The Lindholm acquisition is weird to me because it seems like they aren't sure where they wanted him to play.
I assumed they wanted him to play as a C, and have Miller, Lindholm, and Pettersson all anchor their own lines. But then they played him with Miller and Pettersson out the gate.
Lindholm + Pettersson: 90 mins - 46.8% xGF
Lindholm + Miller: 27 mins - 32.5% xGF
Lindholm on his own: 57 mins - 58.8% xGF
Kind of feels like the issue was more that they were trying to move either Pettersson or Miller away from center to play Lindholm there, and it never worked.
But that seems foolish to me anyways...having Pettersson, Miller, Lindholm anchor three separate lines, with Lindholm taking the defensive matchups is how you probably win a cup.
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