Became known the financial needs of the goalkeeper Ilya Samsonov under a new contract, according to journalist Elliott Friedman on Twitter.
The Russian hockey player, who has restricted free agent status, wants to earn $4.9 million a year. “Toronto” offers a salary of 2.4 million.
Earlier, Samsonov was among the players of National Hockey League (NHL) clubs who sought arbitration over the salary offered to them.
The 26-year-old Russian played in 42 NHL regular season games, returning 91.9% of the shots with a reliability coefficient of 2.33. Samsonov also appeared in nine Stanley Cup games.
Source : MatchTV

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