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Player Discussion Matt Murray (G) - 4 years, $6.25M AAV

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I know it's a small sample size, but it's getting larger. I'm not an expert by any means, and reading comments from some knowledgeable people here (like Xpyrit) gives me pause WRT how I evaluate goalies with my untrained eye. Here's the thing though, he is letting in *weak* goals, and inspires no confidence in me as a casual fan. How can inspire confidence in the team playing in front of him?

The super weak goals need to stop altogether, and he has to save *some* of the hard ones. At this point I just assume that a high danger chance is going in the net. I can't even get excited when the game is tied or close. It's like the waiting for the inevitable.

So, I seriously hope he lives up to his contract. As pointed out, we are still a budget team, 6 Mill is significant. If he plays bad, we lose. If he doesn't play, that's 6 mill for our budget we are not spending on a solid player elsewhere.

I'm a fan of feel-good stories, we've seen some crazy stuff with this team (Hamburgler anyone?), I hope the next story is Murray, and fully acknowledge he will need some help from the team for that to happen.

Consistently consistent = trust. Win me back.

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Fickle Fan
 
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I still think it's tough to judge him behind this defence, but those two games against the Canucks are two of the worst goaltending performances this team has seen in awhile.

Feels like literally any goaltender would get shelled with Coburn/Brown on the ice, that being said I can't defend what I've seen from him the last few games.
 
Good goaltending can mask a terrible team. How many terrible teams are in the NHL looking better than they actually are due to good or great goaltending?

From a big picture perspective, we might be lucky that Murray has been really really bad because it has fully exposed how bad some players on this team truly are. Changes would not he coming if Murray was bailing us out and we were sneaking out 4-3 and 5-4 wins.

He has to get better though, otherwise you give Hogberg a chance because he played well last season and deserves a shot before Daccord comes in.
 
It was nice not being a goalie graveyard for a few years. Really hope we dont get back to those good ol days.
 
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Just not sure why we draft goalies so we’ll develop them. Just to trade for bad goalies and give them massive contracts just as ours reach maturity
 
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It doesn't even seem like he's just having bad games. He seems to have completely changed everything about his game for worst. He's always had issues with his glove hand, but I'm not exactly sure what's going on with everything else.

Every time the other team just has the puck in the Sens' zone it looks like a decent scoring oppurtunity.
 
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With the NMC kicking in '21-'22 - does this mean we have to protect him for the expansion draft? (sorry if this been answered already, I looked back a few pages and didn't see anything.)

I still have some hope but as others have said, Murray is a great goalie for a winning team playing behind a good system - not this tire fire.
 
Clarke said:
With the NMC kicking in '21-'22 - does this mean we have to protect him for the expansion draft? (sorry if this been answered already, I looked back a few pages and didn't see anything.)

I still have some hope but as others have said, Murray is a great goalie for a winning team playing behind a good system - not this tire fire.
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Does he actually have an NMC? Dorion is such a clown.

And no, I think this version of Murray would probably be a detriment to a lot of contenders. A lot of the goals he's let in are shots that even the best teams allow every game.
 
Clarke said:
With the NMC kicking in '21-'22 - does this mean we have to protect him for the expansion draft? (sorry if this been answered already, I looked back a few pages and didn't see anything.)

I still have some hope but as others have said, Murray is a great goalie for a winning team playing behind a good system - not this tire fire.
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It's a modified No trade clause (10 teams) not a No Move clause. So no.
 
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I've seen enough of Murray to conclude this is as good as it's going to get from him. His mobility, glove hand and rebound control are all bad. I have no faith he's going to turn it around. The problem is we have nothing better.
 
BoardsofCanada said:
I've seen enough of Murray to conclude this is as good as it's going to get from him. His mobility, glove hand and rebound control are all bad. I have no faith he's going to turn it around. The problem is we have nothing better.
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Daccord is probably our best goalie.

And we could have easily got a better goalie than current Matt Murray via UFA on a better contract.
 
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The day before the trade(rumours) i was indifferent cause I thought he was at least an upgrade over Anderson. now it doesn't even matter.
 
Burrowsaurus said:
Just not sure why we draft goalies so we’ll develop them. Just to trade for bad goalies and give them massive contracts just as ours reach maturity
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The only thing we have going for us is Trent Mann his staff and his brother.
If I were them I’d be thinking of packing up. Trent will have offers waiting.
We’re completely screwed if/when he leaves.
 
Icelevel said:
The only thing we have going for us is Trent Mann his staff and his brother.
If I were them I’d be thinking of packing up. Trent will have offers waiting.
We’re completely screwed if/when he leaves.
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I think Troy has been fantastic for the BSens as well. Good team to have those guys.. One finds them and one coaches them up and gets them ready. I also think Troy is pretty good at talent evaluation as well.
 
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