Ryan Lindgren

Ryan Lindgren

26-Year-Old DefensemanD
New York Rangers
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Through five NHL seasons, Lindgren has never reached the 20-point threshold, including the 2023-24 campaign in which he tallied three goals and 14 assists. In fact, the blueliner has never recorded a power-play point in his career. All that to say, Lindgren isn't going to offer much in terms of offensive production. In certain formats, the Minnesota native could have some value after notching 114 hits and 103 blocked shots in 76 regular-season contests last year, but even those are middling numbers that represent Lindgren's low-end fantasy outlook. Read Past Outlooks
$Signed a one-year, $4.5 million contract with the Rangers in July of 2024.
Nabs two helpers in win
DNew York Rangers
January 5, 2025
Lindgren provided two even-strength assists in Sunday's 6-2 win over Chicago.
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Lindgren recorded his first multi-point effort of the campaign in Sunday's victory. The defensive defenseman has been chipping in on offense recently -- Lindgren has generated one goal and three helpers over his last five games. The 26-year-old had just four points through 29 games before this stretch. The Minnesota native is at two goals, eight points and a minus-3 rating while averaging 19:37 of ice time through 34 appearances in 2024-25.
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2024–25 Time On Ice Stats
  • Average Time On Ice:
    19:51
  • Average Power Play TOI:
    0:02
  • Average Short-Handed TOI:
    2:56
 
Ice Time
Power Play
Short-Handed
2022–23
18:50
0:01
2:04
2023–24
19:21
0:01
2:43
2024–25
19:51
0:02
2:56
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Lindgren gets none of the accolades his defense partner, Adam Fox, receives as a top-pairing blueliner for the Rangers. To Lindgren's credit, he posted a career-best plus-29 rating last year to go with 18 points, 92 blocked shots, 68 hits, 75 shots on goal and 45 PIM in 63 contests. The 25-year-old is a stay-at-home blueliner and a great complement to Fox's rover tendencies. Lindgren doesn't do enough in any one area to attract a lot of fantasy interest, and it's unlikely he'll enjoy a huge spike in scoring to play his way into more relevance. You can likely do better when looking for depth defensemen on draft day.
Lindgren managed just 15 points in 78 games a season ago, but numbers don't tell the story here. He is unquestionably one of the Rangers' most important players as the stay-at-home compliment to Adam Fox on the club's top defensive pair. Lindgren has finished no worse than a plus-16 rating in each of the past three seasons. He's as tough as they come, and while there isn't much fantasy value here, the Rangers would be in significant trouble if Lindgren was sidelined for a long period, as we saw at times during the 2021-22 postseason.
Boqvist was part of the package that went to the Blue Jackets in the trade that sent Seth Jones to Chicago in July, a deal that could easily turn into a massive win for Columbus given the bloated contract the Blackhawks handed Jones and Boqvist's high-end potential. The Swede has been a regular member of the Chicago blue line over the past two seasons, posting six goals and 29 points (10 on the power play) in 76 games. Boqvist has terrific vision and offensive awareness and will play this entire season at age 21. He should join Zach Werenski on Columbus' top power-play unit and makes for an ideal mid-to-late round pick in all fantasy formats.
Lindgren was a pleasant surprise as a rookie last season, but his skill set is more valuable to the Rangers than to fantasy managers. The physical defenseman scored one goal and added 13 assists to go with a plus-16 rating and 47 PIM in 60 games while playing a stay-at-home role that allowed fellow rookie Adam Fox to frequently jump into the fray offensively. New York will likely keep the Lindgren-Fox pairing together for their sophomore seasons given their chemistry, and while such an arrangement should continue to buoy Lindgren's plus-minus rating, Fox is clearly the player to target in fantasy between the two.
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Puts away goal
DNew York Rangers
December 31, 2024
Lindgren scored a goal, blocked three shots and added two PIM in Monday's 5-3 loss to the Panthers.
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Collects shorthanded helper
DNew York Rangers
December 28, 2024
Lindgren notched a shorthanded assist and two blocked shots in Saturday's 6-2 loss to the Lightning.
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No offense in December
DNew York Rangers
December 25, 2024
Lindgren has not recorded a point over 11 contests in December.
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Registers assist in win
DNew York Rangers
December 1, 2024
Lindgren had an assist, one blocked shot and two PIM in Saturday's 4-3 win over Montreal.
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Puts up assist in loss
DNew York Rangers
November 28, 2024
Lindgren notched an assist, three hits and two blocked shots in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Hurricanes.
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Will likely miss Opening Night
DNew York Rangers
October 1, 2024
Lindgren is not expected to be ready for Opening Night in Pittsburgh while he works his way back from an upper-body injury, according to Peter Baugh of The Athletic on Tuesday.
ANALYSIS
Lindgren's injury leaves a big hole for the Rangers defensively and on the penalty kill. K'Andre Miller and Zac Jones should see more minutes on the left side of New York's defense while Lindgren recovers. Lindgren signed a one-year, $4.5 million contract with the Rangers in July.
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