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Is Kallgren the backup next season?

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Hard to imagine the Leafs goalie tending plans for next year would be Mrazek and Kallgren as their tandem in net, with Campbell a pending UFA.
 
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Space Coyote said:
What happened to Ian Scott?
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  • Maple Leafs' Ian Scott: Unavailable for AHL Toronto​

    Rotowire MAR 31, 2022
    Scott (undisclosed) is not playing with AHL Toronto currently, Kevin McGran of The Toronto Star reports.
    Scott missed the first three months of the season with an injury as well, and it appears he has suffered another one. The Maple Leafs' organizational goaltending depth is being tested with Jack Campbell (ribs) and Petr Mrazek (groin) unavailable at the NHL level.
 
What's Ville Husso gonna get? I'd look at him if Campbell isn't the guy. Kalgren isn't that bad he just needs more reps to clean things up, so more AHL games and he could be the backup sooner than later.
 
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nuck said:
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  • Maple Leafs' Ian Scott: Unavailable for AHL Toronto​

    Rotowire MAR 31, 2022
    Scott (undisclosed) is not playing with AHL Toronto currently, Kevin McGran of The Toronto Star reports.
    Scott missed the first three months of the season with an injury as well, and it appears he has suffered another one. The Maple Leafs' organizational goaltending depth is being tested with Jack Campbell (ribs) and Petr Mrazek (groin) unavailable at the NHL level.
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That sucks. He was solid in the WHL and I personally thought he had a higher upside than Woll.
 
Mess said:
Hard to imagine the Leafs goalie tending plans for next year would be Mrazek and Kallgren as their tandem in net, with Campbell a pending UFA.
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Not much out there. Kuemper and Holtby and one assumes Kuemper is going back to Colorado.

Fleury too I guess. I don't think it was ever confirmed he wouldn't come to TO and a year of him wouldn't be the worst thing but I kind of think he is likely to retire or grab a final year in whatever city he plans to live in.

Holtby is good this year but not the last 2 so is that someone they can or should commit to? Maybe, but there is a risk attached for sure. Too bad he wasn't the guy they signed instead of Mrazek @ 2 x 2. So they buy out Mrazek, resign Campbell for a low dollar hoping he comes back, and gamble on Holtby?

Or buy out Mrazek, let Jack walk and deal for Gibson hoping the team in front of him is why he isn't good any more?

Or buy out Mrazek, trade for Varlamov, and scour the bargain bin for a backup for $1.5M. I think the cost of getting another team to take on Mrazek's remaining 2 years in addition to acquisition costs for a new starter would be too high. Easier to pay a bit extra on the new goalie for a little retention rather than to find a team with a goalie to spare who is also prepared to take on 3.8 x 2.

I have no idea what the clubs goalie move might be, just that they aren't looking to HFBoards for guidance. For now just lighting a candle for 2021 Campbell to find his way back.
 
LEAFANFORLIFE23 said:
Gibson has been on a shit Ducks team for years.

There is a HUGE difference between a good goalie on a shit team

and a good team with a shit goalie

Gibson is the first one

Leafs are the second one

bring them together and watch what happens.
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Except he hasn't been a "good goalie". He has been contributing to their downfall almost as much as anyone else on that roster. Brutal rebounds, weak goals, poor positioning. Maybe those are his "lowlights", but they are the same lowlights that cost the Leafs countless playoff series.

He is playing better than a .900 goalie, which is why he would have any positive trade value at all, but he is not the .920-.925 goalie he was when Anaheim was a high end team either. And when he is going to be the 4th highest cap hit in the league for goalies next year, you should be getting much better than .905 goaltending even on terrible teams.
 
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Not much out there. Kuemper and Holtby and one assumes Kuemper is going back to Colorado.

Fleury too I guess. I don't think it was ever confirmed he wouldn't come to TO and a year of him wouldn't be the worst thing but I kind of think he is likely to retire or grab a final year in whatever city he plans to live in.

Holtby is good this year but not the last 2 so is that someone they can or should commit to? Maybe, but there is a risk attached for sure. Too bad he wasn't the guy they signed instead of Mrazek @ 2 x 2. So they buy out Mrazek, resign Campbell for a low dollar hoping he comes back, and gamble on Holtby?

Or buy out Mrazek, let Jack walk and deal for Gibson hoping the team in front of him is why he isn't good any more?

