MOSCOW, Jul 13 Russian goalkeeper Ilya Samsonov has signed a contract with the Canadian «Toronto» Maple Leafs,” according to the official website of the hockey club. The agreement with the 25-year-old goalkeeper is for one year. The Russian will earn $ 1.8 million. Samsonov has been playing for the Washington Capitals since 2019, he was selected by the club in the 2015 draft under the 22nd overall number, at the end of this season the club did not make a qualifying offer to the goalkeeper. The Russian, who is a graduate of Metallurg Magnitogorsk, played 89 matches in the National Hockey League (NHL), in which he scored 52 wins (6 — «to zero»), reflecting an average of 90.2% of shots with a reliability coefficient of 2.81 .
