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Originally Posted by mrdonkey

I just don't see how Lindholm makes sense for this team anymore at the numbers he'll be asking for. That decision was made when Treliving went crazy last summer and traded a 1st to Montreal for the privilege of saddling this team with the Kadri boat anchor.

This season is when all those years of mismanaging assets and hand-sitting at the draft catches up with the Flames, and some tough decisions have to be made. A little intellectual honesty about where this organization is at, combined with the weak UFA crop, probably says this is the time to move pending UFAs for younger players to clean up the mess that the previous guy left behind. I'm hoping Conroy isn't foolish enough to take the bait on another huge retirement contract.

Exactly