Quoting: dk325
You're absolutely delusional with what you expect Lindholm to return. He's pretty much on par with Boone and you expect a premium 20 year old foward who's capable of playing top 6 mins already, a 22 year old RD who would likely take over as the Flames leading defensive scorer within a season and another roster player on top of Boone? Ridiculous.
Well thanks for letting me know how you feel, now allow me to retort
Elias Lindholm on par with Boone Jenner, are you kidding me right now!?
Lindholm >>> Jenner
Lindholm is an All-Star who was Runner-Up to Winning the Selke Trophy last season, which is Awarded to the Best Defensive Forward in the League; he has been noninated 3 times. He’s also been Nominated TWICE for the Byng Trophy. The guys an absolute Stud Hockey Player
Other than being nominated for the Calder = Rookie of the Year, Jenner has received none of those accolades and has never come close to Scoring 40 Goals or putting up over 1.00PPG+ in a Season EVER. Don’t get me wrong, Jenner is a fine 2C, but Lindholm is a Great 1C
So yeah, I’m expecting a lot for Lindholm, certainly more than a High Draft Pick who “may” become as good as Lindholm some day and who has only put up 1 good season thus far + a good Young RD who struggles to stay healthy and is nowhere near as good or valuable as Rasmus Andersson, Weegar or Hanifin. To think Boqvist would simply just step in and beat all 3 offensively within a season is actual “delusional” thinking
Bemstrom & Olivier are throw-ins with little to no value. Bemstrom could have been had this year for free when he was placed on waivers and Olivier, who is maybe worth a Late Pick or Future Considerations, could also very likely be Picked Up for Free off Waivers Next season as well
CLB should probably keep Johnston & Jenner for their rebuild and not Trade for Lindholm anyways, but that’s exactly the type of trade and cost it would take to pry Lindholm away from CGY OR the type of Bidding War and carrots that would need to be dangled for CGY to deal him to CLB
Lindholm’s a trade Value is probably more on par with Jack Eichel Post Neck Surgery, so go look at what he brought in return for BUF as a comparable
Lindholm >> Bo Horvat too. Horvat is decent offensively, but is absolutely nowhere near as good defensively
Both Jenner & Horvat are Left Shot Centres as well, which are far easier to find than Right Shot Centres like Lindholm & Eichel, who are rarely ever made available