Anthony Stolarz

Last Season

Twenty-six appearances, 10-10-3, a 3.28 goals-against average and a .8927 save percentage, no shutouts. His career figure across 168 games is .9135.

Over his last ten appearances, .897 on 272 shots.

The Physical Game

Six foot six and 248 pounds, and among the largest goaltenders in the league. He fills the net standing up and the shot from distance has nowhere to go.

The difficulty is the same one every goaltender this size has: getting down, getting back, and holding the post when the play moves laterally. He is beaten on the second chance more than on the first.

The Mental Game

He has been a backup for nine seasons, has never played forty games, and has a career save percentage of .9135 — which is a genuinely good number produced almost entirely in short bursts.

The concussion history is real and is the reason the workload has never grown.

The Intangibles

Three goaltenders played twenty or more games for Toronto last season and stopped .8984, .8927 and .9124. The club conceded 206 goals at five-on-five against an expected 184.6 — twenty-one worse than its chances, the third-worst mark in the league.

The best of the three was Hildeby, who is now in Tampa. The worst was Woll, who is now in Philadelphia. The club replaced them with a thirty-seven-year-old who stopped .8768.

He is 32, and on this depth chart he is either the starter or the answer to a problem the club has not solved.