The problem I have with trading Lindholm is this team is a very good deep team, just lacking elite talent. Lindholm isn't McDavid or MacKinnon, but he's close to a guy like Bergeron. He's the closest player to being labeled elite of anyone we got.
If we had a chance at a top 5 pick fine, my concern is we are too good to draft a replacement. Zary is not going to be elite either. Kadri and Backlund are too old to be either.
Huberdeau is the other elite player we have. If you keep Lindholm and Huberdeau and play them together and hopefully draft a guy that can fill the 3rd spot or a guy like Pelletier fill that spot, you might develop an elite first line.
Trading Lindholm, Kadri and Backlund are on the decline. Trading Lindholm, you might as well just blow it up.
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