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Lindholm was a RW last year. This year he’s a 1C, and very good at it. He’s an excellent two way player who plays the first unit on both special teams, takes on the toughest matchups, is good at faceoffs, and is locked up for several years at under 5mil. Players like that just aren’t available, he would demand a king’s ransom and then some. Think 4 1sts or equivalent to START with. That said he’s not getting traded, if the Flames were to tear it down they would rebuild around him, Tkachuk, Dube, and Mangiapane, supported by Andersson, Valimaki, and at least one of Hanifin/Mackey, plus Wolf, with the goal of being competitive again in 3 years.