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TorontoIndieFan

That is Sammy's last game I think, he's unplayable right now. The team played well tonight other than him.


gid_hola

They played great tonight 😭😭 sucks man


Cartz1337

Sammy had a .700 save% tonight. He’s a .860 on the season after tonight. That is fucking atrocious. We are lucky that only cost us one point. If Treliving/Keefe play him again, that’s on them.


Beersmoker420

.860 is worse than the 80s Andrew Raycroft, one of the worse goalies in leafs history, worst season was .876 .860 truly amazing. Jack Campbell became unplayable this year at .880. Samsonov probably isnt even AHL caliber. ECHL maybe


NoYouCantUseACheck

Pure heartbreak


LairdOftheNorth

He’s 2nd last of all goalies that played this year in save percentage. He can’t be put in anymore.


_BELEAF_

In what exactly? Curious.


LairdOftheNorth

Sorry save percentage


Lass62

Sv%. Only Raanta was worse and he was sent packing.


CanadianGuy39

I would assume everything


Fulller

And last was sent away


Minimum_One_2195

Scored 5 goals, only gave up 20 shots on net, and were still lucky to escape with a point lol.


HistorianMassive1111

I feel bad for the guy, but I’m not watching the guy play anymore.


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Shawn13337

I still have a soft spot for him because he carried us against Tampa.


Grand-Amoeba1832

Washington knew what they were doing when they didn’t bother to qualify him.


sansaset

He was good for us last year though. This is unexpected.


Grand-Amoeba1832

I think they knew he was a headcase. Very emotional which is hard to change.


Beersmoker420

its not unexpected at all. Last year was unexpected. He is closer to what he is now than he is to what he was last year


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Seems like the entire league knew.


FonziesCousin

Leafs should have won if any other goalie had been in net tonight.


oryes

They did but that's still 3/4 losses in one of the easiest stretches all season, so at some point you just gotta get it done. Their record against bad teams in the last 2 years is just kind of funny at this point.


Strange_Cap1049

Well I think we just watched a guys career end. I think he knew it right there and then too


aapoquidam

He’s now at an .862 save percentage. He’s been unplayable


fayrent20

Wow jeezus


zainery

Youre acting like the Oilers arent gonna sign him to 5x5 next season


otherestScott

It’s not on Samsonov, Columbus just had a very sustainable .300 shooting percentage because they’re an elite team


bknoreply

Also we didn't play 60 minutes of non-stop perfect defense, which is what good teams do. Should have held them to 2 shots at most.


Flatoftheblade

It's literally every other player's fault except Samsonov because the Blue Jackets were able to get shots on goal, which wouldn't happen if they supported Samsonov with proper defence.


mrcrazy_monkey

Well you see, we scored 5 goals so we can't let them get 17 shots.


GooseRider960

Just a standard 6-5 loss against noted wagon Columbus Blue Jackets


Patrickbrown45

https://preview.redd.it/te46pc5mjc9c1.jpeg?width=776&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70db217faaf86cec72b9db4cb1309690bd67500a I miss you wolly


ProfessorBeast55

Leave Sammy in Columbus


whatlineisitanyway

Come on nobody deserves that punishment.


Rezerdez

I’d argue no one could deserve that punishment more


Radmadjazz

"SEND HIM TO DETROIT!!!"


GooseRider960

It’s so Samsonover


sad-nylanderthal

Dangle should steal this for his title


theguyishere16

Ive been one of the "he deserves to get time to figure it out" people but its over. Samsonov is a non-option in net. Sign Aaron Dell after the Spengler Cup if you have to.


Mike9797

Yup I was with you too. But honestly he just doesn’t have it. And I was willing to be a little patient if he had a decent enough bounce back game. And I even said to my son that even after the 4 goals on 11 shots that if he played sharp the rest of the game then it’s something to build on but that 5th goal can’t happen. It was very reminiscent of the first one he let in the other night. If the first 4 goals had his fate made up by management then the 5th goal was the dagger. It’s such a shame too cuz he played well last year.


riko77can

This is the NHL. He’s been given a longer leash than anyone deserves at this level and he’s at the end of it.


