The Toronto Maple Leafs and Anthony Stolarz go back and forth on a contract extension
Sportsnet: Elliote Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas on the 32 thoughts: The Podcast – Welcome to the NHL, Kid Episode in the Toronto Maple Leafs, Anthony Stolarz who works to get a contract extension before the season starts. Can they agree on a deal of three or four years, and which number can they look at?
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Friedman: “I had a number of chief fans who stretched over Stolarz, and I mentioned that in the Toronto broadcast. I think Stolarz and the Leafs go back and forth and go back and forth. And I think when they started, there was a pretty wide gap, and I believe it is a bit limited.
Nick (Kypreos) and Justin (Bourne) both said they were not crazy about term with him. And I don’t think the term here will be the problem. I think it seems to me that this will probably be three or four years. I think the problem has been the number.
And you know, the challenge for Toronto here is that Stolarz really has a lot of leverage. He, he has indicated that he does not want this to go into the season, and that is a bit of leverage. And the other lever that he has is that he can bet in itself at a time when there are really not many other goalkeepers available.
Look like, see how many of these goalkeepers are starting to be locked up. (Jeremy) Swayman, locked up. Oetting, locked up. Spencer Knight, locked up. ‘
Bukauskas: “(Dustin) Wolf.”
Friedman: “Wolf is locked up. He was further away from UFA, but you are, you are, you are in the market, you are, I understand where you go. Even a man like Kevin Lankenin, locked up.
You know, Stolarz has, he has a lever when he is willing to bet in himself. And don’t forget, as if this is a man who comes around a bit. He is used to uncertainty.
So I still think they are going back and forth. And when two teams go back and forth, when two parties go back and forth, as much as it appears as these are two, there is against me, there is a willingness to close a deal there. But I always look at who is willing to take, who benefits by more chance. And it is probably the player in this case. Because if Stolarz has a large year, then Toronto will have the choice, we pay him even more than we wanted, whether he walks and we have to get someone else. “
Bukauskas: “And we talked about this a bit not so long ago, but even at the moment comparisons for him, given his age, given the history of the injuries. Speaking of the term when something when it comes to the song,
I mean, you see where Woll is, just over 3.6 (million). They get something done, it will probably be north of that, right? “
Friedman: “Yes, I, for me, the longer the term, the lower the number.”
Bukauskas: “Certainly.”
Friedman: “Like, I have to think we look here between four and a half and five. Unless they go, such as, if they go for more than five years, I think it is probably less than that, just not convinced that we are going here.”
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