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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
There area lot of reasons to like the trade for the Flames, but the idea we traded away an inconsistent player in Ferland to someone who is more consistent in Lindholm is certainly not rooted in fact. Ferland's production came with quite a bit less ice time as well.
One of the big plusses with Lindholm vs. Ferland is the expectation we received the more complete player who would help the top line not spend as much time in their own zone 5 on 5. That still hasn't panned out, early in the season. Instead we have received some unxexpected scoring production.
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Lindholm had been a consistent in the .5ppg for most of his career where Ferland just broke 40pts for the first time last year. Lindholm has been a beast offensively and in the faceoff dot. I am not sure people thought we were getting a consistent player in Lindholm. I thought we were acquiring a player that had been good not great so far in his career with potential to “pop” (Treliving’s words). A guy that was a coveted right shot and versatile so he could play Centre or wing