{"id":491831,"date":"2026-07-01T14:57:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=491831"},"modified":"2026-07-01T14:57:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:57:04","slug":"sergei-bobrovsky-signs-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/07\/01\/sergei-bobrovsky-signs-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanley Cup Winning Goal Signs New Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Stanley Cup winning goal has decided his fate. Veteran goalie <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bobrose01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sergei Bobrovsky<\/a> has signed a contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/07\/01\/colton-sissons-signs-2026\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs.<\/a> This deal is for three years and worth $21 million for the life of the contract. The contract carries an average cap hit of $7 million and runs through the end of the 2028-29 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:quzmr52xwcy4dxidsd2bijw5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mpm4oosezc24\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreiai47euz3c4a52iw3di24wmhwju3sicgmwcxs2efd2k2aznjsstfa\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Sergei Bobrovsky signs 3-year, $21 million contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. On @theathletic.com \u2935\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a  href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:quzmr52xwcy4dxidsd2bijw5?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jesse Granger (@jessegranger.bsky.social)<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:quzmr52xwcy4dxidsd2bijw5\/post\/3mpm4oosezc24?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2026-07-01T18:14:24.256Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Sergei Bobrovsky Signs Deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs<\/h2>\n<p>Bobrovsky has played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/05\/09\/flyers-vs-hurricanes-recap\/\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia Flyers,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/05\/12\/blue-jackets-charlie-coyle-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/03\/09\/florida-panthers-could-shut-down-key-player-for-rest-of-season\/\" target=\"_self\">Florida Panthers<\/a> over his 16-year NHL career. This season, the Russian goalie earned a 27-23-1 record with a 3.07 goals-against-average and .877 save percentage. Bobrovsky also registered four shutouts in a season that may have been down according to his lofty standards.<\/p>\n<p>Over his career, Bobrovsky has a career record of 456-266-58 with a 2.61 GAA and .912 save percentage. The <span>Novokuznetsk, Russia native has also recorded 53 shutouts across his lengthy NHL career. Philadelphia originally signed Bobrovsky as an undrafted free agent after four professional seasons with\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metallurg_Novokuznetsk\" title=\"Metallurg Novokuznetsk\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Metallurg Novokuznetsk<\/a>\u00a0in Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old is a two-time Stanley Cup winner and has two Vezina Trophy wins to his name. Bobrovsky is also a two-time NHL All-Star. He&#8217;s also represented his native Russia at the international level. The decorated goalie has won gold, silver, and bronze at the IIHF World Championships in three consecutive years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOBKa1g0guJ\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 3000px; aspect-ratio: 3000\/2000;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<p><span>(Credit Image: \u00a9 Alie Skowronski\/Miami Herald via ZUMA Press Wire)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What it Means<\/h3>\n<p>Bobrovsky&#8217;s signing drew some criticism with him getting $10 million. However, the Panthers got every penny&#8217;s worth from that massive contract. The veteran netminder backstopped Florida to back-to-back Stanley Cup championships.<\/p>\n<p>Bobrovsky has cemented his legacy as one of the best Russian goalies of all time. He&#8217;ll most certainly get a call from the Hall of Fame at some point in his retirement. However, Bobrovsky still has something left to prove in his NHL career.<\/p>\n<p>A veteran netminder like Bobrovsky can still will a team to a win. The goalie still feels like he can be the number one cop on the force. Toronto has hopefully shored up a massive hole in their lineup that has caused them plenty of trouble over the last few seasons.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Stanley Cup winning goal has decided his fate. Veteran goalie Sergei Bobrovsky has signed a contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. This deal is for three years and worth $21 million for the life of the contract. The contract carries an average cap hit of $7 million and runs through the end of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":484097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,6,4547,6671,4548],"tags":[6608,662,352,5951],"class_list":["post-491831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leafs","category-panthers","category-hockey","category-injuries","category-nhl","tag-florida-panthers-news","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-sergei-bobrovsky","tag-toronto-maple-leafs-news"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491831"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":493216,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491831\/revisions\/493216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}