Fans furious as Avalanche fail to re-sign their defensive backbone in free agency
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The Seattle Kraken have signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Ryan Lindgren to a four-year, $18 million deal, per TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun.
The deal carries a cap hit of $4.5 million.
Avalanche miss out on re-signing defensive pillar.
Seattle Kraken have signed UFA D Ryan Lindgren to a four-year x $4.5M AAV deal
Lindgren, 27, wrapped up the season with the Colorado Avalanche after being acquired from the New York Rangers on March 1. The deal also brought forward Jimmy Vesey and defenseman Hank Kempf to Colorado, while the Rangers received defenseman Calvin de Haan, forward Juuso Parssinen, and two draft picks in return.
"He had four goals and 22 points in 72 games with split between the Rangers and Avalanche last season while averaging 19:42 of ice time. He added three assists in seven playoff games while averaging 18:37 of ice time before his team was eliminated by the Dallas Stars in the first round." -TSN.ca
The 6-foot, left-shot defenseman just completed a one-year, $4.5 million contract. Originally selected 49th overall by the Boston Bruins in the 2016 NHL Draft, Lindgren has tallied 14 goals and 102 points over 405 career games, split between the New York Rangers and Colorado Avalanche.
The move makes sense after the Avalanche re-signed young defenseman Sam Malinski to a one-year extension on Monday. Lindgren was clearly looking for term, and ultimately, wasn't going to land that in Colorado.
The Avalanche also extended forward Parker Kelly earlier today, so we'll see if GM Chris MacFarland has any other moves up his sleeve throughout the day.
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JUILLET 1 | 32 ANSWERS Fans furious as Avalanche fail to re-sign their defensive backbone in free agency Are you upset that the Avalanche didn't re-sign Ryan Lindgren? | ||
| yes | 16 | 50 % |
| no | 16 | 50 % |
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