Anthony Stolarz Extended

Now official.

Maple Leafs Extend Goaltender Anthony Stolarz | Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that the hockey club has signed goaltender Anthony Stolarz to a four-year contract extension. The average annual value of the contract is $3.750 million. Stolarz, 31, skated in 34 games for the Maple Leafs last season, posting a 21-8-3 record and a .926 save

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Kevin Weekes is reporting that the Anthony Stolarz deal is done.

He has the deal at $15 million over four years with a signing-bonus heavy structure. If correct, that puts the AAV at $3.75 million.

Stolarz, who turns 32 in-season, is currently on year two of a contract signed with the Leafs in 2024 for $2.5 million per year. This new deal takes effect next summer.

Stolarz has always been a better than average goalie, but last season's 34 games played in the regular season is a career high.

Prior to his NHL career, he was cut by a skate in a game in the OHL, causing him to miss games, and he had hip surgery in 2014 while a Flyers prospect.

He has missed NHL time with two knee injuries and several other lower-body injuries, and his role as the senior partner in the firm of Stolarz & Woll is the closest he's ever come to being a starter.

The risk with Stolarz has never been about his performance, it's about the chance he will miss time. That risk grows with age, but it seems very unlikely the Leafs could have got this deal done with this low an AAV for any shorter a term.

All goalie contracts are a risk, but the Leafs now have their tandem set at a very good price.