Matt Murray has done the impossible and escaped Robidas Island. Will play first NHL game since 2023.

[HockeyVirus]

All jokes aside, pretty remarkable recovery story here. Murray underwent double hip surgery and detailed some of his struggles of recovery, including missing the entirety of last season to recovery.

https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/latest-news/my-hips-havent-felt-this-good-in-a-long-long-time-maple-leafs-goaltender-matt-murray-on-his-one-year-prove-it-deal-and-renewed-optimism-after-bilateral-hip-surgery

“I’ve dealt with hip pain going back to as far as Wilkes-Barre when I was like 20 or 21,” he recounted. “It just got to a point where it was starting to mess up everything else. I was starting to get low back issues, starting to pull my groin a lot, and starting to get a lot of ankle stuff.”

He has a .935sv% and 1.85GAA in 8 games with the Marlies this season. Really happy for him.

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[Primary Assist]

Better make sure those net moorings are drilled in extra deep

 

[Crow]

I definitely did not see this coming.

Wish him the best of luck health wise going forward.

 

[KeyserSoze81]

Better make sure those net moorings are drilled in extra deep

Buffalo doesn't go to the net, so any nets off the moorings will be a little obviously self-inflicted. Hope Matt can save Tage Thompson one timers from the hashmarks. That is the only play we have had for about 3 years now.

The crowd should be about 80% Leafs fans, and probably more electric than a normal Leafs home game.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

That's awesome news for him. He was on his way to being the next great goaltender but then had oh so much go wrong for him. Wishing him the best and thanks for those two Cups!

 

[AvroArrow]

Buffalo doesn't go to the net, so any nets off the moorings will be a little obviously self-inflicted. Hope Matt can save Tage Thompson one timers from the hashmarks. That is the only play we have had for about 3 years now.

The crowd should be about 80% Leafs fans, and probably more electric than a normal Leafs home game.

It's always nice to hear the Sabres get booed in their own building

 

[Fledgemyhedge]

hope he does well, everyone loves a good comeback story

 

[Arthur Morgan]

atleast he's making next to nothing now, imagine he returns to form and earns a backup role once Leafs eventually waive him

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

He'll probably pitch a shutout because Sabres.

 

[Team Cozens]

Leafs probably made the promise last year to give him an opportunity after they didn't reactivate him in March last year. He would have been available for the playoffs. It was definitely cap circumventing....

 

[HockeyVirus]

Leafs probably made the promise last year to give him an opportunity after they didn't reactivate him in March last year. He would have been available for the playoffs. It was definitely cap circumventing....

There is no cap in the playoffs so not like it matters.

 

[CaptainShark]

His AHL-stats this season (small sample size) look fantastic, one could say he has earned his shot…

4-1-2 with a 1.85 GAA and 93.2 Spct

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

For a moment I thought it was MM from Predators.

 

[TheNumber4]

Leafs probably made the promise last year to give him an opportunity after they didn't reactivate him in March last year. He would have been available for the playoffs. It was definitely cap circumventing....

Yes. Yes it was.

 

[Edgelord]

I made the joke on that post on x that he made a boat out of Lupul's corpse and used it to escape lol

 

[Turin]

Hope he does well. Never like to see a promising career ruined by injuries

 

[Team Cozens]

There is no cap in the playoffs so not like it matters.

Should have been activated in MARCH.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Should have been activated in MARCH.

Honestly, not the thread for this. I just wanted to highlight his recovery not argue if he should have been activated a week earlier or whatever.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Should have been activated in MARCH.

Not like you can prove he was 100% healthy by March. Double hip surgery.

 

[bobholly39]

Hope he does well.

He was fantastic in Pittsburgh in those playoff runs. He's had a lot of bad luck healthwise since then. He's still pretty young, if he can finally stay healthy, maybe he can rebound into a decent #1 goalie.

 

[Breakers]

Had no idea he was under contract

My god is this league desperate for goaltending

 

[Shane Diesel]

But, but, but I was told Murray's placement on LTIR was fraudulent and he was taking a dive to help Toronto while the league was looking the other way.

He was actually hurt? No way.

 

[saska sault]

hope he does well, everyone loves a good comeback story

Kim Kardashian was my favorite comeback.

 

[MoneyManny]

Buffalo doesn't go to the net, so any nets off the moorings will be a little obviously self-inflicted. Hope Matt can save Tage Thompson one timers from the hashmarks. That is the only play we have had for about 3 years now.

The crowd should be about 80% Leafs fans, and probably more electric than a normal Leafs home game.

If i was a Leafs fan i'd be thrilled every time i left Toronto too.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Not like you can prove he was 100% healthy by March. Double hip surgery.

It’s a common surgery for goalies. Ullmark had it when he was with the Sabres, and he said it took a couple of years to feel back to normal. Same with 6K (or UPL for non-Sabres fans).