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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Disagree, this is a strong D group where you can move a piece like Hanifin and plug someone like Kylington into the top 4 be ok. The team has nothing young and special coming up the pipeline at centre and if you lose Lindholm there is nothing in sight to replace him. The #1 priority should be getting Lindholm signed to a long term deal.
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It's strong today but looking at the expiring deals it's clearly going to take a major step back in a year. Like I said before Kylington is an unknown after missing a year of hockey. It's a gamble to assume he's going to be able to play top 4 minutes. Lindholm represents another long term contract that's going to play a role in misery in the back half of the decade. I just feel like some fans don't realize how bad things may look for this organization in about 4 years. Hanafin on a long term deal will still look good in the future where I don't think Lindholm for $8.5 million or more will look nearly as good.