I'd personally believe Lindholm had zero intention of staying and the polite thing to do was price himself out of CGY. He's not worth anywhere near what his ask reportedly was and he turned down 8x8 minimum.
And then to turn in a effort like he did in a contract year?
Yeah, he wanted no part of it. And if I hazard a guess, he wanted out when he said he did last offseason before they punted Sutter and never really changed his mind.
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