The Mammoth have 3 NHL goalies. Here’s how that could work

When a player steps away from hockey to get help through the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program, his NHL squad has little to no contact with him.

In the instance of Utah Mammoth goaltender Connor Ingram, who entered the program in March for the second time in his career, management received its updates through the grapevine. But you don’t build your team based on rumors, so on July 1, they signed Vítek Vaněček as a depth option in net.

“As a GM, you just have to make sure that there’s depth,” GM Bill Armstrong said in an interview ahead of free agency day. “Whether it’s goaltending or it’s on defense or it’s forwards, we have to make sure there’s depth. It’s just speculation. (Ingram is) in the program. I hear through roundabout that he’s doing really well. We’re really excited fo