Making sense of the Joseph Woll trade
6/16/202631 min
Maple Leafs General Manager John Chayka made his first major move, dealing Joseph Woll and Simon Benoit to Philadelphia for Samuel Ersson, Emil Andrae and a 2026 third-round pick. Jonas and James try to make sense of the deal and clear up the Leafs cloudy goaltending situation, they provide an update on the Leafs coaching search, the rumours surrounding Morgan Rielly, and they look ahead to the draft in Buffalo next week.
Hosts: Jonas Siegel & James Mirtle
Producer: Jeff Domet
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First 90 secondsJonas Siegel· Host0:00
[upbeat music] This is the Leaf Report with Jonas Siegel and James Mirtle on The Athletic Podcast Network. Well, James, uh, I have a feeling we're gonna be podcasting more and talking more about the Leafs because the off-season, it's actually now official. Does, does the off-season before the Stanley Cup Final actually count as the off-season, or is now the start?
James Mirtle· Host0:32
I think this is where it's gonna-- we're, we're into crazy land here. It's gonna be a two-week sprint here to July 1, and a ton of league business is gonna happen, and the Leafs have so much to get done. You know, John Chayka, the Leafs GM, said that, uh, they're close to hiring a coach, so it seems like that could happen this week. But just in terms of the roster pieces moving around, I think you're gonna, you're gonna see them be very active and probably gonna have a lot of these emergency podcasts in the next two weeks.
Jonas Siegel· Host0:59
Okay. Well, welcome to crazy land. I like that. [laughs] [laughs] It's gonna be-- That's what this two weeks will now be called, uh, two and a half weeks. Uh, so the Leafs announced a trade today. I'm just gonna read from the release. Uh, actually no, I'm not. Uh, the Leafs acquired defenseman Emil Andre, goaltender Sam Ersson, and a third-round pick in the 2026 draft from Philly for Joseph Woll and Simon Benoit. Uh, now you notified me of