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“One of the things we talked about is if he plays with Johnny and Monny he can take draws on the right side,” said Peters.

“Lindy can play centre or wing, which gives me nice options. He’s probably top 20 overall in faceoffs. We’ll have the puck more and that will help overall puck possession and faceoff stats.

“At the end of the year we wanted a larger sample size up the middle so we played him at centre the last 22 games.”

Indeed, Lindholm was 20th in the league this year in faceoffs with a 54.5% win percentage – higher than anyone on the Flames roster. (Sean Monahan was the top Flame, ranked 63rd at 50.4%.)

Such a skill comes in handy on the power play and the penalty kill, where Lindholm will also play prominent roles.

What might excite Flames fans more is a plan Peters has to use Matthew Tkachuk on the top line during the preseason to see how seamlessly the lefty can make the transition to the right side.

“I want to see Chucky on that side to see how he looks there,” said Peters, who has discussed with Tkachuk the possibility of putting the franchise’s top three forwards all on one line.

“I told him I want him working in the off-season on picking up rims and being in the d-zone on his off wing. He’ll do it in the preseason and I’ll put Lindy in the middle.”

What a line that would be.

Treliving certainly relieved the bulk of the pressure on him to effect significant change this summer with the five-player swap Saturday that has people league-wide applauding his brassy approach to trades the last four years.