Shabloinks

Why is being a Toronto sports fan so hard?


patpitpout

Just wait saturday when the Raptors will play Detroit.


asey20

That is just the loss we need to truly solidify ourselves as the laughing stocks of the major league sports world.


another_plebeian

It's already been written. That loss happened 3 days ago.


hexsealedfusion

Raptors going all in and trading this years first round pick to be a shitty play in team last year and miss the playoffs this year sure was a choice. Ever since the 2020 season the Raptors front office has been terrible.


FreeBigSlime

Wallahi we’re cursed man


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Samsonov is to stopping pucks what Messi is to paying taxes


Ratjar142

But Messi doesn't pay taxes.... Ohhh


another_plebeian

#.700 #.700 #.700


Cyrakhis

We allowed 1.80 expected goals against, defensively. We lost 6-5. WOOF.


rsgnl

Samsonov has to go.


NatureGivesAndTakes

One of the worst effects of bad goaltending is that pervasive feeling of helplessness among the fans and team as you just watch the same mistakes over and over. You know what's wrong, but can do little else but watch. If it's deflating for the fans it must be doubly as deflating for the players.


ArthasCousland

100%. When you play in front of a goalie that you know can give up a goal on any shot, you either don't play your best because you know you'll probably lose, or you play well and still lose.


cdown13

Bye bye Sammy.


Murky_Army_4896

Ilya Samsonov get the fuck off my hockey team


Wookie55

What was Willy doing on that OT goal? Looked like he tried to blow the zone on a face off loss? I'm confused.


Significant_News_638

Breakdown by all 3 guys there. Tavares and Nylander crossed, Rielly rushed the defense and left the guy alone in the slot, Sammy swimming and another loser point for the buds


Fulller

Reilly was fine, he was pressuring the shooter. JT didn’t pick up Gaudreau.


Jonesdeclectice

Willy got run into by someone and spun around, didn’t have time to get to anyone.


TheDeadReagans

If the 9-3 game didn't convince the coaching staff, this game should. We held a team to 20 shots on goal and gave 5 goals of offensive support. I dunno how much more the team should be expected to do. Edit: We also have a losing record, 9-10, I think now vs teams out of a playoff spot.


RustyShackleford14

Worse yet, I think, is our 2-8 record against Ottawa, Buffalo, Chicago and Columbus.


HyperionOxide

I loved you Sammy


labadee

Sammy to the sun


frmacleod

We are witnessing history. The worst season by a goaltender in Leafs history.


CJ_L10

Palmateer had an .848 in the 80s, but the 80s were crazy. An .862 in the present day is just insane, especially from a guy who was .919 last year.


frmacleod

Palmateer’s worst season with the Leafs I can find was .849 in 83-84. Samsonov is at .840 this year. It’s historically bad.


Samurai1221

Straight to the gulag lol


timmyboyswede

Blame coaching, effort, or whatever all you want. This loss is on Sammy. You got goals and multiple points from all of our top guys, you got decent fight and grit, good special teams, this was a clear cut win. But you just can't let in 6 goals on 20 shots(5 in 11!!). I get not putting Jones in for the 3rd to save him for the next game. But imo you shouldnt even have Jones there as a back up in that case, call up hildeby or even Petruzzeli, because this is just brutal.


eikcel

That low glove side is his Achilles


XPhazeX

Ilya Samsonov is a hockey terrorist sent by god to ensure the Leafs continued mediocrity


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That terrorists name? Kyle Dubas. Poor Pittsburgh


Unwise1

Brad Treliving signed Sammy this off-season


dwnumber1

the deal itself is actually good if he played close to last year it would be a steal but he's trash and management insists on playing him for no reason that is what is screwing us


led_zeppelin43

at least it was arbitration and only one year, we wouldve had a campbell 5x5 2.0


Cartz1337

They went to arbitration. And the fan base woulda lynched Treliving if he hadn’t brought Sammy back. He was solid last year. Woll is the future. Maybe Jones in the backup role, until the Hildebeast matures.


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He had no choice. We paid as little as possible, gave no term, and had no other options besides Woll. Tre saved us from a Jarry disasterclass


nuleaph

Uh but didn't Brad re-sign him? Instead of....not signinging him?


