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Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta
I'm fully on the sell train, however Lindholm is the difficult one for me. If we're willing to retain salary on him, are we perhaps better off waiting for the offseason to look to move him after we've gotten an idea if he's willing to resign with us? I guess you'd be gambling on how much the return of 1 year of Lindholm at 50% would be vs. what 1 year plus an additional playoff run is, but I'd think that gamble is worth it to hopefully keep him on the team moving forward.
He's 5 years younger than Backlund, and if you look at Backlund's continued growth over the last 5 years, I'd say there is still another level of consistency, leadership and improvement within Lindholm's game that makes him a guy to keep around.
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I also think it could potentially look bad to move a core guy like that - who probably has no expectation of moving - 10 days after having a kid.
Toffoli, Zadorov, Hanifin, Tanev, and Backlund (if he wants to go) are the guys are I'd be talking to about a potential move probably.