The Washington Capitals have each halves of their goaltending tandem signed past this season. Based on a team announcement, the Capitals have signed netminder Charlie Lindgren to a three-year, $9M contract extension.
Though Lindgren’s wage will almost triple on this deal, it seems to be a stable bit of labor from Capitals’ normal supervisor, Chris Patrick. Washington can pay a mixed $8.85M to Lindgren and Logan Thompson subsequent season, equating to 9.26% of the 2025-26 wage cap ceiling.
Nevertheless, it’s cheap to imagine Lindgren missed an even bigger payday. His first season with the Capitals was pretty generic, sporting a 13-11-3 report in 26 begins with a .899 SV% and three.05 GAA. Based on MoneyPuck, his -3.9 targets saved above common was good for eightieth within the league, whereas his goaltending accomplice on the time, Darcy Kuemper, ranked sixteenth within the NHL with an 8.8.
