Hope he gets his groove back and builds on what was otherwise a good career. Best of luck Sammy.
ZachKearns
Best of luck Samsonov. Seems it’s all mental. Hope he can get back to where he was even a year ago.
Suspicious_Basis9925
No one’s picking 3.5 AAV up for an AHL fringe
CTHT07
Release the Hildebeast!
(Sammy is only signed for this year, he’s not a cap dump. If we want to acquire a top 4 D he will be used as salary filler in a trade. For now he’s just going to try and find his games with the Marlies)
Volderon90
No one will claim him, sucks for Sammy but we literally can’t afford to play him
Showtime98
They did it 😭
Camarama421
No more smile 🙁
SynthRysing
I wonder if he’ll pick up skills that Woll and Hildebeast have picked up with them being Leafs prospects and Sammy coming over from Washington.
wageslave_999999999
WOW, expected but my god from hero to zero in record time in Toronto
Arcade23
Hopefully he can play in the AHL and get his mojo back.
C0mmandZ
Too bad, but it had to be done.
Throwaway7219017
It would be really, really nice if the hockey gods allowed Hildeby to become a franchise goalie.
Clugaman
It was a smart play to take Samsonov to arbitration. That way we didn’t overpay for longer term in case it didn’t work out (as it seems to be as of now) and we were able to work some cap magic with Murray as a result. Sucks for our cap hit this season, but big picture it was the right move.
People didn’t like it at the time but I think Treliving did good there.
AdamAAndrews
I wonder who will play the back to back? Maybe the beast and maybe a trade? Who knows
algofort
Highly highly doubt he gets claimed personally… teams only love to claim our cheap players we try to bypass the waiver system. Not the ones we want them to claim.
Tough and sad. Personally, Samsonov has never been my favorite. Too unstructured and less receptive to controlling rebounds than Woll and even Murray since we got him. He’s just not my guy. Still feel bad it hasn’t worked. We need structure and stability. Fingers crossed it comes.
Para5yte
Ok that means they’re calling someone up or woll might be back?
ukie7
Monumental fall from grace, staggering.
Leafs management did not see this. But the signs were there during the Panthers series.
Falconflyer75
Well it worked well for Jones, here’s hoping it does the same for Sammy
Maybe they even call him up in a future game and he saves us (though of course I don’t want Jones or Woll to get hurt)
EastofEden92
Ken Holland has entered the chat
benjaminroger
Welcome to Edmonton, Sammy
RudyGiulianisKleenex
I am so psyched we only have this guy on contract for this year
boyBookchin
I’ll reserve my judgement until we find out what Tre is doing next. So many questions…
ElephantShell34
Imagine we had signed Samsonov to a multi year extension. Could have been a disaster beyond just this season.
PSChris33
It’s Samsonover
Darkhorse089
Now announce Tanev/Vladar.
Big_Albatross_3050
Had to be done, I have no idea what happened, because you don’t go from being in Vezina conversations and posting routine shut outs to having a .700 sv% even with a noticeable dip in defence
JamesCurtis24
There’s about 3-4 goaltenders in the league at any given time who are worth investing lengthy terms in.
Every other goalie should not be given more than like 1-3 years at most. The position is too volatile. The absolute right move was made with Sammy and I also fully supported letting Campbell go.
Redneckshinobi
So many of you want Hildeby to come up and Im glad none of you are the gm. You can’t stunt development of a goalie just for lawls or because you want to test him. Goalies need to work of their game and him finding it in the AHL is exactly where he needs to be right now getting games under his belt. Sitting as a backup on our bench and practice isn’t going to help him.
They say Samsonov plays well in practice and doesn’t translate to games, it’s not the same at all. We have done this soo many times in the past with our prospect goalies, stop suggesting we fuck another kids career because you think he’s ready, let him fucking develop.
FX29
It really is wild to see how bad it’s gotten for Samsonov. He went from helping the Leafs win a playoff series in almost two decades to being put on waivers in less than a year.