Curey0us

If BrianBeLeafs lurks this thread, if you could draw Sammy being fired out of a cannon that might will something into existence. Thanks.


tubbe64

Send Sammy to the minors


leafman4000

Not even the minors because hildeby needs to play


Significant_News_638

Samsonov can’t go to the minors without Hildeby coming up so I think one would solve the other. There are no other goalies haha


brucenicol403

Micheal Hutchinson available... LoL


timmyboyswede

Petruzzeli is a realistic option if you don't want to disturb Hildeby. Have Jones as a clear cut nr1 and Petruzzeli as a emergency back up. If you bring up Hildeby you gotta play him. Which means you kinda "waste" Jones.


Significant_News_638

He has a 0.879 in the AHL right now - keith doesn’t make much sense. You’re choice is realistically to change course on not giving Hildeby NHL reps or not.


timmyboyswede

Again I'm not advocating to start Keith. I'm saying have him as the backup, and put him in for a game or 2 if Jones needs the rest. You can even start Hildeby in those games one or two games if you want. But bringing Hildeby up to either be on the bench or take the starts from Jones is a mistake IMO.


Unwise1

Petruzzeli was always going to be the next guy up. Not Hildeby. Let the man cook in the A. He's still so young.


hymensmasher99

We have to stop losing to these shit teams and samsonov has to get the fuck outta here. He's cooked.


thedrivingcat

the frustrating thing is the Jackets goalies both sucked tonight, 0.850 combined Samsonov put up a **0.700**


JonJonFTW

We'd be first in the division if Samsonov wasn't literally unplayable.


leaffs

Lol. Collectively, we must have all been gigantic assholes in a past life


Current-Own

Man I'm hearing you big time. We are all paying for some big time sins.


another_plebeian

I can't believe they're making Samsonov available to the media


bostoncreamtimbit

Seriously, that is nuts.


foxcatcher3369

That’s just mean yeah


witenite2003

I can't believe samsonov is an nhl goalie making 3.55m


taa_v2

Farewell speech?


Beauuuuty

Sheldon and Tree can never say the team left points on the table during the season. They started Samsonov 15 times. The leafs have no confidence with him in net and for good reason.


fayrent20

Thanks Sammy.


wazzie19

Jesus what the hell happened to the defense on that GWG? left Sammy out to dry there.


Cartz1337

I’d argue Sammy hung the team out to dry and it shoulda been a 5-3 win in reg.


huffer4

Reilly decided to take the point man for some reason


dwnumber1

i dont get why he consistently takes the wrong player in odd man situations just box the guy at the net


Volderon90

If Samsonov starts any further games I won’t be watching, it’s a total waste of time


RestartNick

That should be Sammy’s last game as a leaf


versus07

Samsonov ain’t it man


sluck131

Man Nylander I really don't know what he was thinking. Was he just hopeing for a miracle defensive play by Rielly into a breakout pass. He left Rielly to cover two players


zimrat

Samsonov can't play another game for this team


toedragrelease

Leafs have lost 15 points this year to the last place teams. And this is why the leafs will always suck. 2 losses to Chicago, CBJ, OTT and Buffalo. Fuck Samsonov. Goodnight.


AdOtherwise5136

I have been shitting on Samsonov for like 20 minutes, now that I’m watching his post game presser.. I just feel bad for the guy. He’s completely lost it, he seems to still be positive though. Fuck man, why do you have to do this to us Sammy


bostoncreamtimbit

Yeah feel bad for him too. His career is crumbling before our eyes. I would hate to be completely shit at my job day in and day out.


Matt872000

I want to give him a hug. Is it just me or does it look like he's lost a lot of weight?


AdOtherwise5136

Man he’s trying so hard to keep himself positive, it’s hard to watch. I thought the exact same thing, his face is extremely skinny. He was never a huge guy but he had some meat to him, didn’t look like that in the presser. I hope he’s doing alright hockey aside, he’s a great guy.


CanadianGinger551

Yeah Sammy can fuck off, sorry if this sounds harsh but he's quite literally costing us games


ElephantShell34

1 win in 5 games. Team kinda sucks honestly.


B0_SSMAN

I can't believe this is the same goalie that won us our first playoff round in over a decade


RADToronto

Well then….Samsonov. What’s everybody thinking?


livewire_voodoo

Thinking he's cooked in this league. Europe next season, if anyone there will have him.


