590 had a goalie expert on and he was accessing our tandem. It was interesting the detail he gave, particularly with Murray. Basically, Pitt realized that Murray’s style was becoming outdated, this wide stance, low profile, was being exposed because the game was changing. Let’s not forget he stunk prior to leaving. This evolution in his game was also occurring in Ottawa, he was arguing he was just figuring it out but injuries never allowed him to get there, expects he will now. It was a positive assessment, but it actually scared the shit out of me as well. He said there will never be a “return to form” with Murray because he isn’t the same goalie style wise, for me in other words his pedigree is largely irrelevant and he’s pretty much never had sustained success since he’s changed his game. I hardly took these insights as encouraging, we’re dealing with a project here, who’s past glory is irrelevant. It was a weird analysis because it could be taken both ways.
As for Samsanov, he said he has clear flaws in his style, works too hard and it allows for bad rebound positioning, but he felt he could still have “some success”.
Just throwing it out there. I’ll say this, I haven’t really since Murray in particular tested at all in preseason, not gleaming much so far, except he looks calm, like you’d expect.
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