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Originally Posted by Bingo
Lindholm was a good Flame.
I think he was stressed out about his offense slipping in a contract year and went down a rabbit hole. Now it looks like he's lost his game with confidence.
If I hear he was a problem in the room, then fine ... I'm on board. But from a distance I can't say it was obvious that he quit on the team.
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To add to this, the Lindholms had multiple miscarriages before finally having a baby in 2022, which was born premature. I am sure there was a heck of a lot of things going on in his head both on and off the ice. It is one thing when you get to go to work and leave the stresses of home behind - or vice versa - but when both the home and the work are difficult, it becomes difficult to bounce back sometimes. He gets a pass from me.
I contrast this to Zadorov who waits until the Flames have a road game in Toronto to spring a "Surprise trade request" making the absolute maximum amount of noise possible. Everyone in the organization was angry about it. The players held a player's only meeting about it. Conroy ends up having to make a trade with a reduced asset and get him out of town. That ruined all the goodwill that Zadorov held from his time here in Calgary.