Modifié 10 janv. 2022 à 20 h 16
He's staying
Campbell before coming to Toronto was a solid backup for the Kings but nobody really thought of him as starting material. Heck even when he first came to Toronto nobody said "future starting material"
2 years later Toronto has a situation as Freddie gets hurt so Campbell is relied apon and thrives till suffering an injury. Freddie comes back underperforms gets hurt, Campbell returns rest is history
So one could say Toronto gave him that opportunity to be the starter Dallas though they were getting back in 2011. As it seems the coaching staff really brought out his A game as he is putting up numbers not seen since Vezina Freddie back in 2018.
Other than that another thing that sometimes makes a player stay or go is how they are treated by their team/fanbase
Well he gets a lot of love in Toronto win or lose thats for sure
Fans love him, the team loves him, the city loves him, in a sense he won Toronto over
Like even when he has a bad game fans dont **** on him like they did Freddie who was run out of town lul
Now this does not mean discount but based on what we saw with Lehner I dont think its unreasonable for Campbell to sign 5mill x 5 years.
Sure someone may offer him more but some GM's may not want to risk it due to his lacking of playoff experience or this year being the one year he has been a full time true starter.
As remember the last goalie who chased money...Mr. Grubauer
Went from 2nd in Vezina voting in Colorado to Worst Starting goalie in the NHL
Got a feeling his extension will be done via the deadline. As we have seen now the Leafs are very secretive when it comes to contract extension talks or extensions in general
Case in point people were getting concerned about Rielly, 2 days later signs 7.5mill x 8 years.