07/01: The Leafs have made Woll’s three-year extension official. The deal will carry a formal cap hit of $3.66MM, giving the deal a total value just shy of $11MM. Woll becomes Toronto’s first goalie under contract this summer.
06/24: The Toronto Maple Leafs are reportedly closing in on a three-year contract extension with goaltender Joseph Woll (as per Kevin Weekes of ESPN). The extension can’t be formally announced until Woll is eligible for an extension after July 1st, but Weekes indicates that the contract is expected to fall in the range of $ 3.5MM – $4MM annually. The 25-year-old has one year left on his current deal that will pay him $775K next season and will be a restricted free agent on July 1st, 2025. If Weekes’ report is true, the Maple Leafs would be wasting no time in locking up their potential goaltender of the future.
Woll has shown himself to be capable during his brief time in the NHL, compiling a 22-13-1 record with a .915 save percentage in parts of three NHL seasons. He stepped into the net for Toronto in Game 4 of the first round of this year’s playoffs and led the Maple Leafs to victories in Games 5 and Game 6 to force a seventh and deciding game.
Therein lies the risk in signing Woll to an extension, the Dardenne Prairie, Missouri native, while capable, hasn’t been able to stay healthy and that is certainly a cause for concern with any young goaltender. Toronto management surely considered the risk and reward when it comes to Woll’s health and is hoping that the youngster is just scratching the surface of his potential.
Toronto is in the market for another goaltender as they are likely to let Ilya Samsonov walk into free agency and with Woll’s services secured for the next handful of seasons, they will need a capable goaltender to supplant Woll should he run into injury troubles once again.
Likely a 3 year extension… 3/10mil. He will be 28-29 and in line for another extension if all goes well. Glad he’s finally getting paid. Enjoyed watching him on the Marlies.
GAME 7!! LFG!!! Stanley Cup in the building!!! wooooooooooooo!!!
(sorry to be so off topic, Stanley Cup in a Leafs story. im way off)
Dude you post the same message on every Leaf topic lol You butt hurt about something?
Woll got injured signing the contract.
I’m a Canadian and my team is the habs. The Canadian teams and California have the worst tax situation where the players only get 50% or less after taxes, you can look this up by searching how much am I taxed on 1MIL in said place. In the no tax stars like Florida, Texas, Tennessee the players are only taxed around 37%. The reason I say this is I don’t understand how the Tampa jays and floridas on the NHL don’t have players take slightly under market value, while taking home the same money or slightly more even and give there teams a chance to win a cup. Someone like Mcdavid while making 12.5 a year only takes home 5.5-6 after tax and agent fees while a 10M player in Florida takes home more
Forget the players. What about you & I (I’m in PA)? People need to stop voting for socialists. Those states you mentioned with less taxes are thriving btw. Weird isn’t it? Lol
“Thriving?” Florida residents can’t afford homeowners insurance anymore, Texans freeze in the winter because their power-grid is trash & their governor is a stooge of the oil&gas industry, and Tennessee is attempting to hand its entire public school operations over to for-profit scumbags attempting to establish a religious theocracy on the public dime. So we clearly have a different definition of “thriving.”
Thanks for your outing. I mute all leftists!
Mr. 517680827, that’s not a good way to go through life.
Nobody’s perfect, and nobody’s right about everything. It’s good to listen to different perspectives. I know it can make a person mad to hear opposing ideas, but you can learn a lot if you’re open-minded. Give it a try (although there’s probably better places than a random comment section to open your eyes and ears to)
Seems high but gotta remember he’s below league min this year