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Originally Posted by devo22
I have to laugh at the "Lindholm is what he is now" stuff. Young centermen can take a while before they really figure things out in the NHL and take their game to the next level ... Sean Couturier and Brayden Schenn are two recent examples. Couturier really only exploded last season, which was his 7th in the league. Schenn also improved step by step and really took off in his 7th year too. Lindholm is every bit as talented as those two, there's no reason why he shouldn't have it in him to kick into the next gear as well. There's no guarantee obviously, but "he is what he is" is weird statement about a talented 23-year-old center.
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I just don't think you trade your best trade piece for the hope that a player develops. We need to get the top line RW right, and Dougie should have fetched that on his own. There are more examples of players that don't take a leap developmentally than those that do after they've played as many games as lindholm has.