Goaltender Ilya Samsonov’s recent contract stalemate and arbitration hearing was the latest example of a new attitude from the Toronto Maple Leafs management.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are taking a hardline approach concerning player contracts.
This comes after word that negotiations with forty-goal winger William Nylander appear to be going nowhere.
New general manager Brad Treliving accepted the appointment knowing he had a lot of work to do this offseason. Much of the blame for his multitude of tasks rests at the hands of previous GM Kyle Dubas.
Dubas handed out deals to his star players that were player friendly and included no movement clauses, shorter-term along with high average annual values (AAV).