Avalanche News
Ryan Lindgren Departs Avalanche For New Deal in Seattle
Ryan Lindgren is not re-signing with the Avalanche after all.
According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, the 27-year-old defenseman is signing a four-year deal with the Seattle Kraken for $4.5 million per season.
The Avs acquired Lindgren ahead of the trade deadline in March, and he appeared in 19 regular season games with them. Between the New York Rangers and Colorado, Lindgren had a career-high 22 points in 72 games.
He also played in all seven playoff games with the Avalanche, recording three assists and a team-high +5 rating in 18:37 per game.
After trading Charlie Coyle and Miles Wood to clear cap space, the Avs circled back with Lindgren, but were unable to come to terms before free agency began.
Lindgren also made $4.5 million last season.
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27 going on 37. Didn’t understand the trade when they acquired him. And was exactly what Rangers people/fans said he was. Slow, plodding, bad with the puck. And he’s NOT a top 4 defenseman on a legitimate playoff contender.
Kraken…going to do Kraken things, ugh.
Well – this will give us more cap to extend Necas and bring Middleton up.
Lol. Well played. My gut is telling me they are in on Ehlers (blah). I think they want him at a number closer to 7 – 8. Which would allow them to deal Necas. They aren’t paying him 10 plus like he desires.
Thats a super expensive 3rd pairing dmen. Good thing avs passed.
Time for Nate Schmidt to sign with Colorado to play with Malinski on the 3rd pairing.
Schmidt went to Utah on a three year deal.
Sometimes, the best deals are the ones you don’t make
Amen
Im glad the Avs didn’t sign him at that price
I thought he did a solid job for the Avs in a more limited role than what he was asked to do for Rangers, but as others have already said, not for that amount of money!
Well – Sammy G gets $5M a year. I thought he was a serviceable “D” man and the amount he signed for doesn’t seem outrageous (outside of the term.) Seems to be the going rate these days. But then again, Sammy G is a “puck moving” defenseman and that trumps all.
Girard’s defensive play is a lot better than he gets credit for; some people just see his size and downplay him as a defender but he’s actually quite good. But, yes, there is an expectation in the modern NHL that D-men can make a good first pass and move the puck well.
He played well for us for sure. A team lacking a 2nd puck moving defenseman would love to have him. Click the link to see why I say good riddance!
https://x.com/DallasStars/status/1919170036561830369
Yea, do not disagree. I think the Avs did not believe he could be more than a top flight third pairing defenseman who can fill on 2nd line. I saw yesterday that his agent already declared he was not resigning with CO so either he had no interest returning or the Avs had no interest in him or gave him an offer he was unhappy with. I would prefer him over Girard given the current make-up of the defense, but we will have to see.
Interesting responses considering he had a career-best 24-25 season with career-highs in points and assists and tying his career-high in goals…