Penguins Goalie Prospect Signs in Finland
Another Pittsburgh Penguins prospect is returning to Europe.
Goalie Filip Lindberg, signed as a free agent in 2021, has accepted a two-year contract with Turku in Finland.
Last week, forward Filip Hallander, the Penguins’ second-round draft choice in 2018, agreed to a five-year contract in his native Sweden.
Lindberg, who suffered a serious ankle injury that scuttled his first season in the Penguins’ organization, was 6-11-1, with a 3.13 goals-against average and .896 save percentage in 19 appearances with their farm team in Wilkes-Barre in 2022-23.
He had gone 4-2, with a 2.76 goals-against average and .915 save percentage, in seven games with Wilkes-Barre during his first pro season before being injured.
Lindberg was Minnesota’s seventh-round draft choice in 2019 and played three seasons at UMass-Amherst before signing with the Penguins.
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Not a big deal, but it seems every young player in Wilkes wants to jump ship from this organization
This guy may have not a future here, but its not a good sign for the organization. No organizational depth. The agents of these players know. FSG better bring someone in who has energy in bringing this entitled, lifeless zombie of an organization back to life.
I gotta think it gets much worse before it gets better.
Accurate or not, the perception is unless you set the world on fire in your first few games in Pittsburgh, you go back to the AHL.
Do the Pens retain his rights if he wants to come back to the NHL?
Well . .. if you accept the barrage of reporting of how empty the minor league system is and how skill deprived those in it are . . .. then this is no big deal. If you look at his stats and add to it the ankle injury . .. he pretty much sounds like “a guy.” And truthfully, once you get by 7 or 8 players on the NHL roster . . . the team is essentially . .. a bunch of guys. I am hopeful that someone at FSG has heard about the news that the team has… Read more »
Frank,
No one will want this job. Still have a huge Cancer on team. I have said over a year, Pens are on their death bed. Over a year I preached Matheson and Marino was outrageously stupid trades. Some Yinzer sports media loved them! Look it up! Petry a physical Dman? A punk and only in Pittsburgh physical. Look at who some of their recommended physical players are. Punks! I dated women tougher. I’m like a Canadian fan.
They now monitor your responses?