Lindgren, 26, will return to the Blueshirts for his seventh NHL season. In his time in New York so far, the Minnesota-born blue liner has blossomed on the group’s high pair. Lindgren’s averaged 19:34 per recreation since 2020-21, and his offense has remained constant, offering between 15 and 20 factors per marketing campaign. Nonetheless, he’s coming off a tough season, one which doubtless impacted how lengthy negotiations stretched out.
At first look, final season appeared par for the course for Lindgren, who had 17 factors and a +22 score in 76 appearances whereas averaging 19:21 per evening. However superior metrics painted a a lot completely different story, as his relative CF% and xGF% dipped into the negatives for the primary time since his rookie season. The Rangers had been out-attempted 1,258-1,153 with Lindgren on the ice at even energy, and his pairing with Fox solely managed 46.5% of anticipated targets, per MoneyPuck. That determine is approach down from 54.6% in 2022-23.
The youthful brother of Capitals netminder Charlie Lindgren will try to redeem himself in a 2024-25 marketing campaign that can be an important of his profession. That’s as a result of a one-year pact walks him on to unrestricted free company subsequent summer time.
After signing Lindgren, the Rangers’ projected opening-night roster is at a full 23-player rely with $623K in projected cap area, per PuckPedia. That prorates to about $2.8M in area come commerce deadline day. He’ll be given an opportunity to reprise his first-pairing position alongside Fox, hopefully with higher possession play at even energy.
Final season, Lindgren completed seventh on the Rangers in hits (114) and fifth in blocks (103). Drafted by the Bruins within the second spherical in 2016, Lindgren was acquired in a 2018 deal that despatched Rick Nash to Boston.