Confirmed with Link: Leafs to sign Woll to 3 year extension on July 1st

[Al14]

Too much IMHO. He needs to prove he can stay healthy before throwing Samsonov type money at him.

$2.5 to $3.0M would have been my price point for a goalie that can't stay healthy long enough to play a game 7 !!!

 

[Jojalu]

If he isn’t a good goalie, we’re pretty screwed anyway, right?

Signing early has worked for a lot of teams so it's about time it works for the Leafs

 

[Dog]

Okay, plan the parade?

 

[Warden of the North]

Low risk move.

I will never get worked up over contracts that start with a 3.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Every Leafs fan should love this. When this deal kicks in the cap will be approaching 100M. The speculated caphit is the value of a backup goalie TODAY. He has already proven he can play 30 games as a backup.

This is literally a no loss if he never takes the next step we still have money for a legit goalie as he is on a bargain contract for a backup goalie, and if he does take the next step a bargain contract

 

[mapleleafs34]

It's about time we jump the gun for once rather than waiting for a player to have a career year in their contract year and be forced to overpay.

 

[ACC1224]

Low risk move.

I will never get worked up over contracts that start with a 3.

Yep, low risk wit potential for high reward. I like it.

 

[1specter]

Uh, what the f***? Dude has 40 games to his name...

 

[Suntouchable13]

Interesting gamble. The young man god paid, though. Good for him.

 

[Budz]

This is the first move outside of bringing in Domi that I have thought Brad might be an ok GM.

Smart piece of business if true.

 

[Apex Predator]

I think this means they aren’t trading for any other starter. Will sign someone to be in a split committee with Woll. If he stays healthy could be a steal. Also could end up being a a good back up. With the cap hopefully continuing to go up this won’t be bad.

 

[LeafGrief]

We're giving this guy 3.5-4m, with term, after so little experience?

Goalies are voodoo, contracts are not. That is tandem goalie money which effectively prices us out of an elite goalie if Woll isn't anything more than a backup. It's overpriced if he's a backup and a disaster if he flames out. The odds of Woll being a legit #1 are better than zero, but goalies are still voodoo and a guy with 39 games has a lot of da voodoo in 'em.

The odds of this working out spectacularly are acceptable enough that I can live with this, but on the other hand this almost certainly means that we are going to have yet another year of shoestrings and hope in net. Can't wait to see which goalie Treliving pulls out of the dumpster this summer! We gonna have a Broissoit-Woll tandem next year? FFS.

 

[WTFMAN99]

Ned just got 2.5M and he's not as good as Woll, maybe a bit more durable but not as good.

This is a gamble I am okay with, you win some, you lose some but if he changes things up this off-season to remain healthier, this is a win.

I think they can definitely trade him if they have to.

 

[Roo]

Good to lock him up, would have expected something a little cheaper. He's our #1G though, and if he plays like we know he can and stay healthy, it will be a great deal for us.

 

[IPS]

$3.5M - $4M? What is honestly going on, he hasn't come anywhere close to earning that.

 

[Menzinger]

Not that far off from what the Wings gave Husso a couple years ago and he only had a bit more experience than Woll.

I don't hate it, gives them the opportunity to find a vet from 1.5-3ish mil and run a tandem rather than our everything on one guy.

 

[TMLBlueandWhite]

Marmer should be switching to Woll's agent if he wants to cash in too.

All Treliving's done since getting hired is give people raises. If this is what the broken crippled body of an unproven rookie goaltender gets I can only imagine what Marner will recieve. Treliving is Dubas all over again.

Except with an even longer track record of failure.

If this was Mrazek or Murray would anyone be happy with this signing. Of course not. And for the exact same reason too.

Woll is gonna spend more time in the hospital than the arena.

This is a pretty big gamble. I like Woll and think he has the potential to be an outstanding goalie. He could also end up being the next Mrazek.

Or Murray.

 

[WTFMAN99]

Not that far off from what the Wings gave Husso a couple years ago and he only had a bit more experience than Woll.

I don't hate it, gives them the opportunity to find a vet from 1.5-3ish mil and run a tandem rather than our everything on one guy.

Stolarz
Talbot
Brossoit

1-3 year range (depending on which guy you go for) for 1.75-2.5M

Hildeby is still in the wings too, also have to see how Ahykmatov adapts to North American ice/angles too

 

[HEAVY DUTY]

3.5M - 4M is too high. WTF. He's good but has only played 39 games so far and is injury prone. Why are we doing dumb things like this? Why is our org so good at forking money over like candy?

Why not wait and see if he can have a good season and be healthy? Yes we run the risk of paying a higher avg if he has a good season but I'd rather have that situation than be locked into a goalie who couldn't possibly play well and/or be injury prone.

This team will never learn.

 

[weems]

Woll is clearly a insanely talented goalie. I don't think there's any question about his upside.
This will strictly come down to how healthy he can stay. If they can figure this problem out and he can become dependable, this contract will look like quite the steal. If he continues to get injured and not be reliable, it could look questionable.

 

[ToneDog]

3.5M - 4M is too high. WTF. He's good but has only played 39 games so far and is injury prone. Why are we doing dumb things like this? Why is our org so good at forking money over like candy?

Why not wait and see if he can have a good season and be healthy? Yes we run the risk of paying a higher avg if he has a good season but I'd rather have that situation than be locked into a goalie who couldn't possibly play well and/or be injury prone.

This team will never learn.

Nailed it. These guys are seriously f***ing dumb.

 

[Kiwi]

He has the ability to be a genuine #1G who could slot into the upper echelons of league goaltending
The only question is can the kid stay fit?

It's a gamble but with LTIR it's probably worth taking and we're only talking Samsonov type money

Hildeby may be only a year away from backing him up to which also mitigates some of the risk as well

 

[Torontonian]

Exactly like Ottenger, good risk/reward, you have him signed to a reasonable number for the next 4 years, the only thing Toronto will be concerned about is staying healthy to play 50-55 games.

Better to sign the deal now, could always break out this season as that #1 starter and be forced to pay him more.

 

[htpwn]

Not sure I see the need to rush into this.

Even if he stays healthy and plays well next year, I can't see his next contract starting with a number higher than 5, or at least short of winning the Vezina. Especially given his past injury troubles and his RFA status.

So we save a million and change, maybe, at the risk of a bad contract?

 

[ToneDog]

Only a matter of time before they announce Marner @ 12.5mx8. WTF is in the water at MLSEL?