MATT MURRAY - Goalie - 25 - $3.75MM Cap Hit - RFA in 2020-2021
LAST UPDATED 8/20/19
After two straight fantastic campaigns for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Matt Murray was called up to Pittsburgh, where he promptly stole the starting job from longtime backstop Marc-Andre Fleury and won the team a Stanley Cup. He followed that season up by doing the exact same thing, and capturing his second Stanley Cup. Durability has been a consistent issue for Murray, and along with that comes consistency issues. In his three seasons as a full-time starter in Pittsburgh, Murray averages less than 50 starts per season. He's also struggled to stay consistent when he's healthy, as injury issues can keep him from developing the rhythm goalies need start-to-start. Murray has an elite frame for a goalie, and is very athletic, but he's quite lanky, and that thinness contributes to his durability issues. Still, Murray moves well and is a decently safe goalie, and he's capable of real surprises. He's as mentally tough as can be and he's been tested at the highest level already despite being only 25 years old. He's an above-average starter with real upside to be something special.
After two straight fantastic campaigns for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Matt Murray was called up to Pittsburgh, where he promptly stole the starting job from longtime backstop Marc-Andre Fleury and won the team a Stanley Cup. He followed that season up by doing the exact same thing, and capturing his second Stanley Cup. Durability has been a consistent issue for Murray, and along with that comes consistency issues. In his three seasons as a full-time starter in Pittsburgh, Murray averages less than 50 starts per season. He's also struggled to stay consistent when he's healthy, as injury issues can keep him from developing the rhythm goalies need start-to-start. Murray has an elite frame for a goalie, and is very athletic, but he's quite lanky, and that thinness contributes to his durability issues. Still, Murray moves well and is a decently safe goalie, and he's capable of real surprises. He's as mentally tough as can be and he's been tested at the highest level already despite being only 25 years old. He's an above-average starter with real upside to be something special.
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