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Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja
True. But wouldn't it make more sense to take the best player available rather than the guy you have a man crush on?
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I will admit that I've been on the Lindholm bandwagon for a while, but aside from that, I just don't see Nichushkin as "the man" like so many others seem to. He's got size, he's got decent wheels, he looks good pulling the same fly down the wing, cut to the middle move often in the KHL, and he did it in the WJC which apparently turned him into a god.
I don't see anything that just says this dude is on par with the top 3 if he wasn't in the KHL. His compete scares me, his going back to a league we don't have a transfer agreement with if he doesn't make it scares me and the fact that I'd prefer we take centers pushes him down.
Additionally, I see Lindholm as a potential Mike Richards with a little more finesse and playmaking ability, so really this is an extension of my Mike Richards man crush.