Or buy out Mrazek, trade for Varlamov, and scour the bargain bin for a backup for $1.5M. I think the cost of getting another team to take on Mrazek's remaining 2 years in addition to acquisition costs for a new starter would be too high. Easier to pay a bit extra on the new goalie for a little retention rather than to find a team with a goalie to spare who is also prepared to take on 3.8 x 2.

I have no idea what the clubs goalie move might be, just that they aren't looking to HFBoards for guidance. For now just lighting a candle for 2021 Campbell to find his way back.
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Lets hope Campbell holds up and we go all the way this year, because next year our goaltending might even look scarier. :freddie:

Other Atlantic teams like TB has Vas, and both Florida (Spencer Knight) and Boston (Jeremy Swayman) have young studs in training, so Leafs are heading into gray territory.
 
IMO Campbell comes back at 2-3M and the plan is for him to be the 1B. They need a 1A who can play 60 games if needed.
 
Mrazek probably isn't going anywhere. So prepare for him to be a significant part of the goaltending next season.

He's not disappearing on Robidas Island, and trading him away won't be easy. Get those ideas out of your head.
 
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Lets hope Campbell holds up and we go all the way this year, because next year our goaltending might even look scarier. :freddie:

Other Atlantic teams like TB has Vas, and both Florida (Spencer Knight) and Boston (Jeremy Swayman) have young studs in training, so Leafs are heading into gray territory.
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With 33 year old Bobrovsky signed for 4 more years @ $10 mill/season it doesn't matter if there is a young stud waiting in the wings.
Their spending a fortune on goalies for the forseable future.
 
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He could be. But depends on what happens through the playoffs.

We could find ourselves in a situation where Campbell is backing up/playing behind a 1A/B quite easily.

With that said Kal has looked fine for a 10-20 game a year guy. Won't ever steal many games but can make technically sound plays behind a good team.
 
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Mrazek probably isn't going anywhere. So prepare for him to be a significant part of the goaltending next season.

He's not disappearing on Robidas Island, and trading him away won't be easy. Get those ideas out of your head.
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His buyout penalty is fairly low due to his contract being back loaded. They can get rid of him if they'd rather spend 2 mil elsewhere
 
ACC1224 said:
What if wants to play?
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He will play for the Marlies until his next injury I guess. You cant count on him.

Its a rough situation any way you slice it my Leaf brother. It was a mistake. I cant even guess who our goalies will be but Mrazek's injury history is getting silly.
 
He wouldn't be my first choice at the moment due to a relative lack of NHL experience thus far. I'd also want to see a workhorse starter ahead of him if Kallgren were to assume that backup role.
 
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He’s clearly not an NHL goaltender just yet. That doesn’t mean he won’t ever be one but he clearly needs more time in the AHL.
 
I think I've seen enough from Kallgren to safely say that he's not ready for the NHL quite yet. Getting these games in is definitely valuable experience for him. Who knows, he may never be a full time NHL back-up goaltender. Even at the AHL level, I haven't seen anything that screams spectacular to me.

He's playing like what he is... a third stringer.

So no, he won't be the Leafs back-up goaltender next season, not by choice anyway. Not going to happen. Then again, Dubas signed an injury riddled goaltender for 3 years for far too much money.

Mrazek won't be our back-up next season either. If they are somehow able to buy him out, I hope they take that option. Mrazek is terrible. With all of his injuries this season, he can never be relied upon to stay healthy even IF he somehow decided to play about .890% and 3GAA+.
 
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What's Ville Husso gonna get? I'd look at him if Campbell isn't the guy. Kalgren isn't that bad he just needs more reps to clean things up, so more AHL games and he could be the backup sooner than later.
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I might slot a Husso UFA add as a higher impact move than re-signing Campbell.
 
No. If we were rebuilding, sure. But we're supposed to be competing for a cup. The current goaltending situation may sink us and needs to be remedied for next season.

We need a competent goaltender that can put up at least 50 games in a season, which is likely not Campbell. I would vastly prefer Campbell over Mrazek, but contract situation makes this difficult.

We may need to hope Mrazek can become a serviceable back-up and then trade for a proper starting goalie. Unless Campbell can put up at least .915 numbers for the length of the playoffs and with no injury. And even then, he feels like a gamble for next year unless he really goes on a November-type tear in the playoffs (which probably gets us to the Conference finals or better).

Kall needs to be in the AHL working on improving.
 
This version of the TML is literally a top 6-10 goalie away from being a (the?) perennial cup favorite for the next few years. With the skaters they have under contract plus the ones waiting in the wings, they're set for the foreseeable future.

Dubas et al, you've done good. Now go and get a damn goalie and stop f'kn around.
 
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