If Lindholm isn't staying and say one other UFA (lets say Toffoli for arguments sake), and they're traded for futures.
Does that make the Flames likely to miss the playoffs so you can carry the other 4-5 into the deadline and make out like bandits?
That's the issue.
Running them back with expiring contracts could be a huge turning point for the franchise, but if they're good enough to be a bubble team they may end up walking them to free agency.
Have to think Lindholm is the key in all of this (obvious I know)
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