I'm a huge Murray fan. I took a great pause though when he came out when asked if he could put on weight and he essentially said that he has tried everything he can to gain weight and he has been unsuccessful. It is highly unlikely that a goaltender who is 6'4 175 lbs can be a workhorse goaltender.
Jarry to me has the look of a goaltender who could turn into a perennial workhorse. The issue I have with Jarry is that he sometimes plays like Fleury where he is athletic just to be athletic where Murray is much more systematic in his position, which I like more. I do like how Jarry can play the puck though.
Jarry is just absorbing everything right now and making the kind of big saves Murray did last season that afforded the Pens a chance to find their legs.
Good call on playing the puck, because I've been saying that about Jarry for years, but he's not playing it as much as he usually does. Will be interesting to see how that goes, because he can help their transition game immensely with the way he handles the puck.
Actually 100% correct. He went on that mini run and almost entered the top 3-4 scoring, too, after a slow start in the first 10 games. I forget what it was but it was ridiculous like 16 pts in just a handful of games or something. Some people forget he's human because the kid has been the spotlight of the league for how long? And he doesn't have one bad thing about him. It's insane. IN a world of social media, he's still squeaky clean. Not even a quote they can use against him. Dude is perfect and wins everything. Hard to believe he's human.
If I was overly nitpicking Sid's career, the only minor nitpick i could even come up with is that he's difficult to play with (linemates). It's not as easy as "anyone can play with 87!" That's the most nitpicky thing i could even think of. I do feel like it's easier to play w/ Geno than it is Sid.
I don't think many people know what it's like to wake up with ill lookin bruises of colors you can't quite identify every morning, and that familiar ache where you know you aren't right and your body just wants a couple weeks to heal...
... and dealing with that every single morning for over eight months a year knowing you will be the biggest target on the ice every night.
That's tough to overcome when you have done all you can as an NHL player and just hit 30. It has to be fun again for him to will through that. It can't be easy waking up feeling that way every morning and knowing the road ahead is long and will grind him up before the playoffs if he isn't smart about it.
Manufacturing hunger for a champion like Crosby where he is at in his career now, must be incredibly difficult and none of us know what that's truly like.
That's why you see these young talented kids giving him a spark and help him have that kind of fun again. I'm sure that makes him forget about the pain and fatigue and trying to pace himself.
