So when the Leafs and Campbell were discussing a potential renewal, Elliotte Friedman indicated there was a big gulf between what Campbell thought he was worth and what Toronto thought he was worth.
Quoting: 32Thoughts
the one thing about Campbell that's really interesting is... it ended really badly between him and toronto. And not just because of the contract talks, we've gone in depth on the contract talks. How the two sides were miles apart. I've heard there were things that were said that both sides weren't happy with. And so Campbell who has a reputation for being a genial nice guy, is angry about his things were left
Digging into his stats, you can see why from the Toronto perspective. His
monthy splits show that a lot of his season rode off of the November performance; and his GSAX according to sites like MoneyPuck and NaturalStatTrick put him in the negatives, meaning he let in more goals than he was expected to. Not abysmal, but hardly worth a 5 million dollar salary.
He's obviously capable of much better performances that what he's provided in his short Oilers tenure, but his confidence can't be too high and instead of having Muzzin, Brodie, Holl and Liljegren in front of him he's got guys like Ceci, Barrie and Kulak bumbling around. Getting around the 0.900 mark would be fine considering McDavid and Drai are able to win games for the team outright.