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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Carolina tried Lindholm at centre a number of times without success. Calgary tried it a couple times and it wasn’t great (but small sample). Faceoffs: Lindholm was below 50% this year (and therefore behind Monahan, Backlund, Ryan and Bennett). The season before he was also below 50% but second (behind Monahan). He was above 50% in Carolina.
The other thing is that if Lindholm is a C, you lose a RHS on RW.
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I still don’t understand what people mean when they say he wasn’t successful as a center. He’s been playing the position since he was young, this isn’t something he just picked up last night.
He understands the role and can recognize the nuances of the position. He was the best center the team had when the team was struggling and experimenting with lines like Monahan-Backlund together.
I would agree that the team would lose a RHS on RW, but with the assets that the Treliving has on the block, I trust he could find someone to fill his shoes.
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