Samsonov's arbitration case - 1-yr 3.55M
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At the end of the day it's not that big of a deal, and maybe in the long-run it'll be better really, but I do wonder if the Leafs could have argued their case better/stronger/crueler in Samsonov's hearing.
Of the 3 goalies who were headed to arbitration this season, I sorta pegged Samsonov as the 3rd most valuable. But Swayman's arbitration result was a touch less than Sammy's on a 1-year deal, while Gustavsson settled before his arbitration hearing on a 3-year deal only a touch more than Sammy's 1-year deal ($3.75mil).
I think he was roughly $500k over what I thought an arbitrator would give him, which isn't the end of the world (although lots of players getting a little more is how we might be getting stuck with a 20-man roster) and again maybe in the long run not ripping Samsonov's career and throwing his 20/21 season in his face stronger could be a good thing, it's just a little surprising that based off these contracts it looks like Sammy's the most valuable of the 3 when I thought it'd be the other way around.
At the end of the day it's not that big of a deal, and maybe in the long-run it'll be better really, but I do wonder if the Leafs could have argued their case better/stronger/crueler in Samsonov's hearing.
Of the 3 goalies who were headed to arbitration this season, I sorta pegged Samsonov as the 3rd most valuable. But Swayman's arbitration result was a touch less than Sammy's on a 1-year deal, while Gustavsson settled before his arbitration hearing on a 3-year deal only a touch more than Sammy's 1-year deal ($3.75mil).
I think he was roughly $500k over what I thought an arbitrator would give him, which isn't the end of the world (although lots of players getting a little more is how we might be getting stuck with a 20-man roster) and again maybe in the long run not ripping Samsonov's career and throwing his 20/21 season in his face stronger could be a good thing, it's just a little surprising that based off these contracts it looks like Sammy's the most valuable of the 3 when I thought it'd be the other way around.