The Toronto Maple Leafs currently find themselves in somewhat of a bind when it comes to their goaltending depth chart, especially with Ilya Samsonov now on the injured reserve.
In fact, so dire is the situation for the Toronto Maple Leafs, they had to sign and immediately put last year’s Newfoundland Growlers starting goalie in the backup role.
With injuries affecting the nominal starting and backup goalies, Ilya Samsonov and Matt Murray and also keeping third-choice Joseph Woll sidelined, the Leafs are relying on Erik Kallgren.
His backup versus the Carolina Hurricanes was the aforementioned, newly signed, Keith Petruzzelli, who has only just inked his first NHL deal.