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Originally Posted by Spurs
The Gaudreau and Laine contracts and them being there fits perfectly with Lindholm and an extension though. I agree they are in an odd spot where they have a young team that could grow to together but also have Gaudreau and Laine.
I think they likely won't move for Lindholm as teams rarely make moves like that but I do think he makes sense to fit in with their team.
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But all their young guys are nhl ready. Was Johnson thrown to the wolves last year as a #1C? Probably yeah but now a year later as a #2C? Sign me up. It's not like he was their biggest issue last year, far from it.
I think exactly the reason they signed Gaudreau is why they shouldn't add another expensive veteran. They're not ready to compete right now and probably need 2-3 years at least to grow. Lindholm is most likely on a downhill trajectory at that point and when the young guys need new contracts he will be blocking them.
Anything can happen and if Kekalainen is on a hot seat, sure, he might be desperate enough to do it. But from a team building perspective they are now set at C with a very bright future down the middle. And if they want a veteran C to buffer the younger guys they should target someone with only a couple of years left on their deal, not Lindholm with eight.