Rumor: Penguins have offers for one of their goalies

[Sidney the Kidney]

Has Murray been qualified yet?

Yes.

 

[KaprizovEntitlelist]

Going to wild for a 1st?

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Dream on, wild don't want Murray, They also aren't trading the 9th pick for anyone outside of a top c


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[Smartguy]

You assume that GMs will fall back to free UFAs which I dont think is the case. Yeah there are a lot of UFA goalies available but that doesnt mean Murray isnt the preference. The longer it goes on the more quality UFA get snatched up. That will be better for the Pens and Murray.

Is there enough chairs for all the available UFA goalies though even? I mean if your option is to pay Murray 5M and you can end up with maybe a easier fit for about 2-3M less for a 1B, maybe just a straight backup, for no assets. How many teams are even desperate for a starter? Minnesota now maybe? Virtually every interested team has a 1B they maybe don’t mind riding.

The whole goaltending parade is going to be odd to see how it shakes out.

Edmonton for example, who apparently was interested at one time but Rutherford wanted the 14th, has said they plan to go the FA route now, per Holland’s presser today

 

[KaprizovEntitlelist]

Is there enough chairs for all the available UFA goalies though even? I mean if your option is to pay Murray 5M and you can end up with maybe a easier fit for about 2-3M less for a 1B, maybe just a straight backup. How many teams are even desperate for a starter? Minnesota now maybe? Virtually every interested team has a 1B they maybe don’t mind riding.

The whole goaltending parade is going to be odd to see how it shakes out.

Edmonton for example, who apparently was interested at one time but Rutherford wanted the 14th, has said they plan to go the FA route now, per Holland’s presser today

Minnesota is going after MAF from Vegas and the G from arizona. They are looking for 1-2 year Goalie only

 

[Empoleon8771]

According to the Pittsburgh sports jock Mark Madden (who does have some sources but isn't completely legit), Chicago was offering Murray the same contract as Lehner, but Murray's ask was $7 million a year for 7 years. On one hand, that's an absurd ask for Murray after he had as bad of a year as he has last year. But on the other hand, why does Chicago think that contract would fly with Murray?

I feel like Chicago has been really cheap with their goalie situation, which is why they didn't re-sign Lehner and appear to not be re-signing Crawford.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

According to the Pittsburgh sports jock Mark Madden (who does have some sources but isn't completely legit), Chicago was offering Murray the same contract as Lehner, but Murray's ask was $7 million a year for 7 years. On one hand, that's an absurd ask for Murray after he had as bad of a year as he has last year. But on the other hand, why does Chicago think that contract would fly with Murray?

I feel like Chicago has been really cheap with their goalie situation, which is why they didn't re-sign Lehner and appear to not be re-signing Crawford.

Mark Madden also claimed Jack Johnson wasn't a problem the past 2 years, and thinks Tristen Jarry is a French Canadian, despite being from just outside Vancouver which is not in Quebec.

 

[ColbyChaos]

According to the Pittsburgh sports jock Mark Madden (who does have some sources but isn't completely legit), Chicago was offering Murray the same contract as Lehner, but Murray's ask was $7 million a year for 7 years. On one hand, that's an absurd ask for Murray after he had as bad of a year as he has last year. But on the other hand, why does Chicago think that contract would fly with Murray?

I feel like Chicago has been really cheap with their goalie situation, which is why they didn't re-sign Lehner and appear to not be re-signing Crawford.

Pre covid Lehner made it known he was not going to take a discount or even sacrifice $$$ for longer term. It was only after the flat cap was announced and he was already traded that he did a 180 on his previous stance and wanted to just secure more term and lower the AAV.


Why does Murray think he should get more than $5 million when he has only been a 1A/1B goalie that still needs another goalie to share the load with him and play 30+ GP? The most GP he had for any season is only 50 games. Thats a pretty low end work load for a goalie who is wanting to be paid like an every day starter..

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Friedman: “I had heard that if this Murray Chicago trade went through, it wasn’t going to be a huge return for Pittsburgh.”

