{"id":59269,"date":"2025-11-18T22:34:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/59269\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T22:34:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:34:51","slug":"oilers-connor-ingram-plan-hits-a-roadblock-despite-persistent-goalie-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/59269\/","title":{"rendered":"Oilers\u2019 Connor Ingram Plan Hits a Roadblock Despite Persistent Goalie Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Edmonton Oilers have found themselves back at square one following Monday\u2019s 5-1 loss to the Sabres. They\u2019ve dropped two of their last three games, bringing their record to 9-8-4. A major issue plaguing the Oilers is their goaltending situation.<\/p>\n

With Stuart Skinner struggling to find consistency, many fans are looking to Connor Ingram. He is currently playing for the Oilers\u2019 AHL affiliate as a potential solution to the team\u2019s goaltending woes.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s Delaying the Oilers\u2019 Plan for Connor Ingram?<\/p>\n

The Oilers acquired Connor Ingram<\/a> from the Utah Mammoth in October for future considerations. Ingram didn\u2019t participate in the Utah training camp over the offseason, so the Oilers assigned him to the Condors to help him get back in form.<\/p>\n

During a recent appearance on the \u201cOilers Now\u201d podcast<\/a> with Bob Stauffer, Bakersfield Condors head coach Colin Chaulk discussed Ingram\u2019s performance this AHL season. \u201cMissed training camp, you know, we\u2019re gonna take a little step, the quick close notes was great in his first game, wasn\u2019t seen in his next game, talked us about that, we gave him a little bit of reset. Goalie caoch Kelly Guard did a great job helping reset him, getting him traffic practice, amulating some things, went back to check it\u2026\u201d Chaulk said.<\/p>\n

Ingram made several key saves in the last game against the San Diego Gulls, despite the team losing in overtime. He made 34 saves on 38 shots in that game and is set to start against the Calgary Wranglers on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Colin Chaul emphasized that players who miss training camp often need time to get back into rhythm. \u201cPlayers who miss training camp often take time to get back in rhythm. It may take until Christmas for them to find their form, but that\u2019s part of the American League experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chaulk believes it will take time for Ingram to be game-ready, potentially delaying the Oilers\u2019 plans to bring him up to the NHL<\/a> to compete with Skinner.<\/p>\n

Oilers general manager Stan Bowman<\/a> previously noted, \u201cThe way we look at it is this is a great depth option for us. I think whether it\u2019s injuries or whether it\u2019s the play of our team, it\u2019s nice to know that we have someone in our organization that\u2019s had some recent success in the NHL.\u201d<\/p>\n

This season, Ingram has a 4.02 GAA and a .860 save percentage with the Condors. It remains to be seen if the Oilers will bring him up to the NHL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Edmonton Oilers have found themselves back at square one following Monday\u2019s 5-1 loss to the Sabres. They\u2019ve…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-59269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}