Cory Kennedy
Registered User
Pittsburgh acquires:
Frederick Andersen
Toronto acquires:
Matt Murray
Agree or disagree?
Frederick Andersen
Toronto acquires:
Matt Murray
Agree or disagree?
Why would Pittsburgh do this? They already have Tristan Jarry which is why they would be looking to move Murray. Moving one of their two goalies frees up cap space to fill other needs.Pittsburgh acquires:
Frederick Andersen
Toronto acquires:
Matt Murray
Agree or disagree?
Why would Pittsburgh do this? They already have Tristan Jarry which is why they would be looking to move Murray. Moving one of their two goalies frees up cap space to fill other needs.
Real money saving and the fact Jarry needs a back up plan.
Then they might as well just resign Murray, he’s a two time cup winner.
Anderson is a good goalie who has won nothing and has a habit of giving soft deflating goals at key points in big games.
Pittsburgh is in go for it mode now; Crosby, Malkin and Letang are on the back nine of their careers. Why tie up money in Anderson when they can use that cap space to fill other needs, sure he may only cost $1m in real dollars but the cap space is still gone and they are not appreciably better in net by making this move.
Again if your moving Murray it’s for other assets which make your team better for the next couple of seasons while Crosby and Malkin can still lead them to another cup.
Yes the Penguins are going to trade a 2 time stanley cup champ for a loser with 1 year left on his contract.Pittsburgh acquires:
Frederick Andersen
Toronto acquires:
Matt Murray
Agree or disagree?
They can, or they can get Andersen for 1MWhy wouldn't the Penguins just resign Murray for $5mil?
I would only do this if there was a third party that wanted Andersen and would give that mid 1st round pick value for him.
Lol noNo but we’ll take the pick back for Murray, thanks
This will sound bad, but there is no other way to put it. Murray is currently nearly worthless for a few reasons. The last 3 years combined he has been significantly worse than almost any starter, and there are a lot of the UFA goalies on the market. He has a very troubling injury history including at least 3 concussions, and the team trading for him has no cost certainty. If he gets anything significant (ie: $6 million), the team trading for him may be forced to accept whatever he is awarded or they spent assets for nothing. They can't walk away from the arb award after giving up assets.
I can't see any team giving up anything for him without an agreement in place, and even if so....it wont be much because of the injury history and poor play.
Murray would cost 5-6 mil times term. Andersen costs one million in real dollars if Leafs cover the bonus.
Teams do "due diligence" by asking about players all the time. His injuries have taken their toll on him, and there is no guarantee he will ever become the Murray from his.....well, partial first season, and his only truly great full season - 4 years ago. I'm sure there is interest, but at what price? He was outplayed statistically by DeSmith in 2017/18 and 2018/19, and soundly outplayed by Jarry this past season. Hardly the platform to command any real return.It doesn't sound bad, it just sounds dumb. The fact there are multiple teams interested in Murray already makes your take that he's "nearly worthless" a horrible take.