Lankinen is an insurance policy, but his presence makes life a little difficult for Ingram. It was widely expected that 2021-2022 would be the season in which Ingram made the full-time leap to Nashville to back up Saros.
We don’t know what that might look like because we’ve only seen him in gold a handful of times. Ingram isn’t massive, but he’s a great option at a 1B netminder for a NHL team. The young goalie has been a workhorse in net for the Milwaukee Admirals, and he’s worth much, much more than what Nashville paid for him (a 7th round pick). Many of us wonder where this leaves Connor Ingram. the weather was great, the sun shone down on offseason training, and Nashville signed Finnish goalie Kevin Lankinen to a one-year deal worth $1.5 million. When David Rittich proved unable to stop pucks, Connor Ingram was sent in and performed fairly well for a rookie goaltender playing against the League’s juggernauts. However, an untimely injury meant that Saros was sidelined when the Predators needed him most – the playoffs. The first-time Vezina Trophy nominee finished third in last summer’s voting, and his outstanding regular season performance should not go unnoticed. That’s clear, undisputed, and pretty obvious. Juuse Saros is Nashville’s starting goaltender.
