How Valuable is Mr. Cambell?

With Mrazek’s injury, the Maple Leafs’ goaltending duo has been put on hold. No offense to Michael Hutchinson; Campbell’s role has just become vital to the Maple Leafs success. Hutchinson is what is a third-string borderline AHL goaltender. The key is when do we give Jack Campbell a rest? As much as we may want him to, Jack cannot play every game. Sooner or later, Jack will fall down and not get up.

With the Bruins, Lightning, and Panthers, the Maple Leafs will have a hard time keeping up. All three of those teams will get over or close to 100 points. They are putting pressure on Toronto if they want to get home ice in the playoffs to keep winning. Bottom line: Jack Campbell’s stock keeps rising.

Jack Campbell Payday

How much is money will the Maple Leafs fork out to keep Campbell for next season? I expect Jack Campbell’s representatives to use several goalies with the same skill level as Campbell to establish Campbell’s value.

Juuse Saros of the Preds has a cap hit of $5,000,000. Linus Ullmark of the Boston Bruins signed a $5,000,000 contract.

Both goalies are comparable to Campbell.

An example of an upper-echelon goalie a little better than Campbell is Igor Shesterkin of the Rangers. He is making a $5,666,667 annual cap hit.

Expect Campbell’s cap to hit between $4.75–5.25 million annually for four years.

That will make it a little difficult for the Leafs to make room, but I believe the Leafs will make the adjustments to fit him in.

Randy