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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Let's not misconstrue Diane Phagoof's argument. The reply was clearly in response to Cup-Winning Toews at which it was argued that the Flames had just as good of center depth today as the 2015 winning Blackhawks.
He wasn't talking about today.
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Even then, this is such a binary way to view things. If we are talking about centre depth, then it makes no sense to me to talk about the difference between individual players on each team. Even compared to the last Cup winner in Chicago I am not convinced that that centre group—and especially the Toews-Richards combo compared to Monahan-Backlund —is demonstrably better than what the Flames are icing today.
Moreover, while Lindholm is not technically lining up at centre, he certainly counts as a hugely important part of the Flames centre-depth. He takes a tonne of face-offs, covers the middle on the back check, and plays big minutes on the he penalty kill. Even with him slotted on the right wing I would argue that Lindholm is easily one fo the Flames top-three centres.