It’s a one-way deal and the assumption was he would step into the backup role behind Carey Price. Niemi, who resurrected his career last season in Montreal after being waived by Pittsburgh and Florida, would have to clear waivers. Lindgren was 4-8-2 in Montreal with a 3.02 GAA and a .908 save percentage and his numbers in Laval were worse. “I’m going to go out and do my best. Julien said he will use his top goalies — Price, Niemi, Lindgren and Michael McNiven in Sunday’s intra-squad game at the Bell Centre at 1 p.m. Each team will dress 21 players with four lines and seven defencemen.

Source: National Post September 16, 2018 01:18 UTC