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Rangers RFA Olof Lindbom Signs In Finland

June 14, 2024 at 11:30 am CDT | by Josh Erickson 2 Comments

Goaltender Olof Lindbom’s time in the Rangers organization may be coming to an end. The pending restricted free agent is heading to Europe next season, signing a one-year deal with Pelicans of the Finnish Liiga with a one-year option.

Lindbom, 23, was the first goaltender taken in the 2018 NHL Draft, taken off the board in the early second round with the 39th overall pick. Nearly six years later, it seems like a regrettable choice. Justus Annunen, Lukáš Dostál, Samuel Ersson, and Joel Hofer are just some of the goalies selected after him who have already logged NHL action and still have more to grow.

The Stockholm native waited until the 2022 offseason to sign his entry-level contract with the Rangers. He came to North America after putting up decent but unimpressive numbers as a starter in the HockeyAllsvenskan, Sweden’s second-tier pro league.

Lindbom wasn’t able to even carve out a role with New York’s AHL affiliate in Hartford, though, and spent most of the last two seasons on assignment to the ECHL with the Jacksonville Icemen and Cincinnati Cyclones. This year in Cincinnati was especially difficult for Lindbom, struggling with a .884 SV%, 3.56 GAA, one shutout and a 10-15-3 record in 29 games. He fared slightly better in limited action with Hartford, logging a .916 SV% in six games, but his sub-.900 play in the ECHL over the past two years offers little hope for an NHL future.

As such, he’s heading to Finland for the first time after spending all of his pre-Rangers days in Sweden. The 6’2″ netminder’s NHL rights could still stay with the Rangers if they issue him a qualifying offer before the June 30 deadline, although it wouldn’t surprise many to see him be non-tendered. He’ll team up on Pelicans next year with Jasper Patrikainen, another young netminder who’s had an up-and-down run over the past few years.

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  1. thegreatgoodbye

    1 year ago

    Still never understood why NYR drafted him. Especially over Jack Drury

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    • RangerRick

      1 year ago

      Talk about bad drafting, the 2018 draft was probably one of the worst Rangers drafts. They chose Vitali Kravtsov with the #7 pick and Evan Bouchard, Noah Dobson, and Joel Farabee were 3 of the next 5 picks. As for wasting a 2nd round pick on Lindbom, no goalie in the entire draft has won 1 NHL game. The entire goalie crop sucked, but the Rangers wasted a #2 pick.

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