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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
If you're trading Lindholm to Columbus you're targeting Sillinger or Johnson. Foudy would be a terrible return for your top center. The draft picks are fine, but this is the draft you want them in. Give Columbus credit, they recognized this draft was quality and loaded up with 11 picks. They have potential to really turn their fortunes around in the next couple of years. Some nice pieces there.
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I don't disagree, but the suggested return was Foudy + 1st. Sillinger might be possible, but I don't think that Kent Johnson would ever be on the table for 1 year of Elias Lindholm.
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Kadri is a second line center. If he's forced into that number one slot, like Sutter tried, we're in a world of hurt. The guy just doesn't have the skill to play on the top line. Couldn't use a winger to save his life.
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I agree that he's not a first line center, but he's a better offensive player than Backlund and I don't think there is anyone who fits the role on the roster. Lindholm refusing to sign an extension would be devastating for the near-term fortune of this team.
If Lindholm is gone after this season, then they either have to go out and acquire a competent first line C or they need to strip things down, acquire assets, and draft or trade for one. My opinion is that the best time to start rebuilding was at the trade deadline and the second best time is at the upcoming draft (in retrospect the best time may have been last summer, but I was excited about the trades and signings and it just didn't work out as hoped).