Really disappointing to see that it’s come to this.
Chtholly13
his play in preseason already had me concerned and it carried onto the regular season.
Taco6J
It’s Samsonover
krazykanuck
Man, I hope someone doesn’t claim him! It would really screw over the leafs! Gosh, wouldn’t that just be the worst luck! Some GM with a bone to pick with the leafs would sure make us look bad by claiming him!…
DrinkMoreBrews
Is this karma for collectively laughing at the Campbell/Edmonton ordeal a few months back?
Barilko-Landing
At this point I feel like the leafs are serving him the professional courtesy of a fresh start while he’s still their employee for the rest of the year. It’s so frustrating that we’ve essentially just lost a starting goalie with no return for it whatsoever, in a league that’s starved for goaltendin. If you told me that he would fall off like this after his stellar numbers last year I would only slightly worry you were right, because… Leafs.
skruiss
This is why goalies need to be cocky mofos
world_citizen7
Can they really bring someone up due to cap reasons? If samsonov is on the Marlies, they only save like a million bucks, so they are still cap-strapped, no??
Barilko-Landing
Now here’s a thought. Emphasis on thought because I’m not sure I really believe it but maybe it would be an interesting discussion…
Obviously treliving looks like a genius taking him to arbitration and only signing a one year extension. After his performance last year and the importance of his role coming into a season where team defence took a notable decline with lost personnel, one would think that he probably expected to at least be given some term and security. But after arbitration – a process other former players have recalled as essentially a round table of harsh criticism and serious reality checks – all of the sudden, he’s been told he’s still a risk and not proven as a starter, « show us one more good year, then we’ll talk ».
Next thing you know, he looks like a shell of his former self, his whole demeanor is different. He had a kid, and obviously that is a whole seperate type of stress on a man’s life when he’s away from home and fighting for his family’s long term financial security…
Again, just interested to hear your thoughts, but do you think the source of Sammy’s loss of confidence is a direct result of the arbitration process?
itaintbirds
All this faith in Woll is entirely premature in my opinion. I think we may be in trouble
joerph713
After what happened in the playoffs last season it seems obvious this was inevitable.
TheGardiner
I’m really surprised this happened. I’m not against it, I’m just surprised that this glacially slow organization pulled the trigger on something like this so fast.
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Someone claim pls
2nd Christmas in a week
Hope he gets his groove back and builds on what was otherwise a good career. Best of luck Sammy.
Best of luck Samsonov. Seems it’s all mental. Hope he can get back to where he was even a year ago.
No one’s picking 3.5 AAV up for an AHL fringe
Release the Hildebeast!
(Sammy is only signed for this year, he’s not a cap dump. If we want to acquire a top 4 D he will be used as salary filler in a trade. For now he’s just going to try and find his games with the Marlies)
No one will claim him, sucks for Sammy but we literally can’t afford to play him
They did it 😭
No more smile 🙁
I wonder if he’ll pick up skills that Woll and Hildebeast have picked up with them being Leafs prospects and Sammy coming over from Washington.
WOW, expected but my god from hero to zero in record time in Toronto
Hopefully he can play in the AHL and get his mojo back.
Too bad, but it had to be done.
It would be really, really nice if the hockey gods allowed Hildeby to become a franchise goalie.
It was a smart play to take Samsonov to arbitration. That way we didn’t overpay for longer term in case it didn’t work out (as it seems to be as of now) and we were able to work some cap magic with Murray as a result. Sucks for our cap hit this season, but big picture it was the right move.
People didn’t like it at the time but I think Treliving did good there.
I wonder who will play the back to back? Maybe the beast and maybe a trade? Who knows
Highly highly doubt he gets claimed personally… teams only love to claim our cheap players we try to bypass the waiver system. Not the ones we want them to claim.
