Frederik Andersen and the Toronto Maple Leafs share a mutual interest in the pending free agent goalie re-signing, his agent told The Athletic on Tuesday.
The 31-year-old can be an unrestricted free agent July 28, but he told the Maple Leafs through agent Claude Lemieux he would be comfortable sharing playing time with Jack Campbell.
Andersen is 149-74-36 with a 2.79 goals-against average, .914 save percentage and 13 shutouts in 268 games (267 starts) in five seasons with the Maple Leafs. He was 13-8-3 with a 2.96 GAA and .895 save percentage this season, when he missed 23 games with a knee injury.
“I’ll definitely look back on these five years with a lot of good memories,” Andersen said June 2. “So with regards to the future, I don’t know what’s in store yet, we’ll have to see.”
Campbell set an NHL record for wins to start a season with 11, breaking the mark of 10 set by Carey Price with the Montreal Canadiens in 2016-17. He finished 17-3-2 with a 2.15 GAA, .921 save percentage and two shutouts, and had a 1.81 GAA and .
934 save percentage in Toronto’s seven-game loss to Montreal in the Stanley Cup First Round.
“He’s such a great teammate and so supportive,” Campbell said. “He basically just said he was proud, and we will get it done together.”
The Maple Leafs have not won a playoff series since 2004. They were 35-14-7 and won the seven-team Scotia North Division, where the top four teams made the postseason, but were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs by the Canadiens despite building a 3-1 lead in the best-of-7 first round. Toronto finished 18 points ahead of fourth-place Montreal (24-21-11), which has reached the Stanley Cup Final.
Andersen is one of 12 Maple Leafs eligible to become an unrestricted free agent, including forwards Joe Thornton, Jason Spezza, Zach Hyman and Alex Galchenyuk. He is 226-100-48 with a 2.65 GAA and .915 save percentage in 393 NHL games with the Anaheim Ducks and Toronto.
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