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.
TheLoomingMoon
And the leafs are better for it
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.
Actual_Cobbler_6334
Grateful for how good Sammy was last season, but other that than, it’s about time. Best of luck if he goes elsewhere, bye.
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.
Flatoftheblade
Fucking finally. Jesus Christ, why did we need to throw away 3 or 4 games for this to happen?
Para5yte
Ok that means they’re calling someone up or woll might be back?
correct_eye_is
So calling up Hildeby is next or Treliving made a trade. This is exciting!
Does anyone think maybe Kampf was benched due to a trade coming in?
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ukie7
Monumental fall from grace, staggering.
Leafs management did not see this. But the signs were there during the Panthers series.
witenite2003
Finally…..this is a move that all leafs applaud. I don’t feel sorry for him as he makes $3.55m
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.
Devine97
Comrie just hit waivers too, wouldn’t mind giving him a try compared to possibly rushing Hildeby
Bonedog123
I hope/truly believe he figures out whatever his demons are, in the minors and comes back with a terrifying, world beating vengeance.
Edit: comes back to the LEAFS…
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.
diecorporations
finally, bye bye
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.
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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.
And the leafs are better for it
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.
Grateful for how good Sammy was last season, but other that than, it’s about time. Best of luck if he goes elsewhere, bye.
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.
Fucking finally. Jesus Christ, why did we need to throw away 3 or 4 games for this to happen?
Ok that means they’re calling someone up or woll might be back?
So calling up Hildeby is next or Treliving made a trade. This is exciting!
Does anyone think maybe Kampf was benched due to a trade coming in?
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Monumental fall from grace, staggering.
Leafs management did not see this. But the signs were there during the Panthers series.
Finally…..this is a move that all leafs applaud. I don’t feel sorry for him as he makes $3.55m
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.
Comrie just hit waivers too, wouldn’t mind giving him a try compared to possibly rushing Hildeby
I hope/truly believe he figures out whatever his demons are, in the minors and comes back with a terrifying, world beating vengeance.
Edit: comes back to the LEAFS…
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.
finally, bye bye
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.