When Hampus Lindholm signed his contract extension in March of 2022, I had two initial reactions: 1) That will give Charlie McAvoy a steady teammate defensively for the duration of his contract, and 2) I would have preferred less money. I stand by reaction number one, but I was way off with reaction number 2. Since signing his extension, Hampus Lindholm dominated the 2022-23 season, had a significant drop in offensive production in 2023-24, and then missed most of the 2024-25 season due to injury.
While his offensive production in 2023-24 left something to be desired (3-23-26 in 73GP compared to 10-43-53 in 80GP in 22-23), Lindholm's shortened 2024-25 campaign saw him score as many goals as 23-24 in less than 25% of the games.