I don’t really imagine Lindholm would play a whole lot less than 1st line minutes when accounting for special teams on top of it.
Again, people but far far too much stock in slotting rather than overall player usage.
I love Lindholm on the first line. But if you can balance the lines so that you have a great shut down line who can score, along with two offensive lines anchored by Gaudreau/Monahan and Tkachuk/Kadri, that seems like a pretty sensical thing to try.
|