Missed the preseason, what's the deal with Stolarz?

[Goose]

I'm a little behind with the season starting, don't know anything about the guy really, but in the glimpses of the games I've seen he looks solid.

Don't know enough about goaltending to properly judge, but he seems calmer / less scrambly than what we've seen with Sammy/Campbell over the past few years.

Small sample of course, curious what people here see his potential/ceiling as and how he's likely to fit? Could Stolarz/Woll be a 1A/1B shared workload situation? Or is Woll the clear #1 at this point?

I assume Murray is just a straight backup? Nobody really expects him to compete for a #1 or 1B position?

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[diehardleafsfan9878]

He's played well, but I've noticed he gives up a LOT of rebounds. To be continued

 

[1specter]

He's like a mentally stable version of Jack Campbell, which is a pretty good goalie.

 

[AcerComputer]

He's a real gud pro

 

[Dave92]

He's gotta be the starter for the moment. Liked that he didn't panic and start flopping late.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Big and quiet.. That's a good thing for a big goalie.

 

[BraveCanadian]

looks pretty good so far

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

He's gotta be the starter for the moment. Liked that he didn't panic and start flopping late.

I mean yeah even when Woll comes back Stolarz has to be the guy.

I mean he's allowed 3 total goals in 2 games.

 

[leafsfan5]

He's the truth

 

[seanlinden]

I'm a little behind with the season starting, don't know anything about the guy really, but in the glimpses of the games I've seen he looks solid.

Don't know enough about goaltending to properly judge, but he seems calmer / less scrambly than what we've seen with Sammy/Campbell over the past few years.

Small sample of course, curious what people here see his potential/ceiling as and how he's likely to fit? Could Stolarz/Woll be a 1A/1B shared workload situation? Or is Woll the clear #1 at this point?

I assume Murray is just a straight backup? Nobody really expects him to compete for a #1 or 1B position?

At this point in time.... Matt Murray is probably "#4" on the depth charts (even though the Leafs would never say that out of fear of putting too much on Hildeby), just by virtue of the fact that Hildeby can bounce between without fear of waivers, and if Murray spends too much time on the roster, will have to clear waivers again (problem the Leafs ran into with Martin Jones last year).

 

[thewave]

Stops the puck. Can get knocked down and not injured. Stops the puck and he is pretty tidy.

So far A+

 

[TopCheeseShotta]

He's a G.

All I know is he needs to be known as "Stollllly the Goallllie!!!"

Sung to Roy Orbison's "Only the Lonely", ala Olaf Kolzig (Oli), back in the day.

F - - -, I'm old..!

 

[Brown Dog]

I like him.

 

[Zybalto]

If his recent good health isn't an illusion, he's as good as anyone out there. Had better numbers than Bob last year on the cup champs and is a .918% goalie the in his 80+ starts the last few years playing most of them on a bad Ducks team.

Hope he keeps it rolling.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

Stolarz has the best name on the internetz.

I'll do a translation of your thread title.

 

[crump]

So far so good. Big. Quiet in net. Doesn’t lose position much. Gets knocked down, gets back up again.

 

[Stephen]

Always liked him since his backup days with Anaheim. Shone bright as Gibson’s backup every time he came in relief. Glad he’s getting a shot at a number one role and it’s with us. I think he has unique upside.

 

[Goose]

At this point in time.... Matt Murray is probably "#4" on the depth charts (even though the Leafs would never say that out of fear of putting too much on Hildeby), just by virtue of the fact that Hildeby can bounce between without fear of waivers, and if Murray spends too much time on the roster, will have to clear waivers again (problem the Leafs ran into with Martin Jones last year).

What’s the deal with Hildeby? Quickly looked at his career stats and nothing jumps out as unique except his height, are Leafs hoping he turns into a 1B/solid backup guy, or does he have starter upside?