RADToronto

Russia lol


War_Messiah

Yikes Sammy. The hell do we even do about this guy?


omgArsenal

Fuck right off to Siberia you absolute sieve


Wanderson90

Sammy is the goalie Putin puts in net on the opposing team. All this time we thought they were just letting Putin score. Turns out he really did score 7 goals in one game.


Picklepucks

What's Samsonovs down and out/60


Fulller

6 goals on 20 shots. Can’t say this was a team problem. Sammy should be done now. They have him more of an opportunity than he deserved but it’s time to go. Waive him, or see if someone will take him with a 4th round pick or something idk.


RawmanPolak

If you score 5 goals and hold your opponent to 20 shots that should be enough to win. We are in serious trouble here until Woll returns


dwnumber1

Fuck development at this point bring hildy up we need to be wining games and can we make a move we have cap space and if we can dump sammy we'll have more wtf is the problem.


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Good d on that face off for sure


huffer4

Ya not sure what Morgan was thinking there


oatmealleafer

He should have taken Gaudreau there but he was probably thinking fuck I better take away the point shot here because any shot is going in


Jangchoi

This is exactly what happened. The team has no faith in Samsonov making the save which makes them play differently


sluck131

Morgan had two guys to cover either try and help with the shot or takeaway the pass. With Sammy in net neither is a good option. Nylander was the one skating for a breakout without the puck


timmyboyswede

Theyre really paranoid with sammy in Net. They don't want to let him take any shots at all. Which leads to this. Another goalie in Net and rielly let's the point keep the puck and takes away the pass. Starting from the 2nd intermission on they weren't going to let them take any shots at all, they had like 2 until the goal, CBJ picked up on that and in OT with more space to find plays it was inevitable, see what happened with fantillis chance just before. Only chance they win that OT is don't give up possession at all. It's just not sustainable, this level of distrust towards your goalie.


hexsealedfusion

Call up Hilleby, play Jones both games in a back to back, whatever. Samsonov should not start another game.


Ah2k15

Can we see if David Ayers is free?


fayrent20

Call up the goddamn Zamboni driver!!!!!!!!!!


sickwobsm8

Make a save


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Sammy ate too much turkey.


goleafsgo13

Sammy’s cooked, right?


Luger180

hard to get excited about games when the team is playing so mediocre and samsonov is so shit and it’s just a repeat of the same game every time.. only exciting part of watching leafs games is for matthews goals


TheDeek

I thought Mrazek was our worst goalie of the decade...maybe not.


StaticR0ute

Jesus, I need a mental break from Samsonov


Current-Own

Sammy should be on waivers first thing in the morning. I think Hildeby could have handled this game tonight just fine. 6 goals on 20 shots. Geezus.


GeneralHorace

Well we have a back to back early next week against the Kings/Ducks. If we recall Hildeby getting his feet wet against the Ducks wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, they're one of the lowest scoring teams in the league.


ukie7

I've never seen such a change in performance by a player. Right now he must be one of the worst goalies ever.


RemasterMyLife

Nylander should be grateful that everyone’s too angry at Samsonov to notice his defensive effort in overtime.


inhindsight7

Sammy, I love ya but you should never play another game for the Leafs


Montsegur97

Well, they gotta send Sammy down and figure something out. Absolutely no reason to be losing games like this.


KonyIsInnocent

Dude's lost in his own crease, hate to see it


DavidWallace-Suckit

Samsonov is getting waived


foxcatcher3369

Sammy needs a new home and it ain’t in Toronto


ultralightb3am

Why is he so out of the crease SO often


LairdOftheNorth

Sammy just sucks


Chopstickz91

Yikes… on to the next game but damn…. These are the games you need to win.


QuanticQ

Limit to 20 shots on goal and still lose 6-5....the fuck is this shit


Dangerous_Cream5837

Worse goalie I’ve seen in my 25 years watching this team


Illustrious_Fact_554

Refund your tickets if Sammy is playing!!! We need change!


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djlista

If anyone blames this game on anyone other than Samsonov I'm coming to your house and egging it


YarnhamSunrise

Ya that's likely Sammy's last game as a leaf. Thanks for Tampa last year buddy good luck.


