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Originally Posted by GioforPM
"About to pop" is, I think, a verbatim quote.
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I believe that was with respect to Austin Czarnik. Lindholm was already playing a big role in Carolina's top six.
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I think they had Lindholm penciled in as a second 1C, between Tkachuk and Dube or Bennett, with Backlund as a strong 2C. I think they expected Czarnik to play regularly as well.
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I don't think they would have signed Ryan that same offseason to middle six dollars if they expected Backlund to play behind Lindholm and Monahan. Remember Backlund was just entering year 1 of a 5.25M deal... top six dollars.
There's no way they signed Ryan to be 4C off the bat at 3M+ while moving a 5.25M center to 3C. None of that makes sense.
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i think the whole reason they got Lindholm was because they thought Bennett wasn't going to be the elite 1C they planned and they figured Monahan and Lindholm would be a good 1-2 punch down the middle.
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Sounds like revisionist history. IIRC Treliving was comparing Lindholm to Jere Lehtinen back then... a two way winger. They had also brought in a coach who had already insisted Lindholm play wing elsewhere.
As for Bennett, that's looking like a blatantly poor internal evaluation. Led all Panthers forwards in icetime yesterday.