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I had said one of the worst contracts of all time. Still stand by that. Top 10 worst contract ever in the NHL. That takes doing!
Player Discussion David Backes IV
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I had said one of the worst contracts of all time. Still stand by that. Top 10 worst contract ever in the NHL. That takes doing!
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They're running out of places in the lineup to hide him.
I thought he held his line back quite a few times last night.
Sucks to see. Sounds like he's a great guy to have around. But man... This is rough.
Im not really questioning the contract right now as much as Im questioning whether he should be in the lineup at all... But they do sort of go hand in hand.
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Clarkson
Horton
Seabrook
Lucic
Laad
Alzner
Lehtera
Brendan Smith
Maybe Vlasic (man has he been really bad this year, year 1 of 7 x 8)
Price
If someone decides to pay Bob north or 10.
Still pretty bad though. Term kills. At least Backes is only 5 years.
CharasLazyWrister
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Fly. Don't look, just fly.
Backes with lowest ice time of entire team tonight, playing less than 10 minutes. That includes a guy playing only his 2nd NHL game.
6 million against the cap,
No real line he fits on.
Still 2 years to go.
What a disaster.
Caper Bruins fan
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Talk about throwing Frederic to the wolves giving him Backes as a linemate.
Alberta_OReilly_Fan
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missing some classic bad contracts
rick dipetro
alexei yashin
9 mill for bobby holik
jeff finger a bad ahl dman
ville leino wow... horrific
mark fayne
backes has admittedly been hurt a lot but when healthy has been pretty decent... id say better than loui Eriksson who you also left off your list. its not a contract any of us would go back and do over but its not buyout territory like so many others have been... he isn't an ahl player like a lot of these other guys end up
Alberta_OReilly_Fan
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I wouldn't even say backs was worst contract for boston… rather be paying him then a fake like alexei zhamnov who too our money and ran for the hills.
WhalerTurnedBruin55
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Well, um, yea. That's obvious, but not really relevant.
Like I'd rather Boston pay Backes than pay Beleskey to play on another team.... But wait. We are doing both. Doh. Are we still paying Jimmy Hayes too?
Alberta_OReilly_Fan
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the comment was directed towards someone calling backes one of 10 worst contracts of all time. I know a number like that is tossed out as an agenda to create more emotional hysteria.
im pretty sure I can come up with 100 contracts id say are worst and most would agree... but that's also irrelevant
a bad contract is a bad contract. no one is going to try to say this is a good contract
KrejciMVP
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Worst contract of all time. Up there with Scott Gomez and Dipietro
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Backes is far from the worst contract of all time. Without him, we certainly don't make the playoffs in 2016-2017. If we don't make the playoffs that year, we might still be stuck in a huge rut, Cassidy may not have been retained and/or Sweeny might have made a desperation trade.
Point being, at least Backes served a very important purpose, if only for one season. We are paying a heavy price on the backside, but sometimes that's how these things work.
Point being, at least Backes served a very important purpose, if only for one season. We are paying a heavy price on the backside, but sometimes that's how these things work.
Alberta_OReilly_Fan
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Not sure its worst contract but some of these fans hot takes on it qualify for failjobs
Opinions are like buttholes though... we all got 1 right?
Opinions are like buttholes though... we all got 1 right?
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it`s unfortunate to watch Backes really, at the time of the deal, while I was concerned with the number, thought DB was coming off a terrific post season with the Blues and he`d slide into a Bruins jersey and after some time to acclimate himself he`d fit in nicely. Some injuries, some health issues and that adjustment time have just put him in a spot where he`s now a problem. I truly respect his drive to get back out there and be on the ice following all he`s been through off it with the things mentioned above but he can`t keep pace with the game, while he lays out a nice hit every now and then, his game is ineffective.
He was never a massive point producer with the Blues but now he brings little to nothing offensively and where he was once a very solid puck protector, he gets it, passes are off or his shots come from just inside the blueline, harmless little wristers. I`m sure the guy is a great teammate but right now, anyone saddled with having him on their line just stagnates. I haven`t a clue what if anything Sweeney can do with him but he`s the common denominator when discussing the 3rd line. Really too bad, liked the acquisition at the time it happened, as I mentioned, a bit worried about the $$
He was never a massive point producer with the Blues but now he brings little to nothing offensively and where he was once a very solid puck protector, he gets it, passes are off or his shots come from just inside the blueline, harmless little wristers. I`m sure the guy is a great teammate but right now, anyone saddled with having him on their line just stagnates. I haven`t a clue what if anything Sweeney can do with him but he`s the common denominator when discussing the 3rd line. Really too bad, liked the acquisition at the time it happened, as I mentioned, a bit worried about the $$
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and he, with Beleskey, are why this team will remain without the tools to really go deep for this year, next and maybe the year after that. Aside from his foolish drafting, which could be overcome to some degree, DS's moves with these two players effed the team profoundly.
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He gave up some good players to move Beleskey and don't doubt he's trying to do the same with Backes. Too me Sweeney's worst move was the one draft.
BruinDust
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Is it a bad contract? No question.
Top 10 all-time (salary-cap era) bad? Not even remotely close.
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BruinDust
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Yup.
I think sometimes folks forget some of the brutal contracts handed out early in the salary cap era when GMs had even less of a handle on managing the cap than they do today.
Even the Bruins themselves started out with a couple doozys. A freak ankle injury saved them from the 3-year Zhamnov deal. They were able to pawn off Scatchard quickly to Arizona but that 4-year deal was a disaster.
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KnightofBoston
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Have no issue sitting him. Don't keep playing him just because of his contract. Own up to it and move on.
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