If Joseph Woll emerges as the No. 1 goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs next season, will the team be worse off than last year?
When the 2022-23 season started, although it was tough to have faith in him, many people predicted that Matt Murray would be the starter come April, yet Ilya Samsonov won that role for the Toronto Maple Leafs, deservingly so.
With a cap-hit roughly $3M less than Murray’s, Samsonov becoming the team’s starting goaltender was not only beneficial for the roster up-front, but for the team’s payroll as well, as they were able to make the Ryan O’Reilly trade as a result.