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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I hope the Flames are confident enough in what they have with Lindholm that his performance over 20 games isn’t going to affect their offer. 753 games in the NHL, about half of those with the Flames. If it is truly down to money, I’d like it if the Flames stick to their guns and don’t budge.
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They might budge $250k to $500k if he clicks with someone (say Huberdeau) and starts to look like a PPG player again. And again, that is massive money over 8 years for Lindholm.
The other angle is Lindholm may click with Huberdeau and a looser system and around December say "you know what, I'm really confident in myself and what I can do this season, I'm going to play it out here (or get traded and play it out somewhere else) and test free agency with cap going way up.