, because otherwise...it'd look like a potential change of scenery swap for Eriksson.

 

[93LEAFS]

Doubt it

How would a buyout work?

Can't buy him out until the buyout window. He'll report to Providence because he isn't going to walk away from the rest of the salary on his deal.

 

[veganbruin]

Definitely feel for the guy. Played the game the right way for a long time. Was one of my fav players before he came to Boston. This had to happen tho.

 

[hmc1987]

No one leaves money on the table.

*except Rafalski and Bobby Orr.

...Ilya kovalchuk???

 

[LouJersey]

i know this thread will be a bunch of 'awful contract', 'terrible player', '2016 UFA class strikes again' but it's pretty sad. Backes had a solid career but a lot of severe head injuries really played a big role in all of this and accelerated the decline.

hopefully he can stay healthy and live a good life. not sure we'll see him in the NHL ever again though.

nice to find empathy once in awhile at a garbage dump. Nice post

 

[Invalid cuz QoC]

Somewhere Phil Kessel is grinning.

 

[Leaf Fans]

One of my favorite players. Best of luck to him.

 

[varano]

You can really see a trend of the hard nosed type of player not aging well. Backes was great back in the day but your body can only take so much

 

[nbwingsfan]

Cups > Cash.

Easy to say when you’re not offered millions of dollars.

Life-time of millions of dollars or a summer of celebrations for winning a sport? I know which one I’m picking.

 

[go4hockey]

I'd expect him to retire.

I’d expect he rides the contract out. Why walk away from that money

 

[Junohockeyfan]

He will ride out that contract. No one of his caliber walks away from multi-millions just because they have to ride a bus.

 

[StreetHawk]

nice to find empathy once in awhile at a garbage dump. Nice post

Blues offered a shorter term for Backes. Think it was 3 years max, which would have ended last season. But, he opted for the Boston deal. His choice. Blues made the hard tough call that the majority of NHL teams would not have made.

Almost poetic in that they ended up facing off against Backes in the finals and winning. Shows that the tough calls pay off.

Honestly, the structure his contract, front loaded with some SB to reduce the cash payment that another team would owe him should they need to trade him after year 3 and paying the SB. B's were prepared to pay him $25 mill for 3 years of service (includes the year 4 SB of $3 mill). Would have left $5 mill cash for the new team to pay him. But, age caught up to Backes, along with the bottom feeders that normally took on low cash big cap hit contracts going into a new direction. FLA, AZ, NJ spent this off-season expecting to be better, thus were not interested in cap dumps.

Who was the last player wth this type of contract structure who got traded the way the contract was setup for? Let's eliminate the guys who ended up on LTIR. So, only talking about the players who would actually play for a new team in the final 2 years of their front loaded contract. Seems like its a bad idea from the start. You're dependent on the player playing well enough to justify the cash owing, otherwise it will cost a higher asset to move the player.