If it comes down to Nurse, Lindholm and Nichuskin, then you are damn well gonna get your #ss to the booth and pick Lindholm. The kid is a beast, you only need to watch his play for 5 minutes to see how great his hands, passing, hitting, skating and shooting are. Not to mention how he can dodge checks and slither his way around defensemen. The only other high end draft pick who does deekes like that is Drouin. And the fact that he has a physical element to his game on top of that is impressive. My only 2 concerns with Lindholm is the north american transition, and that he doesn't always play at center in the SEL. But as a player, he looks like a dynamite pick.
I am, admittedly, on team Monahan if he is available, as the 2-way + size + canadian factor takes the cake for me, personally. But Lindholm is a very attractive prospect nonetheless, and who knows, maybe management could lure him to north america with promises of a real chance at playing in the big league in his first year. Nothing's for sure.
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