Speculation: What does the future hold for Matt Murray?

[Sidney the Kidney]

Nah. Murray replaced their Big Special Boy.

If anything Jarry is favored since he makes Murray look worse.

The CoF acolytes will never cop to missing Murray no matter what. And honestly they probably won't need to. I'm not confident Murray doesn't sorta just fade into the dustbin of history after he leaves the Penguins.

Murray's like Batman. He might not be the hero that they want, but he's the hero that they needed.

 

[PensandCaps]

@PensandCaps is already there with Bleuger, dog.

Blueger is a legend.

 

[PensandCaps]

Won us two cups, Don't get the hostility towards Murray.

Yah we should move on, but 20 years from now he'll be a Penguin legend.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Won us two cups, Don't get the hostility towards Murray.

Yah we should move on, but 20 years from now he'll be a Penguin legend.

I dunno about legend. I could see him just kind of being a really bizarre story about how sometimes you can catch lightning in a bottle.

But for the record I have no ill will towards Murray. Far from it. He could very well end up being a terrific starter for years to come elsewhere, too.

 

[heysmilinstrange]

Guilty by association, if he gets into a slump and Murray gets hot we'll never hear the end of "Should have never traded Murray,Jarry can only handle pucks" purple monkey dishwasher.

The fans are going to get the goalie they deserve.

 

[cvrle1]

I like Moose but his injury history has me skeptical it working out.

I favor Jarry taking #1 but the only thing that concerns me is how he responds to the pressure of being the guy. Hopefully he up to it

There is only one Moose, and Murray aint it

 

[cvrle1]

So when Jarry falls on hard times and the Cult of Fleury proceed to run Jars out of town like they did with Murray, will they be happy when Casey "Oops I lost my passport" DeSmith takes over as the number 1 goalie?

They also have Emil Larmi and Alex D'Orio. Things arent that bleak

 

[HandshakeLine]

Goalie fandoms go in cycles, so it only stands to reason that MM stans will be the ones to run Jarry out of town, as evidenced by the goaltending thread on this board.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

I just never got the whole Murray hate from day one, these clown shafts make it sound like he left an upper decker in every bathroom in their house.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Wherever Murray ends up, I hope he regains his form and confidence. Feels a lot like a case of a guy needing a change of scenery. I don't think he ever truly recovered from his concussions and the sudden passing of his father, and maybe it ends up not making a difference, but the sort of "closing of the chapter" that'd come from being traded to a new team could really do wonders for the kid.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Wherever Murray ends up, I hope he regains his form and confidence. Feels a lot like a case of a guy needing a change of scenery. I don't think he ever truly recovered from his concussions and the sudden passing of his father, and maybe it ends up not making a difference, but the sort of "closing of the chapter" that'd come from being traded to a new team could really do wonders for the kid.

He'll get back to average starter territory. Which, meh.

Getcha money, Matt. Get you a contract someone's gonna regret in 2-3 years.

 

[Turin]

Why the hell do people call him Muzz?

 

[CallArnoldSlick]

Why the hell do people call him Muzz?

Muzz is a common nickname for Murray. Tennis star Andy Murray also goes by the nickname. I know Matt has inscribed Muzz on a few autographed hockey cards.

edit: example

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Muzz is a common nickname for Murray. Tennis star Andy Murray also goes by the nickname. I know Matt has inscribed Muzz on a few autographed hockey cards.

edit: example

That's weird. "Murz" or "Murs" makes more sense.

 

[EightyOne]

That's weird. "Murz" or "Murs" makes more sense.

I just refer to him by his real nickname..

Boo

 

[HandshakeLine]

It’s short for, Jake. Jake the Muzz.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Won us two cups, Don't get the hostility towards Murray.

Yah we should move on, but 20 years from now he'll be a Penguin legend.

The Sons of Fleury will never allow this. #NotOurGoalie

 

[EightyOne]

Murray will be a trivia answer at a Pittsburgh bar in twenty years, not a legend

 

[Peat]

Murray will be a trivia answer at a Pittsburgh bar in twenty years, not a legend

There's a difference?

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Murray will be a trivia answer at a Pittsburgh bar in twenty years, not a legend

"Who was the jag off, that cost us Fleury n'at?"

 

[EightyOne]

"Who was the jag off, that cost us Fleury n'at?"

And a point goes to the Hop Heads, now in second place with fifteen points!

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

Won us two cups, Don't get the hostility towards Murray.

Yah we should move on, but 20 years from now he'll be a Penguin legend.

Was Tom Barrasso a legend?

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Was Tom Barrasso a legend?

He's a legendary slapdick, that kinda is the same thing right?

 

[Peat]

Was Tom Barrasso a legend?

I've heard more about Barrasso here than most other players from that era and got the the general sense that he'd have made the Hall if he didn't have the personality of a flaming bag of cat shit, so maybe?