He played center a lot with Skinner on his wing and Di Giuseppe last year...
This year he wasn't going to displace Monahan or Backlund in the top six, and the Flames were weak on RW with Neal being the only true competition to start the season. See how Czarnik plays out, but for Lindholm playing wing this was just a matter of the Flames being stronger at center than at right wing. And then it hasn't hurt now early in the season when he has 4 points in 2 and 1/3 games.
