That fact that Carolina treated Linholm like crap and never gave him a real shot is their problem.
I don't think that's the case at all. If I recall correctly, we tried him at center and wing, and with a variety of linemates.
Carolina was just god awful during the years we had him. The owner refused to spend, so the only talent we had is what we drafted for the most part. We were usually on the bubble for playoffs, so we were getting good but not great 1st round picks. We had brought in Jordan Staal and Semin, but that's it for "big" names.
2013-2014: Canes had two players finish at >50pts
2014-2015: One, with only one other finishing at >40pts.
2015-2016: One finished >50pts, two others >40
2016-2017: One finished >50pts
2017-2018: Three finished >50pts