David Backes appreciation thread
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Bobby Orrtuzzo
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I too damn near teared up with that interview. Always sucks to lose a fan favorite.
There's this as well. A not surprisingly classy move on the Cardinals part.
Edit: The Note in KY beat me to it.
There's this as well. A not surprisingly classy move on the Cardinals part.
Edit: The Note in KY beat me to it.
Total Bender
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Wouldn't have been all that pumped if army offered him the 5x6 but this hurts. Gonna miss you Backes, thanks for giving everything all the time.
How is army not ok with the term 5 years?
However he's perfectly fine with Bouwwmester and Lehtera long term?
However he's perfectly fine with Bouwwmester and Lehtera long term?
PiggySmalls
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Probably same reason why Stastny only got 4 years. Ownership doesn't like those long contracts. Vladimir and probably Schwartz being the exception.
Louie the Blue
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Frank and Petro are both signed to 5+ year contracts.
I think Army's fine with going 5+ if it helps the team in the long run(like signing Schwartz). It didn't make sense to do that with Backes.
Say what you want about Army's return on trades, but when Lehtera's the worst contract the Blues have and no one has a NMC with expansion coming up, I'd say that's he's done a good job at at least negotiating contracts.
I think Backes at 5 would have been fine. Reward the guy for everything he's done and been through all these years. Plus who's gonna match up with the big centers of the west now
One thing Armstrong does great is negotiate deals. Lethera is the worst one maybe, they could have waited a year to see how his second year would have gone.
I loved Backes, but no way am I comfortable paying him that kind of money until he's 36-37
I loved Backes, but no way am I comfortable paying him that kind of money until he's 36-37
Majorityof1
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3 years for Lehtera is long term? JBo was 5 but he was younger than Backes (30 v 32) and defenseman generally age better than forwards. That was a mistake in Jbo's case because he relies so much on his speed, and we are seeing him decline. But in general, D can play well until their late 30s where forwards start to decline a few years earlier.
Louie the Blue
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I'm guessing through Army's mind he was doing that with offering 4 years.
From what I heard in Army's conference call, it didn't seem like they were really going the extra mile for Brouwer due to him only being in STL for one year.
And as for matching up with the big centers, I don't think Backes would have played center if he returned.
In JBo's case, I think the groin injury has messed up things more than we'll ever know. He'll still be a top 4 D before the contract ends, IMO. Backes will be a fringe 3rd liner/good 4th liner when his contract is up.
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Add to that JBo had quite literally ZERO injury history prior to signing the contract.
We will have to see if moving up TWO spots works out, I'll just assume he wouldn't have been there if they had waited. I'll also assume he turns into a stalwart player. Apparently, according to some, Brouwer was the reason we went so far. I personally think you give him too much credit. His production overall was worse here, and although his postseason numbers were above average, he gave back a lot of points on all those stupid penalties and getting sent to the sin box. We will just have to agree to disagree on this point.
Classy farewell tweet, Classy farewell interview. Standing ovation at Cards game. ( Not a MLB fan, but Cards are becoming my favourite team!) He was my favourite player. We will miss him dearly . A really all around class act. ( Are you listening Minn and Van fans?) Thank you David Backes for giving 100% every time you stepped on the ice, injured or not. I salute you!
Just thinking back to when Backes signed the offer sheet with VAN..what would we have gotten had we chosen not to match?
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May have been different at the time, but in today's rules, a 1st and 3rd round selection.
BluesTraveller
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Pietrangelo on a 7 year deal, Tarasenko on an 8 year deal, Schwartz will go near max term, and I'd bet so will Parayko and Fabbri.
They don't like long term contracts for guys over 30 maybe, which is fairly common because of the risk.
Hate to see Backes go, but we've been plugging along for a few years now with pretty much 2 cores of guys. The young guys and the old guys. I see what is going on now as the proverbial "putting the old guys out to pasture." I think we will see long term contracts handed out to Schwartz, Parayko, Fabbri, etc. Probably going to look a lot more like Chicago in as you see a bunch of similarly aged guys locked up for about the same amount of time.
Kind of happy for him what kind of career he did, but sadness he should have deserved Cup. Heart and soul on and off ice. Great person for community.
TheDizee
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Backes was one of my favorites and it's a damn shame he never got to win a cup, he absolutely deserves one. Definitely an emotional night for me when it comes to former Blues players.
