Player Discussion Matt Murray | Called up: Starting Friday vs Sabres

[Confucius]

He did GM Treliving and the Leafs a HUGE solid and favour last year when he agreed to sit out the entire year on LTIR, while collecting his full $8 mil salary.

MM was a bitter poison pill left behind by the previous management.

Now making league minimum $875k as a reward Treliving re-signed him to give him another opportunity to play in the NHL again.

"You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours",

Really nothing to lose a but a few regulation games now.

Which is exactly the reputation I would try to establish if I were GM. People that guffaw William was given a half million more because he outperformed his last deal, obviously wouldn’t agree.

 

[leafsfan5]

He’s 30, not 40.

Perfect stop gap, nobody cares about his long term health issues or if he needs waivers, just make a few starts and get us over the hump. Exactly why he’s here.

Yup, in a cap world it's all about money for value. At 4.5 we were getting hosed on Murray, but at what he makes now it's great to have a guy like him around

I hope he does well and can propel this into an NHL position somewhere

 

[Puckstuff]

I’m likely in the minority but I wasn’t really happy with the signing tbh.

I’m just against bringing failures into my environment. The guy had a mental breakdown in 2022-23 or at least wasn’t mentally sharp and his career went down the drain. We don’t need that around Stolarz/Woll and our young goalies.

 

[Strangle]

Makes sense. Was weird that people here were arguing against this.

Murray is a legit NHL starting goalie (when he’s healthy), the guy isn’t over the hill by goalie standards and he has a ton of experience and talent.

The Leafs effectively have 3 starting level goalies

 

[Menzinger]

Well earned. Guys battles through a ton, so you got to love this.

Makes sense. Was weird that people here were arguing against this.

I think folks got a bit too hung up on the Dubas connection with the guy

 

[Confucius]

Murray is a legit NHL starting goalie (when he’s healthy), the guy isn’t over the hill by goalie standards and he has a ton of experience and talent.

The Leafs effectively have 3 starting level goalies

He’s the same age as Stolarz and the difference between him and Woll is 4 years. Looking at the past accomplishments of the 3, I’d think having Murray is a plus.