Lindholm? Oops, sorry I'm not very familiar with any of the American teams.
Agreed every time I watch that blonde swede I come away impressed. His skating is like - it's like wow! Impressive.
What about Nugent Hopkin and Cam Talbot? The Oiler could have a team that scores so many goals they don't need a D. What the Oil really need is some slick passers on the backend to help their transition game get to the next level. I think McTavish knows this, it's why he signed Russell long term. Russell is great with the transition passes. They really need a cannon who can shoot bombs across two lines to give their speedy skillsters the puck at speed.
What is with this post? MacT isn't the GM anymore and Russell sucks at transitioning. That's more Klefbom's role and maybe Sekera/Nurse/Benning too. Gryba handles the puck like a grenade (as does Fayne).
Who needs D transition when you have Draisaitl and McDavid who are probably top in the league in entering the O-zone... Hall was too. There was stats on how Hall + Draisaitl were excellent in lugging the puck from the D-zone to the O-zone. It's guys like Eberle who need to be passed the puck.