The second you trade Lindholm, you're looking for another Lindholm.
If it's within reason, you do everything you can to re-sign him.
It's obvious this team isn't going to tear it down, so if you're going to try to compete in this window, you need your best two way center.
Trading him, while it's obviously going to have its pros for the future leaves a massive hole for the current and would do significant damage to any kind of contending aspirations.
Lindholm played poor(by his standards) last year because of Sutter. You can tell he wasn't having fun anymore. That problem is gone.
If you can lock him up within reason, you 100% do it.
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