Fansided · Jun 11, 2022
The Toronto Maple Leafs (By Far) Best Option in Net for 2022-23
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Jack Campbell were a great story.
The Toronto Maple Leafs traded for the former first-round pick with the cheap contract, and he turned into the NHL’s best goalie from January 1st 2021 to December 31st 2021.
His run spanned one entire season, and part of another one. During that calendar year, no goalie had a better goal differential, Goals Against Average and Save Percentage.
Unfortunately, he was absolutely terrible from December on, and was just OK in the playoffs.
I love the Jack Campbell story, and I am a huge fan of Jack Campbell the person, but he is the perfect allegory for NHL goalies: Sometimes great, sometimes terrible, in no way predictable.