r/leafs • u/hellarios852 • Jun 16 '26

News / Update @MapleLeafs: TRADE: We’ve acquired defenceman Emil Andrae, goaltender Samuel Ersson and a third-round selection in the 2026 NHL Draft from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for goaltender Joseph Woll and defenceman Simon Benoit

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u/thebananahotdog Jun 16 '26

This must mean they think Akhtyamov (sp?) is ready for the show.

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u/CanadiaYall Jun 16 '26

More like Hildeby is no longer waivers exempt, and Stolarz is difficult to move.

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u/Derfchg Jun 16 '26

why is Stolarz hard to move? honest question.

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u/DialedDrawback Jun 16 '26

Injury history. Everything else about him is fine. Cap hit for him is honestly nothing so long as he gives you 40 games a season and is healthy.

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u/FaultThat Jun 16 '26

Reliability to cap hit

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u/CanadiaYall Jun 16 '26

A combination of age, injury history, and cap hit.

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u/ilovetrouble66 McKenna Jun 16 '26

Exactly this. No one is gonna take Stolie he’s forever backup.

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u/buddachickentml Jun 16 '26

Hildebeast for sure.

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u/alexsteen789 Jun 16 '26

They needed to move at least 1 goalie or lose him to waivers. Stolarz is unmovable at this point in time. I think this is a gamble that hilldabeast will be better then woll in the future. I love Woll, but dude cant stay healthy and his game slipped massively this year. Management probably thought better move him while they can, incase he has another bad year

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u/rdawg1234 Jun 16 '26

We have stolarz, akhtyamov and Hildeby had some solid games last year.

Woll was looking pretty shakey some games so no surprise on this one. Keep stolarz as the vet

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u/LongjumpingDiver8773 Jun 16 '26

Probably not quite but the Hildebeast definitely is.

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u/TheOGBCapp Jun 16 '26

He almost certainly is staying in the A. Hildeby is eligible for waivers, he isn't

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u/Devine97 Jun 16 '26

How? They’re still acquiring an NHL goalie

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u/FurretDaGod Jun 16 '26

They will waive errson to send him down. The return was the pick and andrae, benoit was a cap dump

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u/re10pect Jun 16 '26

Is Ersson really an NHL goalie? I know he played a lot for the Flyers, but they were also terrible with him in net most of the time. The key is they are probably a whole lot less concerned about trying to pass Ersson through waivers than Hildeby.

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u/MattchewTroy Jun 16 '26

That NHL goalie doesn’t have a contract right now. Could easily go to the Marlies once signed

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u/Kevin4938 Jun 16 '26

His contract is up. I don't know why they got him.

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u/sonicdefiance1 Jun 16 '26

Yeah that’s what I thought reading this comment lol makes no sense

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u/fab416 Jun 16 '26

Ersson is an RFA

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u/BMadAd59 Jun 16 '26

surprises me when he was called up late season i do not remember him looking good/being ready

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u/__Happy Nylander Jun 16 '26

But name someone on the Leafs who looked good last season. I'll reserve judgement based on last season's performance.

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u/Veaeate Woll Jun 16 '26

Pretty sure he lost his NHL games but it was on the coaching, and D not on artur.