Casey DeSmith, Pittsburgh Penguins
2019-20 stats (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, AHL): 10 W, 4 L, 0.922 Sv%
Speaking of Casey DeSmith and the Penguins, he would be the Toronto Maple Leafs third best option to take over the back-up position for Michael Hutchinson.
The Penguins are rich in back-up goalies and it seems like they’ve chosen the younger Jarry over DeSmith. That doesn’t take away DeSmith’s credibility at all.
DeSmith is still a good back-up goalie, but his contract is less than ideal, making an AAV of $1.25 million per year until 2022. Unfortunately, that may be a tad expensive for the Leafs and their current salary cap situation.
He’s also 28–that’s a less than ideal situation for the Leafs.
But sometimes you don’t have a choice. If the Leafs really need a good back-up that badly, they might have to just do it.
Hey, he’d likely even be cheaper to acquire than Jarry.