~12:05 —> https://www.sportsnet.ca/960/big-show/elliotte-friedman-devan-dubnyk-dealt-sharks-ekman-larssons-future-nhl-draft/

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Thank You Matt Murray for saving Hawks from yet another Bowman blunder

Murray isn't worth a 5 yr deal at $25M nor worth giving up asset

 

[Jerkbait]

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Dream on, wild don't want Murray, They also aren't trading the 9th pick for anyone outside of a top c


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Actually billy is said to have major interest in MM. We knowna western conference team has offered a forst round pick and oys NOT an alberta team

 

[Bazeek]

Actually billy is said to have major interest in MM. We knowna western conference team has offered a forst round pick and oys NOT an alberta team

Said by whom?

 

[Empoleon8771]

Friedman: “I had heard that if this Murray Chicago trade went through, it wasn’t going to be a huge return for Pittsburgh.”

~12:05 —> https://www.sportsnet.ca/960/big-show/elliotte-friedman-devan-dubnyk-dealt-sharks-ekman-larssons-future-nhl-draft/

Yeah, I'm starting to think that Murray's return will end up pretty similar to the Lehner trade at the deadline. Late 2nd and some meh prospect or a backup goalie.

Shit market to sell a goalie, but it's not like Murray's making it easy for the Penguins. It sounds like JR isn't expecting a deal to be made until after free agency starts.

 

[KaprizovEntitlelist]

Actually billy is said to have major interest in MM. We knowna western conference team has offered a forst round pick and oys NOT an alberta team

False; this is blatant lie. There's a million articles out there you can read and this is an exxageration. You can read articles including today where Russo no longer puts Matt Murray on the list like he did before.

You can listen to podcasts where russo reported that Guerin isnt interested in Matt Murray. You can read articles where russo was going for Tristan Jarry @ trade deadline and not Matt Murray.

This is also a blatant lie because Guerin didn't offer the 9th pick or any 1st round pick.

 

[Guttersniped]

Pre covid Lehner made it known he was not going to take a discount or even sacrifice $$$ for longer term. It was only after the flat cap was announced and he was already traded that he did a 180 on his previous stance and wanted to just secure more term and lower the AAV.


Why does Murray think he should get more than $5 million when he has only been a 1A/1B goalie that still needs another goalie to share the load with him and play 30+ GP? The most GP he had for any season is only 50 games. Thats a pretty low end work load for a goalie who is wanting to be paid like an every day starter..

Lehner was going to be a UFA so he needed a long term deal this off-season. Also he was already familiar with Vegas so it’s easier to choose.

Murray isn’t a UFA for another year so might feel like he can hold out for a better deal. I’m not sure why he would believe much better offers are coming this or next off-season but Chicago goalies also get shelled so maybe that played a part.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Lehner was going to be a UFA so he needed a long term deal this off-season. Also he was already familiar with Vegas so it’s easier to choose.

Murray isn’t a UFA for another year so might feel like he can hold out for a better deal. I’m not sure why he would believe much better offers are coming this or next off-season but Chicago goalies also get shelled so maybe that played a part.

If Murray has a strong year this year, I think he gets a big contract next off-season. A 27 year old starter with 2 cups coming off a strong year? I think he'll get big offers in free agency next year, if he decides to go that route.

 

[Guttersniped]

If Murray has a strong year this year, I think he gets a big contract next off-season. A 27 year old starter with 2 cups coming off a strong year? I think he'll get big offers in free agency next year, if he decides to go that route.

He can have a strong bounce back year but the NHL profits wise will still be completely F-ed up because of this season and the flat cap will still be the same so deals will be affected.

Well, whatever Murray’s plan, hopes or dreams are, he’s not a UFA so he doesn’t have a long term deal he doesn’t like now. (Pittsburgh must be thrilled.)

 

[Gurglesons]

Wouldn’t be surprised to see Murray stay in PIT at this point.

 

[Hunter368]

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