Hopefully Samsonov stand his ground

Tampa in 7. Goaltending is not even gonna be close in this series.

just like it wasnt going to be close last year, yet samsonov is better than campbell

To the other person's point, Samsonov should be an improvement on Campbell (significantly). And TOR team defense has much improved since their last series. That said, Vasi is still the key upon which the series will turn. One of the greatest goaltenders of our last few ERAs. But this year he has Bogosian on the top pairing in front of him. He was 3rd pairing for TOR when they blew it against MTL and much younger. Has Tampa taken a step back on the defensive end? Haven't seen enough games myself to say, but on paper the opportunity for talented TOR forwards to outwheel him is quite tantalizing.

Me as well. He's really earned it this year, good guy. Team Defense should help him more than it did for Campbell last year