Charlie Lindgren has been in the Montreal Canadiens organization for a little over two full seasons now, signing as an undrafted NCAA free agent at the end of the 2015-16 season. In the one game he played that year, he stopped 26 of 28 shots against the Carolina Hurricanes and looked right at home doing it.
He played just two NHL games the following year where he posted two wins, a 1.48 goals-against average, and .949 save percentage, once again looking like a young player getting ready for NHL action. In that first full year he also backstopped the St.