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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I really don't think there's a lot of teams out there that would be willing to give Lindholm an 8 x $8.5 million deal. He's certainly not going to get that money from a team that's close to winning the cup as it would be the bottom tier teams with cap space and even some of them would likely be weary of giving him that term. This happens to other teams as well and you get the feeling the Flames are bidding against themselves here. If he's really looking for between $8.5-9.3 million then I really think the best course of action would be to trade him at the deadline and move on. Maybe even circle back in free agency once he starts seeing offers from other teams and see what his market value really is. I think it would end up as one of those moves where they dodge a bullet.
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While I agree with the gist of your argument, one team that’s in win now mode that could afford Lindholm is the Hurricanes. They’re getting frustrated with not much to show for being a top team for several years now, and they’ll have the cap space next season. They also reportedly made a pitch for Lindholm last season at the deadline. So we know they like him.
If Lindholm doesn’t re-sign here, it wouldn’t surprise me if he ends up in Carolina.