Confirmed Signing with Link: [CBJ] Jackets re-sign Ryan Murray [1 year/$2.825M]

[caley]

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[Nick Hansen]

Part of the now infamous 2012 draft.

 

[Stephen]

That's quite affordable. Is Ryan Murray in CBJ's long term plans?

 

[Cenzhin]

Is Murray a bottom pairing D or can he play top 4 minutes?

 

[K Fleur]

Good deal if he can stay healthy.

 

[Maylo]

Is Murray a bottom pairing D or can he play top 4 minutes?

2nd pair and 1st PK unit.
NHL.com - Stats

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

Part of the now infamous 2012 draft.

Doughty
Hedman
Seguin
Landeskog
Murray
Barkov

ouch

 

[HockeyAnalystGenius]

He is do for a Break Out season. Everyone already doubt him but D take longer time to Develop. They will be eating there pants after this.

 

[Maukkis]

His stats look ugly, but his deployment is not doing him any favours whatsoever.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Is Murray a bottom pairing D or can he play top 4 minutes?

He's averaged 18 minutes over the past 2 years and his advanced stats are pretty bad. 18 minutes is probably close to 4/5D minutes.

The decision making and consistency aren't there for me. I am not sure how reliable he is and how much I'd trust him with big minutes.

Markus Nutivaara is a much better option IMO after watching him last year. Guy looks like a diamon in the rough.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Doughty
Hedman
Seguin
Landeskog
Murray
Barkov

ouch

You mean Yak Murray Gal Rielly Trouba

 

[McRpro]

You mean Yak Murray Gal Rielly Trouba

He's listing 2nd overall picks.

 

[GoJackets1]

You mean Yak Murray Gal Rielly Trouba

And YOU mean Yak Murray Gal Reinhart Reilly.

 

[wahsnairb]

I really like Murray from the eye test when I’ve been in Columbus. Hope he outplays that contract this year.. definitely capable.

 

[Fro]

1 yr deal so that he is a) on an "earn it deal" and b) still RFA next year for a possible long term deal

Also wouldn't be shocked if he were part of an offense upgrade package trade

 

[Mr Positive]

Murray seems like excellent trade bait. That Columbus D is too stacked for him to gain traction there.

 

[CoachWithNoTeam]

With Werenski and Jones holding down the top pair, Murray will be in a pretty equal competition with Savard and Nutivaara to hold down the top 4.

If he is healthy he can play up and down the lineup. If for some reason the top pair is split up, he is very likely to be the first man up to put with Jones.

Obviously it’s a big year for him and he has a lot to prove.

 

[justafan22]

You mean Yak Murray Gal Rielly Trouba

Trouba/Lindholm/rielly/parayko are all better than him and drafted later

but still can be a decent 2nd pairing guy

 

[NoName]

Part of the now infamous 2012 draft.

Yeah, the tippy-top of that draft turned out to be a bust, but a lot of the guys in the first round actually turned out into stars: Rielly, Trouba, Dumba, Lindholm and Skjei are all legitimate top-pairing guys (or close to). True, Forsberg is probably the only forward you could stick on a first line, but Vasy is a Vezina caliber goalie.

You look at the first round of the 2012 draft and you see a ton of defensemen. These guys take a longer time to develop thwn forwards, so it shouldn’t be unexpected that this draft looked very weak immediately afterwards, but it has definitely gotten better as these dmen have gotten into their primes.

 

[WannabeFinn]

Murray is a great fit as the shutdown guy on the 2nd pairing. He’s not going to get PP time here, nor is he going to pass Werenski for the 1st pairing LHD spot. Maybe he’s hit his “ceiling” with Columbus, but I think he’s got more to give if he were playing on a lesser defensive group (and, of course, played 70-75+ games).

 

[CBJWerenski8]

He's fine. He won't jump out at you but that's not a bad thing. He just misses too much time with injuries. When healthy he's a 2nd pairing guy who could maybe still reach his ceiling.

 

[AvsGuy]

That's quite affordable. Is Ryan Murray in CBJ's long term plans?

A one year contract at his age would suggest no

 

[Fro]

A one year contract at his age would suggest no

Or they're ensuring he's still an RFA next year

 

[mikeyp24]

A one year contract at his age would suggest no

Its a way to make the best of there options. Gavrikov is eligible to finally play here next year so if he signs to play here Murray can be signed cheap or walk while showing Gavrikov he has a reason to come here. He didnt sign 2 years back because we had way too much depth. JJ and Murray gone gives him a top 4 slot.

 

[jetsforever]

Whoa, has he fallen this far? I thought he was worth more than 1x2.825.