Toronto Maple Leafs: Enroth's Struggles Catch Up To Him
The Toronto Maple Leafs – soon to be former – back-up goaltender, Jhonas Enroth, struggled mightily for his new club – and it’s finally caught up to him.
Even on a developing team like the Toronto Maple Leafs, the back-up goaltender isn’t safe when it comes to performance. Jhonas Enroth simply didn’t do his job.
The hope was that Enroth would provide stability in relief of Frederik Andersen, but that never happened and now Enroth is on waivers as the Leafs move in a different direction.
In all situations, Enroth eclipsed a save percentage of .897 only once – in a game in which he played just over five minutes. That’s simply unacceptable.
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Of the 53 goaltenders who have played at least 210 minutes at 5v5, Enroth comes in dead last with an 85.34 save percentage. That’s even more unacceptable than his all-situation numbers.
This is a situation the Leafs were in before, though, when Garret Sparks toiled in the basement of the goaltender cast in the NHL last year. The only difference is the Leafs were silently hoping for that scenario to go as it did, this year isn’t the same case.
For all the heat that Andersen took early on this year, Enroth has avoided the wrath of Leafs Nation. That leaves one positive that the Swedish goaltender can take with him when he’s shuttled out of the hockey capital.
As for his replacement, it’s widely speculated that Kari Ramo will be the new guy in town, since he’s been hanging around the team like a stay dog waiting for his chance to come inside for good.
The downside to Ramo coming in is that Ramo himself was pretty bad last year for the Calgary Flames. The upside is there isn’t much he could do worse than Enroth has done for the Leafs.
Set up to be trade bait at the deadline, Enroth has been a disastrous disappointment for the club and will be hard pressed to find another suitor in the NHL this year with how he’s played.
On a positive note, at least the Toronto Maple Leafs revolving goaltending door has switched to the back of the house instead of the front.
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