Martin Jones is making his case to stick around with the Maple Leafs

Martin Jones is all about making a good first impression, and right now he is doing everything in his power to impress GM Brad Treliving and head coach Sheldon Keefe of the Maple Leafs.

Jones, who marked a one-year bargain in Toronto late in the offseason, was the Leafs best goaltender during the preseason and presently in his first callup with the huge club, has given his best for show he has a place. Jones looked heavenly against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night, halting 38 shots for the shutout. He’s currently 3-0-0 with the Leafs, alongside 1.86 GAA and .949 Sv.%. As my partner Scratch Alberga puts it, it’s been a major week for the 33-year-old:

This isn’t whenever that Jones first has shown well with another group, it’s sort of his thing. Jones finished his first season with the Los Angeles Kings with an 8-0-0 record and a.934 success rate. He went on to the San Jose Sharks from there, winning 37 games and posting a 2.27 GAA in his first year on Shark Tank. After six seasons in San Jose, Jones advanced toward Philadelphia and began his season 3-0-0. The following season, Jones won 12 of his first 18 games while playing in a crowded crease in Seattle. It is said that a first impression is everything.

Maple Leafs Ought to Give Jones Some Run

With Joseph Woll uninvolved for basically one more a long time and with Ilya Samsonov battling to view as his game, certainty or any approaching pucks at the present time, mentor Keefe ought to be giving the ball to Jones and allowing him to run to the extent that he can with it.

Having Jones totally sparkle for the Maple Leafs would mean a few exceptionally intriguing things could happen when Woll gets initiated from the harmed save. Jones is endorsed to only a $1 million arrangement for this season, on the off chance that he does his part and makes Treliving keep him around, Samsonov will get exchanged or postponed and it might actually let loose a significant measure of cap space for the Leafs GM which would take into consideration him to add a best four defenseman, perhaps two.

Samsonov makes $3.5 million against the cap and is a forthcoming unlimited free specialist at season’s end. Treliving might have marked him long haul during the previous summer and settled on only a one-year arrangement to allow himself an opportunity to see direct what the Russian netminder could offer that would be useful. The present moment he’s at the youngster’s table and Jones is recounting every one of the amusing stories to the grown-up table.

Yet again the Maple Leafs play the New York Officers straightaway, a group Jones has proactively beaten this season and hope to see the veteran netminder between the lines. His certainty is high as can be right now and his game is as tranquil as could be expected. If he wins against the Rangers, start him again on Friday against the first of two consecutive games and let him continue his streak.

Samsonov should begin looking once again his shoulder. Jones has taken his work and there could be a few significant changes on the way in the event that things proceed.