The Edmonton Oilers acquired goaltender Connor Ingram from the Utah Mammoth on Wednesday in change for future issues.
Per the Oilers, the Mammoth will retain $800,000 of Ingram’s $1.95 million cap hit. He’s within the final season of a three-year, $5.85 million contract and might turn into an unrestricted free agent after the upcoming marketing campaign.
Ingram, 28, was assigned to Bakersfield of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.
He recorded a 9-8-4 document with a 3.27 goals-against common and .882 save share in 22 video games (all begins) final season with Utah earlier than getting into the NHL/NHLPA Participant Help Program on March 9. He was cleared from this system on Aug. 20.
Final month, the Mammoth introduced Ingram wouldn’t take part in coaching camp and that they have been trying to commerce him. He was positioned on waivers Sept. 25 and went unclaimed.
“We wish to thank Connor for every thing he has finished for the group,” Mammoth basic supervisor Invoice Armstrong stated. “He’s a category act, nice teammate, and we want him nothing however the most effective.”
Ingram is 39-44-15 with seven shutouts, a 3.14 GAA and a .902 save share in 102 profession video games (99 begins) with the Nashville Predators, Arizona Coyotes and Utah.
A 3rd-round draft choose by the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2016, he by no means performed for the franchise. Ingram gained the NHL’s Masterton Trophy in 2023-24. The trophy acknowledges the participant who finest exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.
–Discipline Stage Media