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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Well I don't see Canes fans as some of authority. Imagine fans of another team looked at our Bennett discussions. They'd think he was a worthless piece of crap based on what half this site says about him.
Fans in general have a problem with running out of patience for young players to develop. We saw it with Backlund. We saw it with Jankowski. We see it with Bennett. Same is likely the case for Canes fans and Lindholm.
Scouts and GMs don't have that same issue. They realize some young kids take until 24-26 to hit their peak. They watch the players and see more upside, more development to go.
Lindholm is very likely to be a core player for us because he's very likely to continue to improve in the next two years. Same goes for Hanifin.
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Further to what you said. Sometimes these young guys are asked not to worry too much about offense but to work developing a good 200 foot game. Just because a player is not scoring does not mean he is not doing the job he was asked to do. Peters knows Lindholm and now probably feels he is ready to take that step with some offensive players. At least they are going to take a look and see and we do have some more options.