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Originally Posted by blankall
It's crazy, because at the beginning of the year I would have said Lindholm was the most important player of the UFAs by a mile, and there was no way the team could be any good without him. With the Kadri and kids line emerging and Hanifin upping his game, it looks like Hanifin is the hardest to replace.
At this point it looks like the Flames could replace Lindholm with a $5 million (as opposed to the $9 million Lindholm wants) second line center, and the team stays just as successful. Finding a Hanifin replacement, not so easy.
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Lindholm
is a 2nd line center, he never was a true #1
He's still trying to get paid on his 82 point season when his line mates got 219 between them.