No. 3: Thomas Greiss
Another option for the Toronto Maple Leafs could be Thomas Greiss, who similar the other two goalies we just talked about, has jumped around to multiple teams throughout his career.
Over the past seven years, Greiss has averaged more than 30 games per season, making him a legitimate back-up goalie.
His stats haven’t been great since his time with the New York Islanders, but a lot of that has to do with the teams he played on.
He spent the past three seasons on the Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues, who were all bottom-feeder teams, so a back-up job in Toronto could really help his numbers.
With a career 2.77 GAA and .911 SV%, Greiss would serve as a fine back-up to Samsonov, but similar to Halak, you’d probably want a three-headed monster in net.
At 37-years-old, you’re not looking for Greiss to play more than 20 games next year, so he’d be a viable option as that third-stringer/2B goalie with the team and should help push Woll to play more regular minutes.
Like all of the goalies we mentioned today, in a perfect world, they’d barely play at all, however they’re great insurance pieces in-case Woll or Samsonov get injured.