- Daily Faceoff ranks Connor Ingram the best goalie left in NHL free agency
- Ingram went 16-10-3 with a .899 save percentage in 32 games for Edmonton
- Read below for the full list of remaining UFA netminders and where Ingram fits
The best goaltender still sitting in NHL free agency is a 29-year-old who was starting playoff games three months ago.
Daily Faceoff’s Scott Maxwell ranked the five netminders left on the open market Tuesday, and Connor Ingram landed at No. 1. Maxwell filed him under “I’m surprised he hasn’t found a home yet this summer,” and it is a fair question three weeks from training camp.
His case is not complicated. Ingram put up a 16-10-3 record, a .899 save percentage and a 2.60 goals-against average across 32 games with the Oilers, with two shutouts and a 63.3 percent quality start rate.
He also won the crease outright down the stretch and carried it into the first round against Anaheim.
Former NHL goalie Carter Hutton was asked on Daily Faceoff LIVE why Ingram was still waiting by the phone.
“Connor Ingram is an interesting one to me. Like, what else does he have to do? His numbers have been well. He played very good last year for the Edmonton Oilers. It didn’t work out. He’s the one where maybe did he have an offer on the table and he waited a little bit too long and he was the guy that got caught holding the bag when other guys took smaller deals.”
Catch Hutton’s full breakdown of the leftover free agents:
Free agency moved fast and then stopped cold. All 21 unrestricted free agent goalies who signed new deals did so within the first four days of the market opening, according to Oilersnation. AFP Analytics had projected a two-year deal worth roughly $3 million per season for Ingram.
| # | Goalie | Age | 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connor Ingram | 29 | 32 GP, 16-10-3, .899 |
| 2 | Cam Talbot | 39 | 34 GP, 12-9-6, .883 |
| 3 | Matt Murray | 32 | 5 GP, 0-2-1, .922 |
| 4 | James Reimer | 38 | 14 GP, 7-4-2, .886 |
| 5 | Petr Mrazek | 34 | 10 GP, 3-5-0, .858 |
Edmonton had its own reasons to move on. The Oilers are hauling three goalies into camp in Tristan Jarry, Frederik Andersen and Devon Levi, with Jarry the early favorite for the No. 1 job.
Maxwell pointed at Carolina, Pittsburgh, Florida and Vegas as clubs carrying enough uncertainty in net to justify one more body. None of them has called.
That leaves Ingram waiting on the two things that usually shake a goalie loose in late August: a training camp injury somewhere, or a professional tryout invite.
