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Fansided · Nov 10, 2022

Just Who Is The Latest Toronto Maple Leafs Back-Up Goalie?

The Toronto Maple Leafs have ended up in an unfortunate goaltending situation with three injuries at the same time, forcing them to sign their AHL goalie, Keith Petruzzelli, to an NHL contract.

Losing Ilya Samsonov meant the Toronto Maple Leafs were calling on Erik Kallgren to step up versus Carolina, and with Joseph Woll and Matt Murray still out, it was Petruzzelli on the bench as backup.

He marks yet another player that has graduated from an AHL-only deal to an NHL contract since Kyle Dubas took over as General Manager.

Truly a marker of a three-tier development system, this comes after Petruzzelli cemented his value as starting goalie for the Newfoundland Growlers last season.

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