Confirmed Signing with Link: Anders Lindbäck signs five-game PTO with Kings AHL affiliate

[sureloss]

Sounds like it is a minor league contract, not an NHL contract

 

[KingPuckChoo]

Budaj Lindback Campbell Zatkoff

i still find our situation too humorous to be depressed

 

[McYoungGuns]

im confused here , is it him paying 5 games or the kings playing 5, cause if its him playing 5, whats stopping the kings from spreading those 5 over 30 of there games ?

 

[capebretoncanadien]

Can't believe this guy keeps finding work....he sucks.

 

[KingPuckChoo]

im confused here , is it him paying 5 games or the kings playing 5, cause if its him playing 5, whats stopping the kings from spreading those 5 over 30 of there games ?

haha Lindback has to pay the Kings to play hockey, now THAT'S desperate

 

[KingPuckChoo]

Can't believe this guy keeps finding work....he sucks.

you are aware that in case Imoo Sr falls down with an injury, i'm literally the next guy replacing as a backup in the AHL?

but now that they've signed Lindback, i gotta go back to work, told my boss i had to take a few days off waiting for an important call, guess that call won't come for at least 5 more games!

 

[Minnesota]

Kings:

Seriously, it's been a crazy year for goalies already.

 

[Holden Caulfield]

To clarify, 5 game contracts are not a thing in NHL. This is a contract with the Ontario Reign of the AHL. Right now the Reign have a 46 year old goalie coach and his 21ish year old son coming off a 2 game season in the SPHL last year. They needed a goalie all kinds of desperately.

 

[Basilisk]

This can also be looked at as an insurance type of deal. Budaj, Zatkoff, and (unless I'm mistaken) Campbell can all be claimed off waivers on their way back down. But if Lindback is never brought up, he'll never face the waiver claim scenario.

 

[mouser]

fwiw, AHL PTO contracts can be for up to 25 games, though the team can terminate them at any time.

 

[mouser]

This can also be looked at as an insurance type of deal. Budaj, Zatkoff, and (unless I'm mistaken) Campbell can all be claimed off waivers on their way back down. But if Lindback is never brought up, he'll never face the waiver claim scenario.

I was under the impression Lindback hasn't played any games in Europe this season? Would need to clear waivers if signed to an NHL contract before being loaned to the AHL, but shouldn't have to clear waivers to sign an NHL deal if that's the case.

 

[KingPuckChoo]

makes more sense, guess they'll test him out in the AHL before they do anything

and once Zatkoff is back, maybe by then Condon will be grabbed off waivers or something (If Lindback doesn't deliver)

Regardless, this should stop the goalie rumors for at least another week

 

[serp]

So i take it the Kings don't an ECHL affiliate like some other teams where they store more minor prospects they could call up to the AHL ? Kind of wondered about that when a 46 old had to dress as a backup .

 

[LombardiTool]

So i take it the Kings don't an ECHL affiliate like some other teams where they store more minor prospects they could call up to the AHL ? Kind of wondered about that when a 46 old had to dress as a backup .

We have the Manchester Monarchs. I am assuming that this all went down on Saturday during the afternoon. Not enough time to get anyone out here. The flight across country is one of the big reasons we had a bunch of AHL teams move out west.

 

[SUBdrewgANS]

would this fall under an "emergency signing?" like if you have both your goalies injured in one game, you can sign someone in the building for a 1-game contract?

 

[NSH615]

Man he fell off a cliff. He seemed pretty solid in Nashville, even when pressed into started duties while Rinne was out. Then he was traded to Tampa and went straight down the tubes.

The Mitch Korn special. Turn a terrible goalie into an All-Star.

 

[airbus220]

The flight must be more expensive than his salary for 5 games. As if there are no goalies in NA.

 

[AlphaBravo]

The Cup is ours! Watch out NHL, the Kings are making a comeback.

 

[go4hockey]

Well, I wasn't expecting something like this to happen.

Kings must be desparate.

Well yea any team losing their starter and back up is. This also left us with a 22 yo and his father as the goalies in the AHL.

 

[capebretoncanadien]

you are aware that in case Imoo Sr falls down with an injury, i'm literally the next guy replacing as a backup in the AHL?

but now that they've signed Lindback, i gotta go back to work, told my boss i had to take a few days off waiting for an important call, guess that call won't come for at least 5 more games!

Aw man that's too bad sounds like it would have been a great time.

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

Tank commander Lindback reporting for duty. o7

 

[THall4]

Is karri ramo not available

Came to ask the same question.

Ramo >> Lindback

 

[rajuabju]

Budaj Lindback Campbell Zatkoff

i still find our situation too humorous to be depressed

And to think, not long ago, we had TOO MUCH depth at G between Bernier, Berube, Bartosak, Jones

crazy

 

[kingsholygrail]

This can also be looked at as an insurance type of deal. Budaj, Zatkoff, and (unless I'm mistaken) Campbell can all be claimed off waivers on their way back down. But if Lindback is never brought up, he'll never face the waiver claim scenario.

Wasn't Campbell called up on emergency though? I thought that made him waiver exempt on the way back down as well.

 

[mouser]

Wasn't Campbell called up on emergency though? I thought that made him waiver exempt on the way back down as well.

It does, though CF is showing Campbell's status as being switched to regular recall as of yesterday. Even if it's regular recall, Campbell still has the 30 days/10 game limit before he would have to go through waivers again.