Sidney the Kidney
One last time
- Jun 29, 2009
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\Going to wild for a 1st?
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.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. 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
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.
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.
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\
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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Said by whom?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
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/
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
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.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.
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.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.