Waived: [TOR] G Ilya Samsonov waived by the Maple Leafs (cleared)

[Leafs87]

His contract expires at years end. Maybe someone takes a shot at him? I’d be overly surprised but not totally out this world given that he was good last year and there is be very little risk. If he turns things around you may even be able to flip him at the deadline

 

[Habsddicted]

In other exciting news I was just selected by Amazon to win some free Le Crueset cookware!
Can’t believe my good luck!

Jesus Christ I thought I was going crazy with the fricking ad popping up constantly. Glad to see you mentionning it, I'm feeling less stupid now knowing it wasn't something on my end.

 

[nbwingsfan]

You mean signing and trading for scrap goaltending doesn’t actually work??


(Someone please also relay this info to Yzerman)

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Do the Marlies play Bakersfield anytime soon?

 

[dirtydanglez]

kyle dubas parting gift to the leafs... so much time wasted by that lemon

 

[Divine]

You mean signing and trading for scrap goaltending doesn’t actually work??


(Someone please also relay this info to Yzerman)

Who did the Leafs trade for?

 

[Bruce Granville]

I guess he‘s done for the year.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Do the Marlies play Bakersfield anytime soon?

Campbell isn't the starting goalie in Bakersfield anymore. He lost the job. Rodrigue is putting up amazing numbers. 2.25 GAA and .932 S%

 

[nbwingsfan]

Who did the Leafs trade for?

I would have already blocked out Matt Murray too

 

[Divine]

I would have already blocked out Matt Murray too

Didn't they get paid to take him?

 

[Oddbob]

Yzerman will claim him, and take parts of Reimer, Lyon, Husso, and Samsonov and make a super goalie.

 

[Toronto makebeleifs]

So much voodoo. Granted, he is a new father, but the difference from last year to now is jarring. Not the same goalie at all, I hope he's able to figure it out

 

[zizbuka]

I guess this is what happens when you build a team like it's a fantasy league?

 

[TheGroceryStick]

He really shouldn’t be taking mins away from the kids down in the A, if they’re trying to “get his groove back”. Head over to the rock bud.

 

[Pi]

Yaaaay! Our nightmare is hopefully over.

I’m glad that they didn’t sign him long term. There are very few elite goalies in this league and if your name isn’t Vasy, Sorokin, Shesterkin, Hellbuyck etc. you don’t sign them long term.

I guess this is what happens when you build a team like it's a fantasy league?

It’s not built like that though lol? Leafs are consistently one of the best teams in the league. He just played like shit.

 

[nbwingsfan]

Didn't they get paid to take him?

And wasted over $4M in cap space on a goalie who was a third stringer come playoff time, got saved by sending him to Robidas island.

A scrap indeed

 

[Divine]

And wasted over $4M in cap space on a goalie who was a third stringer come playoff time, got saved by sending him to Robidas island.

A scrap indeed

They got paid to take a cap dump. It happens.

Unfortunately for them, he got injured before re-gaining his form. Also, their former GM was going for anyone who played for the Soo - so it wasn't too surprising.

 

[Bottle Rocket]

Yzerman will claim him, and take parts of Reimer, Lyon, Husso, and Samsonov and make a super goalie.

You mean a super bad goalie.

 

[McJedi]

Rolling with jones and Woll for a bit now

Woll is out injured for at least another month. Probably two months.

The Kings should claim him. Then Trade Arvadsson.

 

[3074326]

Everyone was. Most of them were Pens fans.

It’s still hilarious.

 

[Gilles Meloche]

MAF/Woll would be my guess the rest of this season.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

wonder which GM desperate for a goalie will be convinced that all Sammy needs is a change of scenery...HAHA

Hawks could use him and have a bunch of cap space.

He’s better than he’s played the last few games/this season

 

[xECK29x]

https://x.com/cultureoflosing/status/1741540098074669421?s=10

 

[wintersej]

Nedjelkovic's stats are even better than Jarry's this year, and Dubas brought him in last year in addition to re-signing Jarry.

The reality is that non-elite goalies are voodoo and can be wildly inconsistent year to year. There is no real skill in being able to "evalute" goalies of that caliber, they can be anything from terrific to horrible. I think Nedjelkovic is a perfect example of this, he went from a Calder finalist to a bad starter for Detroit to now a terrific 1B for the Penguins. Samsonov is in the same boat.

I feel like the Leafs have not had a legitimately reliable starting goalie since Andersen. They just keep rotating through these Nedjelkovic and Samsonov caliber guys and hoping they can stick for a cheap price, which is great when it works but it blows up miserably when it doesn't work.

I don't agree that there is no skill. I do think there is skill in looking at guys and looking at their strengths and weaknesses and seeing if you think your goalie coach and style of system can get more (or less) out of them. This might be something that is truer with the better defensive teams.

 

[RobBrown4PM]

There is a god