BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

IT’S NOT OFTEN A 30-YEAR-OLD GOALIE BURSTS ONTO THE NHL SCENE. BUT CHARLIE LINDGREN FINALLY GOT THE CHANCE TO BE A NO. 1 NET MINDER LAST SEASON, AND HE REPAID THE CAPITALS WITH A BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

BY BEN RABY

IF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COULD produce a model for an elite NHL goalie, Charlie Lindgren wouldn’t be the prototype. Even Lindgren admits as much. He knows his resume: undrafted out of college, followed by six years spent mostly in the minors. Lindgren readily concedes he’s neither the most naturally talented nor the biggest goalie in the world. Yet, try telling him he can’t hang with the NHL’s best at your peril. “My ceiling? I believe I can be a top guy in this league,” said Lindgren before the season. If you chat with him at length about his career, there is plenty of deflection – his family, coaches, teammates, trainers and specialists are really the ones who made it all possible, according to Lindgren. Thanking others comes naturally for the native of Lakeville,…

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