Samsonov this year is as bad as anything I’ve seen since either Scott Darling his last two years or the first 10 games that Cory Schneider played in each of his last two seasons here.
Only Samsonov has played 15 games already. Other Leafs goalies (including Martin Jones lol) have played way better.
I’ve counted just about half of Samsonov’s goals stoppable this year. And he’s good for at least a couple of goals a game lately that aren’t just stoppable, but are hilariously soft, just blooper reel goals. Like that Tage Thompson goal last week. Or the Brendan Gaunce goal last night.
And on moneypuck he’s averaging over 1 more goal per 60 minutes than expected.
This is not unbelievable, because he was never any good in Washington. He wasn’t this bad, but he wasn’t at all good. The only decent season he had there was his first year, which was sort of like Akira’s season last year because he didn’t play a whole lot of games because they were still sucking off UFA to be Holtby. Though he still wasn’t as good as Akira’s 22-23, but he was okay.
I don’t think he would be claimed if he were waived either. His contract is too expensive, even though he’s only on a one year deal. There’s probably a better chance Martin Jones would be claimed, because he’s on a minimum wage deal.
Looking like another one hit wonder.