The comparables used by both the Leafs and Ilya Samsonov in his arbitration case have been revealed

During the arbitration process, many were curious as to who the Leafs might be using for contract comparables to state their case, while others were curious as to whom the Samsonov camp was looking at from a salary perspective. Now, thanks to The Hockey News' David Alter, we have our answer.

Both Georgiev and Vanecek carry $3.4M cap hits, while Saros carries a $5M cap hit and Oettinger carries a $4M cap hit. The Leafs were reportedly attempting to argue for a lower cap hit than both Georgiev and Vanecek, as each of them signed their deals knowing that they were committing UFA years to their respective teams.

In the end, the Leafs may have gotten a bit of a raw deal here in that they didn't have the luxury of buying up any of Samsonov's UFA years with his $3.55M deal. He'll be an unrestricted free agent next summer and will immediately rocket into the top 3 UFA goalies, along with Connor Hellebuyck and Marc-Andre Fleury, which could lead to a bidding war for his services.