Friedman: Matt Murray on the block?

[justafan22]

Friedman on Murray, Penguins

Friedman spent a few minutes going over the conundrum faced by the Penguins at the time, and then visited present day with Murray.
“I don’t know if anybody saw what’s happening now,” continued Friedman. “He’s hurt, but there’s no question there’s something going on between the ears. And we’re starting to hear some pretty soft trade rumors with him.
“I think one of the reasons that’s coming is the Penguins are not happy with where they are, although since Crosby’s gotten back they’ve been a lot better. But there’s no goaltending available in this league - no good goaltending.

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[DingDongCharlie]

Should have moved him when his value was high and retained Fleury. It’s near impossible to move out a goaltender playing poorly unless they roll the dice on another tender straight up like Allen

 

[super6646]

Maybe play better defense in front of him?

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

Maybe play better defense in front of him?

Yeah, Murray was never this bad, he needs more help up front. Might be time to move on from Kessel for some D perhaps?

 

[780il]

Talbot + pick for him. Struggling goalie for struggling goalie.

 

[Blanick]

Should have moved him when his value was high and retained Fleury. It’s near impossible to move out a goaltender playing poorly unless they roll the dice on another tender straight up like Allen

Done! Signed all Blues fans.

 

[super6646]

Talbot + pick for him. Struggling goalie for struggling goalie.

Why? I'd bank more on Murray returning to form than talbot given the age difference.

 

[Anaheim4ever]

At one point Murray seemed like the 2012 draft's best goalie to now being the 4th best goalie from that draft: Vasilevskiy/Andersen/Hellebuck(he sucks this year)/Murray(Niemi level of bad this year)
Murray seems like he's gonna keep having injuries that have him missing considerable time.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Why? I'd bank more on Murray returning to form than talbot given the age difference.

Talbot is a ufa. We can’t afford Murray. Don’t see Edmonton as an option.

 

[Soundgarden]

But...he won TWO cups!

 

[flamesforcup]

Why is every Pens player so injury prone (other than Kessel)?

Anyways Pens fans what do u want from CGY?

 

[Colt55]

Friedman on Murray, Penguins

Is me or is everyone on the trading block per Friedman. If a team is bad or if a player has bad start ... they are on trade block. Why doesn't he just get a monkey to throw a dart at a,bunch of names probably be more accurate...

 

[Hammettf2b]

Jimmy Howard is your man!!!

 

[BleedBlue14]

Should have moved him when his value was high and retained Fleury. It’s near impossible to move out a goaltender playing poorly unless they roll the dice on another tender straight up like Allen

Please do, and then please make Jake Allen a cup winning goaltender so we all will be in even more misery

 

[Allan92]

Should have moved him when his value was high and retained Fleury. It’s near impossible to move out a goaltender playing poorly unless they roll the dice on another tender straight up like Allen

hindsight is 20/20

 

[Empoleon8771]

Rutherford flat out shot this down today:

Yohe: Jim Rutherford isn't worried about Matt Murray ... yet...

If, however, Murray is still stumbling when this season concludes, things could change at this point.

“Here’s how I would put it,” Rutherford said. “I’m not worried right now. At this point, I’m really not. I have total faith that he’ll get it going. But, if we are still having this conversation after 60 games this season, or after the entire season has been played, then I’m saying that my answer might be different at that point.”

The "soft rumors" may be "if Murray doesn't figure his stuff out, the Penguins may do something after the season".

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

He went from unshakeably confident his first two years to seemingly having major confidence issues. Fleury had a ton of mental issues with Pittsburgh as well. Pens have never been a good defensive team and asks a lot of their goalies, must take its toll.

 

[Colt55]

Rutherford flat out shot this down today:

Yohe: Jim Rutherford isn't worried about Matt Murray ... yet...

The "soft rumors" may be "if Murray doesn't figure his stuff out, the Penguins may do something after the season".

I am telling you Friedman has been throwing crap on the wall to see what sticks

 

[CB Joe]

Every GM would shoot that down if asked by a reporter regardless if it was true or not. No team wants that distraction.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Every GM would shoot that down if asked by a reporter regardless if it was true or not. No team wants that distraction.

Rutherford doesn't lie to the media, he's truthful to a fault with them, and him flat out saying "this may be a problem in 40 games or after the year" is pretty telling that he's serious about it.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Matt Murray for Jimmy Howard, Book it.

 

[Osprey]

If you trade a goaltender that's won two Cups, you have to get back a goaltender who's won two Cups. Thus, the perfect trade is Murray for Quick

In all seriousness, it does seem to me to make some sense. Quick gets injured as often as Murray, but at least the Pens could count on him not having issues "between the ears" (as Friedman puts it) when he is healthy. Also, being signed for 4 more years, until he's 35, may not bother Pittsburgh because that'll carry them through the remaining productive years of their stars.

As for LA, they'd save $2M in cap space and could tolerate Murray struggling or being injured because Cal Petersen would be the #1 or at least #1b. I'm not sure which team would need to add, so maybe that's an indication that a straight swap would be fair... though Pittsburgh may have to thrown in, say, upcoming UFA Riley Sheahan ($2.1M AAV) as a cap dump to balance the numbers.

 

[robes1]

I can see Murray bouncing back... if they address the issues with their defense.

 

[devilsfan35]

Schneider for Murray? Crap for crap

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

Murray was always overrated on here. Played for a powerhouse team, had help from Fleury throughout the season and for half a playoff run. He's an average goalie that played on a great team and got hot at the right time.

Pens fans that say it's Pittsburgh's defensive issues, how come DeSmith is putting up much better numbers?