Arbitration awarded Ilya Samsonov a contract for a year with a salary of $3.55 million

The arbitration awarded Ilya Samsonov a contract for a year with a salary of $3.55 million.

This is reported by insider Elliot Friedman.

Toronto was reported to be offering the goaltender $2.4 million, while Samsonov was asking for $4.9 million. Under the previous contract, the goaltender received $1.8 million a year.

Samsonov played 42 games in the NHL in the regular season 2022/23, reflecting 91.9% of shots with a reliability coefficient of 2.33. He also has 9 playoff games.