Golden Knights extend Carl Lindbom

According to a team announcement, the Vegas Golden Knights have signed goaltender Carl Lindbom to a three-year, $2.7MM ($900K AAV) contract through the 2028-29 season.

The 23-year-old goaltender is coming off his entry-level contract, which paid him $2.52MM ($840K) from 2023-24 up until the end of this season. The former 222nd overall pick in the 2021 NHL Draft finished last year with a .926 save percentage and a 2.16 goals-against average in 35 games with the Henderson Silver Knights in the AHL. He finished his second year winning 18 out of 20 games in regulation, elevating him to the top five in all AHL goalie stats, including a 24-5-8 record to earn himself AHL Second All-Star Team honors, and a spot on the Pacific roster for the 2026 AHL All-Star Game.

In two seasons with the Silver Knights, Lindbom has a 42-30-11 record, good for an overall 2.41 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage. He has represented Sweden internationally in several junior stints, winning bronze medals at the 2021 U18 World Junior Championship and another in the 2022 U20 World Junior Championship.

The Stockholm native also found himself in Vegas’s net in the NHL this season for eight games. He posted a 3.00 goals-against average and .873 save percentage, good for a -4.16 goals saved above expected.

Despite those statistics, Lindbom’s pedigree has shown signs that he can push up the Golden Knights’ depth chart between the pipes, and his team’s situation could work in his favor, along with his solid play.

Vegas is backed up against the cap, only holding around $4.6MM in cap space, and has already moved off players they’re unable to afford in Pavel Dorofeyev, their top-tier goal-scorer to the New York Rangers. Overall, the Stanley Cup runner-ups have the highest cap hit headed into 2026-27 at $99MM, $8.25MM of that paid to their current goaltenders.

Carter Hart, who carries a $2MM cap hit for another season, projects as the team’s starter after playing all of Vegas’s 21 playoff games last year, but what is to be made of Adin Hill? Hill had seen decreasing numbers after inking a six-year deal that should pay him $37.5MM by 2030-31. Having Akira Schmid‘s services up for renegotiation as an RFA begs the question of where Vegas goes from here. If they want to ensure contention year-in and year-out, they’ll have to get creative in trades like they always do.

All in all, if they want to see the prospect of their young goaltender continue to develop into an NHL regular, the Golden Knights will have to make some room in their goalie lockers for the future.