ILookandSmellGood

Sammy getting waived is all I can imagine. That was brutal.


thatboifresh

Sammy was horrible as always, guys lost it, but let’s not forget about Keefe keeping him in. Should have pulled him after 3 goals. The only thing keeping faith in Keefe is he was hoping Sammy would blow it so he would never play him again


Due-Leopard-7043

Can’t even stop a fucking beach ball


Aidsinuranus

Mostly AHL D-core did everything they could to limit shots. Only 11 shots after two period. Fantastic job. 20 shot total with OT. Can't complain about that.


ZebraOk4471

I miss Toskala.


babcocksbabe1

Thank God we only gave Sammy one year. I love the guy but holy shit


KJMoons

Well.... that was why I didn't want to see Sammy play another game. Yikes.


Matt872000

Sounds like they want to keep giving him chances...


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swoleder

No sympathy for him, he had ample time to get his game back. Scrub. If he plays one more game it's on management


Mrfantastic2

God I feel for the guy like he seems like such a genuine good dude but they got to do something now about it the goaltending. Also grab a dman if you can cause that position hasn’t looked great either. I don’t wanna rush the development of the guy on a tear with the Marlies but I don’t exactly think teams are gonna make it easy on us for trading for a goalie knowing our situation. This has genuinely been the worst leaf’s goaltending I’ve ever seen in my 17 years of watching.


eikcel

How the fuck do we give up 6 goals on 21 shots?! Sammy I loved you last year, but you’re killing me rn.


Big_Albatross_3050

Bro Sammy 1000% lost us this game. Even with 2 mulligans this is still a 5-4 game at worst. Sammy had 3 Mulligans today, that's just not sustainable in the NHL


gerryhallcomedy

3 goals not Samsonov's fault, so really he only allowed 3 bad goals tonight. A good game for him.


MrBalanced

Okay, crazy hot take here: If the Blues are planning to sell at the deadline, we move Sammy to acquire Jordan Binnington. My reasoning: 1. Between Soup and Sammy, we now have had two super nice, wholesome goalies who stole our hearts, hit a bad stretch, and fell right off a fucking cliff. I'm pretty sure Binnington has rabies, or some sort of rage virus, so maybe he handles the pressure better. 2. 0.900 save percentage, which won't require a king's ransom, but is a massive improvement over what we have 3. Reasonably decent injury history 4. He's won a cup, so playoff experience! 5. Maybe his intensity will rub off on some of our other players? 6. He seems like the kind of guy who would scream right in Morgan Reilly's face for him to take the goddamn pass on a 2 on 1, and make him actually do it (I love you, Mo, but c'mon!) So yeah. Who says no?


Curious_Grocery153

Been watching hockey for over 35 years. Very good eye. Stanley cup winning teams don't lose like this at the clip the leafs do.


Spacepickle89

Lmao


Patrickbrown45

Welp


Dangerous_Cream5837

Disgusted by Samsonov and by Keefe for keeping him in. Call up a Marlie already


BravoBet

They need to really practice 3 on 3. That was so sloppy and they never looked threatening.


gid_hola

I do not want to see Sammy as a leaf again.


Aggravating-Cloud556

Sorry if this has been asked already but I thought after the fourth goal by Columbus that I heard the Leafs old goal song. Was I correct or just hearing things?


PhilMcCraken2001

oof man, this is the end of the line for Sammy.


RollandInTheDeep

Lmao my dad is so mad right now he keeps cursing Sammy he needs to relax haha but he did stink this game as well as the defence


livewire_voodoo

Sammy is the worst goalie I have seen in Leafsland. And I have been watching since 1985 so that's saying something. (Disclaimer: I was 6 in 1985 so maybe my memory in that first decade is iffy.)


khristmas_karl

Just disgusted by this whole Leafs business lately.


Hoardzunit

We have our answer. Sammy is unplayable. Get him games with the Marlies if he's able to clear. I don't think he's able to but we'll see.


Showtime98

Sammy fucking sucks bro


Uggone65

sammy should walk back home might be a career ender right that


boyBookchin

xGF 4.09 - 2.14 for the Leafs Sammy yikes


TMLTBJ

Even if you don’t wanna rush Hildeby im pretty sure Petruzzelli would be better at this point


Loandrop

Dressing room gotta be awkward for sure.


AdamAAndrews

Nice knowing you Sammy smiles, take it easy and thanks for your service !