Confirmed with Link: Matt Murray to Ottawa for Jonathan Gruden + 2020 2nd (52nd)

[OmniSens]

Yeeeeshhh.... A little high, but if he pans out...

 

[Bileur]

This indicates to me that Eugene know he won’t be the owner in years 3 and 4.

Great news!

I hope you’re right but it could also just be shifting the dollars to years where there will be less COVID impact.

 

[h2owned]

Would've preferred 3 years but hopefully pans out.

 

[jcs0218]

TSN is reporting a 5 year deal.

Free Agency

Edit: They have fixed it now to 4 years. It was saying 5 years for about 15 minutes after it was reported.

 

[FormentonTheFuture]

A little pricey but I’d overpay to get a legit #1

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Blackloaded...good idea

4 year term is really good too

Uncertainty of when gate revenue will be back could be a part of it

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

My expert analysis on this is that this will be a good contract if Murray is good and a bad contract if Murray plays bad.

 

[Tuna99]

More than I expected, we really need to see Stanley cup champion Murray for that money. Nice to see us spending real money though.

back to back championships


I don’t like the contract. And he has a ton to prove still. It’s been a couple years since he’s been a top goalie and it’ll hard to bounce back in front of this team

 

[Liver King]

Uncertainty of when gate revenue will be back could be a part of it

Good point

I was expecting 5.5-6 × 5

More expensive than I thought but heavy at the final year is good if he needs to be moved

 

[Schmautz11]

I hope you’re right but it could also just be shifting the dollars to years where there will be less COVID impact.

Exactly. But I thnk that would be a Murray ask, not the Sens. Would you rather get 25-40% escrow pulled back on $8M or $4m?

 

[SixthSens]

10 team NTC too per McKenzie

 

[Karl Prime]

Year 3 and 4 fit with the time where they hope to compete so it's good in that sense. Maybe a touch too expensive but if he plays well it will be worth it.

 

[Bileur]

Exactly. But I thnk that would be a Murray ask, not the Sens. Would you rather get 25-40% escrow pulled back on $8M or $4m?

Good point. Could be both as the sens might want some positive cash flow from the gate revenue to cover the higher salary.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Seems like we're paying for the Matt Murray of a few years ago. I would have liked to keep term short at that price and see how he plays backstopping a bottom-feeder. The Pittsburgh Penguins, we are not.

 

[Viletho]

My expert analysis on this is that this will be a good contract if Murray is good and a bad contract if Murray plays bad.

The kind of tweet Garrioch would made while being serious.

 

[Micklebot]

Exactly. But I thnk that would be a Murray ask, not the Sens. Would you rather get 25-40% escrow pulled back on $8M or $4m?

Escrow is set at 20% with another 10% in deferred pay this coming season. There's also the likelihood that this year has prorated contracts due to the condensed season.

So, a 1 million dollars this year, may end up ends up being prorated to about 600k, 20% of which is held back for escrow that you might never see again, and another 10% deferred to be paid over a 3 year span down the road.

It's possible you see less than 50 cents on the dollar of this years salary...

Edit: I'm just guessing on the prorated bit, it might be covered by the 10% deferral and escrow, idk. In which case, you're getting 80 cents on the dollar, with 10 cents of it deferred.

 

[mianjo]

TSN is reporting a 5 year deal.

Free Agency

Says 4 year

• MATTMURRAYG

• TYPE
  RFA
• LENGTH
  4 YEARS
• TOTAL
  $25M
• CAP HIT
  $6.25M

 

[jcs0218]

Says 4 year

• MATTMURRAYG

• TYPE
  RFA
• LENGTH
  4 YEARS
• TOTAL
  $25M
• CAP HIT
  $6.25M

They have fixed it now to 4 years.

For about 15 minutes, it was showing 5 years.

 

[HSF]

Uncertainty of when gate revenue will be back could be a part of it

players want back loaded contracts due to escrow

 

[HSF]

This indicates to me that Eugene know he won’t be the owner in years 3 and 4.

Great news!

backloaded due to escrow

 

[DJB]

backloaded due to escrow

Stop throwing cold water on the hopes of others lol

 

[Micklebot]

Lets move all the murray conversation to the signing thread,

Confirmed with Link: - Matt Murray signs extension (4 years, $6.25M AAV)