Why??
Good price, but you have like 3 younger goalies in the minors who could be called up and if you send him down, he'll likely get claimed off of waivers anyways. On top of that Leafs have negative cap so it's not like he's gonna be a scratch.
If he claimed off waivers, he has a to remain on that teams NHL roster. Jones doesn't affect the Leafs cap at all; if he's in the AHL
I believe the two Russian goalies are going back to Russia. That leaves Hildeby, Pettruzzi and Jones with the Marlies.
His .895 save percentage since the 2018-19 season is 34th among the 34 goalies who have logged at least 150 games in that time, and his .887 save percentage last season — 35th among NHL goalies with a minimum 35 games played is far from stellar.
TOR needed 17 games played outside their Samsonov and Murray tandem last season (16 starts). The year before they needed 18 games outside of Campbell and Mrazek, and in the shortened 2021 season they had 12 games played outside of Andersen and Campbell. If the over/under is around 20 games possible for Jones.
I realize this is nothing to get worked up over but what I hate is TOR always signing depth players instead of trusting the drafted/unsigned prospects they’ve spent time/money on developing.
Why do you think Jones is getting much time playing with the Marlies? Doubt if sees much time with the Leafs (unless their is an injury), and no reason for him to play much in the AHL ahead of the two younger goalies. Most AHL teams have the same situation.....a veteran goalie and two youngsters so why are so many fans in a knot of over Jones?
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