It's a miracle our guys didn't have the opportunity to make this mistake. I'm not so sure they would've passed on Lindstrom.
That said, if he returns to full health, I'm sure he can be a handful as an NHL player. Like Kreider or something. But at 5? I didn't love him injury or no injury.
If the draft fell differently and Demidov wasn't available to us, I personally would have still taken the flyer on Lindstrom despite the injury.
As you said, his size speed and shot would be an absolute handful for other teams to deal with. (if healthy) I'm guessing for Hugo it was between him and Iginla, not sure which way they'd ultimately lean, they're both fantastic character guys.
They probably go the safe route with Iggy, the thinking being you can't have two large centers in Dach and Lindstrom with injury question marks.
Guess it's better i'm not the GM, as I would have went with Cayden.
Either way, I hope it works out for Columbus, Lindstrom's a great kid and they've had enough bad luck as it is with Gaudreau etc, plus they did us a huge solid by not trading with the hawks, giving us Laine, and passing on Demidov.
