- Vegas signed goalie Carl Lindbom to a three-year extension worth $900K per season
- The 23-year-old Swede was one of the AHL’s best netminders in Henderson last season
- Read below for the contract terms and what they mean for Vegas in net
The Golden Knights locked up one of their young goalies before he could get anywhere near free agency.
Vegas signed Carl Lindbom to a three-year contract extension, the team announced:
The deal runs through the 2028-29 season and carries a $900,000 cap hit, $2.7 million in total. Lindbom was finishing out his entry-level contract, so this is the first real raise of his pro career.
Lindbom is 23 and just wrapped one of the best seasons any goalie had in the AHL. He went 24-5-8 with a 2.16 goals-against average and a .926 save percentage for the Henderson Silver Knights, numbers that earned him AHL Second All-Star Team honors and a spot in the 2026 AHL All-Star Classic.
The Stockholm native landed in Vegas as a 222nd overall pick in the 2021 draft, about as deep as a draft goes. Two pro seasons later he owns a .919 save percentage across 73 games in Henderson.
He got his first NHL look this past season too. Lindbom debuted October 26 in Tampa Bay and grabbed his first win November 29 against San Jose. His sample was small at eight games, and the results were rough, but the organization clearly likes what it has.
That contract fits where Vegas sits financially. The Golden Knights carry the highest cap hit in the league heading into next season and already shipped scorer Pavel Dorofeyev to the Rangers to clear room. A $900,000 goalie who stays waiver-exempt next year is exactly the kind of cheap depth a capped-out team needs.
Carter Hart projects as the starter after handling all 21 of Vegas’s playoff games last spring. Adin Hill’s spot is less settled. Lindbom doesn’t have to win a job tomorrow, but the Knights made sure he’ll be around when one opens up.
