{"id":413552,"date":"2026-01-18T01:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T01:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/413552\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T01:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T01:27:18","slug":"oilers-make-a-critical-decision-on-connor-ingram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/413552\/","title":{"rendered":"Oilers Make a Critical Decision on Connor Ingram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It sounds like the Edmonton Oilers have made a big decision when it comes to the status of goaltender <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/i\/ingraco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-17_hr\">Connor Ingram<\/a>. The goaltender is in a small window to be sent down without risking waivers, but the Oilers are going to let that window expire. <\/p>\n<p>Several reports suggested that the team isn\u2019t in a hurry to demote Ingram based on the way he\u2019s played, and that means the Oilers will carry three goaltenders until after the Olympic break. <\/p>\n<p>Jason Gregor of Sports 1440 believes the Oilers have made up their minds on Ingram. With <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/jarrytr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-17_hr\">Tristan Jarry<\/a> set for the start on Saturday against the Vancouver Canucks, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pickaca01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-01-17_hr\">Calvin Pickard<\/a> will back him up, and Ingram will stay home and rest. \u201cHe\u2019s staying at the JW Marriott; he can relax, he can get a good night\u2019s sleep,\u201d said Gregor. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not sending him down,\u201d argued Gregor.  \u201cIt makes no sense to send Connor Ingram down, look at the way the guy played last night.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>So Now What for the Oilers Goaltending?<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton will try to find a way to successfully run with three goalies for the foreseeable future. They\u2019ll split starts, stay rested, but also each play so they\u2019re not too rested. Eventually, someone is going to be traded. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Connor-Ingram-Oilers-NHL.jpg\" alt=\"Connor Ingram Oilers NHL\" class=\"wp-image-105228\"  \/>Connor Ingram Oilers NHL<\/p>\n<p>The early speculation is that someone is Calvin Pickard. If Edmonton were to place him on waivers, they would lose him. The Oilers don\u2019t want to do that. First, because they feel they owe him the opportunity to go somewhere he wants. Second, because losing him now on waivers risks the team having only two goalies, which is an issue if injuries become a factor. <\/p>\n<p>The Oilers would rather have guys and not need them than need and not have them. <\/p>\n<p>Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/nhltradetalk.com\/insider-confirms-rasmus-andersson-trade-report-one-team-getting-close\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Insider Confirms Rasmus Andersson Trade Report: One Team Getting Close<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NHLTradeTalkweblogo4.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It sounds like the Edmonton Oilers have made a big decision when it comes to the status of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[2663,5,2175],"class_list":{"0":"post-413552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-connor-ingram","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-top-story"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115913507385116558","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}