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They all reside in the same state. The state of sorrow.I am just reveling at how horrible all the NHL teams are in the state of New York. The Islanders are atrociously boring and not seriously competitive, meanwhile Buffalo and the Rangers are completely imploding. Christmas came early!
On this day (Dec 19th) 2015, Thunder Bay's Matt Murray played his 1st NHL game, stopping 24 of 26 shots in a 2-1 loss to Carolina. The 21 year-old was called up from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to back-up Jeff Zatkoff when Fleury suffered a concussion. He went 9-2-1 and then led the Penguins to the Stanley Cup the next spring.
Per NHL Goalies: Past & Present on Facebook...
Crazy to think three different goalies (Murray, Fleury, Zatkoff) started during that Cup run. Jarry was on the bench for one of those games too.
The world would have been a much simpler and better place if Matt Murray could stay healthy/adjust his game a little bit. Goaltending looked locked down for a decade and it wasn’t even locked down for 3 years.
Ah, the winning answer to the final question at 2038`s Thursday Night Bar Trivia, getting the winning table one appetizer platter to shareYes but how many players in any sport will ever be able to say that they won two championships before their rookie campaign ended?
If he had put on 20-30lbs like normal people do in their 20s he likely would have remained in the league the entire time. A lot of goals in the upper part of the net wouldn’t have gone in if he was heavier.The world would have been a much simpler and better place if Matt Murray could stay healthy/adjust his game a little bit. Goaltending looked locked down for a decade and it wasn’t even locked down for 3 years.
If he had put on 20-30lbs like normal people do in their 20s he likely would have remained in the league the entire time. A lot of goals in the upper part of the net wouldn’t have gone in if he was heavier.
* Not even heavier..just a normal weight for his height. Dude is still a beanpole.
He’s 30 now and I hope he does well. I was referring to when he was a bit younger. He really was a scrawny guy. Him and Vasi were fairly similar at the same age but Matty wouldn’t gain any weight as he got older. At the end of the day, I think that really hurt him. Maybe just as much as the issues with losing his father.He's listed at 220 lbs now.
I still take Bedard but I think with him not being the fastest skater he needs talent around him more than Celebrini.Who do you take: Bedard or Celebrini?
Celebrini's been damn impressive pretty much every time I see him. Michkov's a shitshow defensively but he's got vision/skill you can't coach. Bedard's gonna be fine imo but he's f***in' raaaaaaattled this season. Being on the Hawks will do that.