Prospect Info: July 2023 - after draft - Red Wings Prospect voting #3

[norrisnick]

You're counting his first 4 seasons after being rushed to the NHL and playing in bad situations. The story of Elias Lindholm in Calgary vs Carolina are completely different.

325 points with Calgary in 369 games in a 1st line role.
188 points in 374 games with Carolina in a 2nd and 3rd line role.

The Elias Lindholm you trade for isn't the average of the two. It's the player you're getting from Calgary that's been averaging over 19 ATOI, not the player on a poor Carolina team that was averaging 17.

People need to make up their mind whether we are to use a player's full career or only the most recent. Bouncing back and forth and using whatever fits the narrative is tiresome.

And the Lindholm from Calgary also spent the bulk of that time between Gaudreau and Tkachuk. Is time in Detroit would more closely resembles his Carolina time.