Elias Lindholm’s move to centre raises three questions

I have long been interested in the prospect of moving Elias Lindholm to centre for a decent stretch of games. Well, that stretch might be upon us. Lindholm played down the middle from start to finish in Saturday’s Heritage Classic in Regina and that trend will continue Tuesday in Carolina, at least to start. It’s a significant shift for Calgary and it opens the door to an important trio of questions.

How long will he stay there?

Lindholm joined us from the Flames’ golf tournament to kick off training camp and we asked him about potentially moving to centre. His answer was interesting. To paraphrase, Lindholm said he has no problem playing down the middle, but doesn’t want to do it for a game…