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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Certainly not how I'd look at it.
I look at two things:
- Does Lindy want to stay?
- Is Lindholm a good enough centre to build a top team around?
It seems Lindy does not want to stay, so that kind of makes the debate around point two less important - but I'm also not sold on Lindy being able to be a top-line centre that is the key piece on that top line.
As far looking for the negative angle, when you have a season like this past one, and a history like the Flames' - you don't have to look for negative angles.
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He can definitely be a 1B on a cup team, so that's a piece you keep no matter what.
It's mutually beneficial to extend. Does Lindholm really want to risk $70M to have a little bit more control over where he plays? Look no further than Johnny to see just how little control you can get in UFA. Better to negotiate an NTC so you will have some control if/when he definitely does want out.