The Toronto Maple Leafs and goaltender Ilya Samsonov are $2.5 million apart in salary arbitration filings.
Samsonov filed at $4.9 million while the team submitted at $2.4 million, with a hearing scheduled for Friday. The two sides have until the hearing begins to reach a contract outside of the arbitration process.
Samsonov, 26, went 27-10-5 last season with a .919 save percentage and 2.33 goals-against average in 42 games.
