Charlie Lindgren, now a well-established NHL goaltender for the Capitals, has ascended from a largely overlooked bubble player to the teamâs starting goalie. His professional journey began with the Montreal Canadiens, but most of it was spent in the AHL. As Lindgren prepares for his playoff debut against his old team, the Montreal Canadiens, injuries to the Capitalsâ lineup have changed the stakes, providing a thrilling backdrop to a matchup that features friends and familiar faces from his previous career in Montreal.
It's obviously exciting. I spent six or seven years of my life there. I still know a few of the guys on that side. I know a lot of the training staff. So it certainly adds a fun element for sure, just with the old team. But yeah, it's just going to make for a really exciting series, a really exciting brand of hockey.
Though Lindgren spent more than half a decade in Quebec, he was usually either on the bench or in the minors. He played in just 24 games for the Canadiens over five seasons, compared to 137 AHL games, and never took the net while on the Habs' taxi squad in 2020-21, his final season before signing with the Blues.
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