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Originally Posted by MrMike
What makes him valuable to the Jackets more than anyone else is if he WANTS to go there and sign long term with Johnny. They’d be getting 2/3rds of the best line in hockey one year ago, while the other is trying his best to get the Stanley Cup.
They know they have to over pay in free agency with most times not even having a chance.
I think it’s quite realistic that it would be on the table and Columbus would set up their top line of Laine - Huberdeau - Gaudreau for the next few years. If I was Columbus I would be excited and think it would be fair.
Signing Gaudreau kind of put them in the “win now” window for his first few years of his contract. We saw what a top line of two of them can do.
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Lindholm to Columbus makes sense but the deadline return would be a late 1st and prospect and Sillinger would probably be about as good as can be expected or better than other prospects offered. Columbus doesn’t need to pay the third overall for Lindholm unless Detroit is offering the 9th overall or something