In the midst of an awful 2-8-1 start to the season, the Edmonton Oilers waived ex-Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Jack Campbell on Tuesday afternoon. The next stop for Campbell will likely be the Oilers’ AHL affiliate in Bakersfield.
Campbell’s save percentage this year is just .873, 13th-worst of all of the goalies in the League. The Toronto Maple Leafs Ilya Samsonov is 8th-worst at .855 and there’s no reason he shouldn’t be the next ‘keeper having a porous season to be waived and demoted.
Joseph Woll had to relieve Samsonov early in the game against Tampa Bay last night and shut the door, allowing for the Leafs miraculous comeback.