Confirmed Signing with Link: [TOR] G Martin Jones signs with the Maple Leafs (1 year, $875k)

[BallardEra]

I had him ranked at #3 on my 2023 UFA list. Great signing and shocked he was still around!

 

[Darren McCord]

Updated depth charts:

ANA: Gibson | Dostal | Stalock
CGY: Markstrom | Vladar | Wolf
EDM: Skinner | Campbell
LAK: Talbot | Copley
SEA: Grubauer | Driedger | Daccord
SJS: Blackwood | Kahkonen
VAN: Demko | Martin | Silovs
VGK: Hill | Thompson | Lehner (LTIR)

ARZ: Vejmelka | Ingram
CHI: Mrazek | Soderblom
COL: Georgiev | Francouz
DAL: Oettinger | Wedgewood
MIN: Gustavsson | Fleury
NSH: Saros | Lankinen
STL: Binnington | Hofer
WPG: Hellebucyk | Brossoit

BOS: Ullmark | Swayman
BUF: Levi | Comrie | Luukkonen
DET: Husso | Reimer
FLO: Bobrovsky | Knight | Stolarz
MON: Allen | Montembeault | DeSmith
OTT: Korpisalo | Forsberg
TBL: Vasilevskiy | Johansson?
TOR: Samsonov | Jones | Woll | Murray (LTIR)

CAR: Andersen | Raanta | Kochetkov
CLB: Merzlikins | Tarasov
NJD: Vanecek | Schmid
NYI: Sorokin | Varlamov
NYR: Shesterkin | Quick
PHI: Hart | Petersen | Ersson
PIT: Jarry | Nedeljkovic
WSH: Kuemper | Lindgren

Pitt has Hellberg too as 3 and Garrett Sparks as 4 i guess

 

[TheBeard]

Below avg goalie signs with a team for almost league minimum to be veteran depth and a 3rd stringer?

He'll be starting by January.

 

[leafsfan2point0]

He'll be starting by January.

Injuries happen, I’d take him over most 3rd stringers in the league. Good veteran depth.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

5 seasons without getting above .900. No idea what this guy is still doing in the league.

He'll be in the AHL next year

 

[IWantSakicAsMyGM]

He started as Seattles #1 last season

Isn't that because Grubauer got hurt early in the season, and didn't fully return to form until March?

 

[ponder]

Good depth signing. I think he's likely our #3 (Sammy #1, Woll #2, Jones #3, Murray banished to Robidas Island), though there's a chance he wins the #2 spot over Woll at camp. Assuming he's our #3, fingers crossed we can send him to the Marlies without someone snagging him off waivers - feels like a 50/50 shot to me.

Also, for those wondering, the burried threshold is $1.15 mil next season, so he fits well under that. If he doesn't get claimed on waivers, he can play for the Marlies with zero impact of the Leafs cap.

 

[Puikiou]

Awesome. He sucks.

 

[Sheppy]

I had him ranked at #3 on my 2023 UFA list. Great signing and shocked he was still around!

This has to be a joke.

Right?

RIGHT?

 

[Prairie Habs]

Is a goalie lighting it up a good thing or a bad thing?

Maybe they meant it like installing lights at the arena? Not that an arena maintenance worker could ever play in net and beat an NHL team or anything...

 

[innitfam]

I could see Chicago taking him when he goes through waivers. Maybe Tampa too if he gets that far. Although, I also wouldn’t be surprised if he clears

 

[shaner8989]

Toronto Marlies

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Worst goalie in the league

Brad T is ass.

He's our #3

 

[HockeyVirus]

Where goaltenders go to die…. Poor guy

lol? Freddy was good here went on to make the same money and play good for the Canes. Campbell played good here got a massive deal from the Oilers. Now Samsonov has found his game here and Woll is having a coming out party.

Terrible take.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Why would you want that if you are the Leafs. Replace Samsonov with probably the worst goalie in the league?

Leafs fans just blame their goalies when the team doesn't show up for important games

 

[Cas]

5 seasons without getting above .900. No idea what this guy is still doing in the league.

He's (probably) better than the EBUG, and he's most likely better than I would be.

 

[HockeyVirus]

I remember when the Leafs signed Adam Gaudette the thread was like this. People making fun of the Leafs playing a terrible forward. For some reason (likely ignorance of the Leafs depth and general plans) people can't grasp that every single year, the Leafs sign NHL tweeners with experience to NHL money with the intention of playing them on the Marlies and having call up depth if needed that has experience.

That is all this is. If Woll is AHL quality randomly in training camp this is a plan B. If Weoll is elite, the hope is he will clear waivers and can be our new Hutch.

 

[Cas]

This has to be a joke.

Right?

RIGHT?

Maybe he's talking about his ECHL signings list.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Sounds like a paid PTO.
With the potential that nobody grabs him while passing through waivers.

Very likely (if not definite) that Woll is 2G - but they want internal competition at camp AND a capable cheap 3G. (If he's lost to waivers, so be it)

 

[HockeyVirus]

Leafs fans just blame their goalies when the team doesn't show up for important games

Literally no one has blamed goaltending this year? They blamed Campbell for being a pumpkin against the Habs. He wasn't good enough against Tampa but not blamed. Andersen got blamed for being garbage in elimination games unable to save a beach ball.

No one is winning with goaltending like this

 

[bossram]

Worst goalie in the league

Brad T is ass.

He's going to the Marlies bro. Relax.

Teams are realizing their goaltending depth needs go beyond the backup slot. This is nothing more than that.

 

[Rude Dog]

I am more than fine with it. A good goalie is just going to get claimed on waivers anyway. Jones likely won't. This way, they at least have a guy with experience if Sammy goes down.

 

[Sheppy]

But can someone seriously explain to me how you can go 27-13 with an .886 in todays NHL?

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I have to say so far I'm a big fan of Treliving's work.

There isn't a single thing he's done that I haven't liked.

The worst thing I can say is that Ryan Reaves should have gotten a 2 year contract instead of 3.

That's it, that's a solid job.

 

[Golden_Jet]

I had him ranked at #3 on my 2023 UFA list. Great signing and shocked he was still around!

Who were the first 2.