{"id":130747,"date":"2022-07-13T14:44:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T18:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=130747"},"modified":"2022-07-13T14:44:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T18:44:48","slug":"charlie-lindgren-signs-contract-with-eastern-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/07\/13\/charlie-lindgren-signs-contract-with-eastern-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Lindgren Signs Contract With Eastern Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Capitals have signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lindgch01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charlie Lindgren<\/a> to a three-year $3.3 million dollar contract with an AAV of $1.1 million. The deal carries Lindgren through the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEWS | The Washington Capitals have signed goaltender Charlie Lindgren to a three-year, $3.3 million contract.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ALLCAPS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ALLCAPS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FTX_Official?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FTX_Official<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Capitals (@Capitals) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Capitals\/status\/1547281074534875137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Charlie Lindgren Signs<\/h2>\n<p>The 28-year-old Lindgren posted a 5-0-0 record with a 1.22 GAA and a .958 save percentage last year with the Blues. Lindgren spent most of last year in the AHL with the Springfield Thunderbirds. There he posted a 24-7-1 with three shutouts, a 2.21 goals-against average, a .925 save percentage. He ranked third in the AHL in goals-against average, second in save percentage and tied for fourth in wins last season.<\/p>\n<p>Lindgren originally signed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_self\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a> as an undrafted free agent in 2016. With the Habs, Lindgren played in 24 games between 2016 to 2020. In his career, Lindgren has a 15-12-2 record with two shutouts, a 2.74 goals-against average, a .913 save percentage.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to entering the NHL, Lindgren played for St. Cloud State University. In three seasons he amassed a 51-29-3 record with a 2.21 goals-against average, a .921 save percentage and eight shutouts in 88 games. In 2016 he was named an NCHC First All-Star Team, the NCAA (West) First All-American Team and named NCHC Goaltender of the Year.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means<\/h3>\n<p>The Capitals reshaped their goaltending this off-season but letting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/samsoil01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ilya Samsonov<\/a> leave <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/07\/13\/washington-capitals-iiya-samsonov-signs\/\" target=\"_self\">via free agency<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/07\/08\/new-jersey-devils-acquire-vitek-vanecek\/\" target=\"_self\">trading<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/vanecvi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vitek Vanecek<\/a> and signing Lingren and Stanley Cup <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/07\/13\/darcy-kuemper-signs-new-contract-as-free-agent\/\" target=\"_self\">champion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kuempda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darcy Kuemper<\/a>. The Capitals are banking on Lindgren being able to carry the full load as a backup this year. He has put up decent numbers in his career but has never been able to lock down a permanent NHL position. With the commitment by the Capitals, however, it looks like he has found a place.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Washington Capitals Sign Charlie Lindgren <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nmoZPhjrn8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/nmoZPhjrn8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OHjO6MAcc1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/OHjO6MAcc1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pro Hockey Rumors (@prohockeyrumors) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prohockeyrumors\/status\/1547282049584750594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Capitals have signed Charlie Lindgren to a three-year $3.3 million dollar contract with an AAV of $1.1 million. The deal carries Lindgren through the 2024-25 season. NEWS | The Washington Capitals have signed goaltender Charlie Lindgren to a three-year, $3.3 million contract.#ALLCAPS | @FTX_Official \u2014 Washington Capitals (@Capitals) July 13, 2022 Charlie Lindgren [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2024,"featured_media":130751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,4547,4548],"tags":[453,662,6111],"class_list":["post-130747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-capitals","category-hockey","category-nhl","tag-charlie-lindgren","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-washington-capitals-news"],"modified_by":"Connor Lapalme","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2024"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}