Tough and sad. Personally, Samsonov has never been my favorite. Too unstructured and less receptive to controlling rebounds than Woll and even Murray since we got him. He’s just not my guy. Still feel bad it hasn’t worked. We need structure and stability. Fingers crossed it comes.
Ok that means they’re calling someone up or woll might be back?
Monumental fall from grace, staggering.
Leafs management did not see this. But the signs were there during the Panthers series.
Well it worked well for Jones, here’s hoping it does the same for Sammy
Maybe they even call him up in a future game and he saves us (though of course I don’t want Jones or Woll to get hurt)
Ken Holland has entered the chat
Welcome to Edmonton, Sammy
I am so psyched we only have this guy on contract for this year
I’ll reserve my judgement until we find out what Tre is doing next. So many questions…
Imagine we had signed Samsonov to a multi year extension. Could have been a disaster beyond just this season.
It’s Samsonover
Now announce Tanev/Vladar.
Had to be done, I have no idea what happened, because you don’t go from being in Vezina conversations and posting routine shut outs to having a .700 sv% even with a noticeable dip in defence
There’s about 3-4 goaltenders in the league at any given time who are worth investing lengthy terms in.
Every other goalie should not be given more than like 1-3 years at most. The position is too volatile. The absolute right move was made with Sammy and I also fully supported letting Campbell go.
So many of you want Hildeby to come up and Im glad none of you are the gm. You can’t stunt development of a goalie just for lawls or because you want to test him. Goalies need to work of their game and him finding it in the AHL is exactly where he needs to be right now getting games under his belt. Sitting as a backup on our bench and practice isn’t going to help him.
They say Samsonov plays well in practice and doesn’t translate to games, it’s not the same at all. We have done this soo many times in the past with our prospect goalies, stop suggesting we fuck another kids career because you think he’s ready, let him fucking develop.
It really is wild to see how bad it’s gotten for Samsonov. He went from helping the Leafs win a playoff series in almost two decades to being put on waivers in less than a year.
Really disappointing to see that it’s come to this.
his play in preseason already had me concerned and it carried onto the regular season.
It’s Samsonover
Man, I hope someone doesn’t claim him! It would really screw over the leafs! Gosh, wouldn’t that just be the worst luck! Some GM with a bone to pick with the leafs would sure make us look bad by claiming him!…
Is this karma for collectively laughing at the Campbell/Edmonton ordeal a few months back?
At this point I feel like the leafs are serving him the professional courtesy of a fresh start while he’s still their employee for the rest of the year. It’s so frustrating that we’ve essentially just lost a starting goalie with no return for it whatsoever, in a league that’s starved for goaltendin. If you told me that he would fall off like this after his stellar numbers last year I would only slightly worry you were right, because… Leafs.
This is why goalies need to be cocky mofos
Can they really bring someone up due to cap reasons? If samsonov is on the Marlies, they only save like a million bucks, so they are still cap-strapped, no??
Now here’s a thought. Emphasis on thought because I’m not sure I really believe it but maybe it would be an interesting discussion…
Obviously treliving looks like a genius taking him to arbitration and only signing a one year extension. After his performance last year and the importance of his role coming into a season where team defence took a notable decline with lost personnel, one would think that he probably expected to at least be given some term and security. But after arbitration – a process other former players have recalled as essentially a round table of harsh criticism and serious reality checks – all of the sudden, he’s been told he’s still a risk and not proven as a starter, « show us one more good year, then we’ll talk ».
Next thing you know, he looks like a shell of his former self, his whole demeanor is different. He had a kid, and obviously that is a whole seperate type of stress on a man’s life when he’s away from home and fighting for his family’s long term financial security…
Again, just interested to hear your thoughts, but do you think the source of Sammy’s loss of confidence is a direct result of the arbitration process?
All this faith in Woll is entirely premature in my opinion. I think we may be in trouble
After what happened in the playoffs last season it seems obvious this was inevitable.
I’m really surprised this happened. I’m not against it, I’m just surprised that this glacially slow organization pulled the trigger on something like this so fast.