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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
Hot take.
So anyways. Besides Bennett having more shots on goal than Ferland... which is irrelevant anyways. Lindholm and Bennett pretty much score goals at the same clip. I don’t see how Lindholm is going to be the goal scoring saviour we all covet. If putting him on the top line is the answer for some of you... why don’t they just put Bennett there?
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Well for starters this team needs a true top 6 forward who’s a RH shot. He fills multiple needs; he’s played Center so if we run into injury trouble he’s available to slot at Center he fills a hole on the right side while we are healthy and unlike Bennett he has 4 straight consistent 40 point seasons (2 of them are 39 but let’s not split hairs.)
Lindholm has easily proven he can hit 30 assists consistently and is good for at least 10 to 15 goals but I think if you slot him in with Monahan and Johnny there is no doubting he can grow his goal totals into the 20’s.
I’m not saying all this to downplay Bennett who I still think has lots and lots to show but at the age of 23 and the consistent play Lindholm has shown there’s no doubting that he still has more to show too.
Of all the rumoured players we are looking at honestly Lindholm makes the most sense in terms of need, age group, contract, familiarity. It just is a matter of what the cost would/will be.
Hopefully the flames can reach an agreement with out giving up Bennett because the biggest need for this team is balanced scoring across the first three lines and adding a RH RW with Center experience does exactly that.