Chatter of a possible David Backes buyout
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MarcOJune 19, 2019 (2:08 PM)
The Boston Bruins and general manager Don�Sweeney don't have too many contract headaches to deal with this summer but aren't in the ideal cap situation either.�
There's been some recent chatter of a possible David Backes buyout.�
The 35 year old has two years left on his deal that carries a $6million cap hit per season.�
Backes watched Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals against his former team from the press box as a healthy scratch and you can't imagine he was too happy about.�
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The Bruins haven't been too happy with Backes performance over the last season either.�
However it sounds like the two sides will still try and have to figure something out.�
John Shannon of Sportsnet reports that a buyout between the two sides is "unlikely" according to his sources.�
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