Whether you love the trade or not, Matt Murray is now, at least potentially, the starting goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Toronto Maple Leafs looked at the goalie market and decided to bet on upside, rather than pay for past performance. Only time will tell if this bet pays off, but it should.
If you’re going to bet on a goalie, you may as well go all-in on a 28-year-old one who has already won two Stanley Cup’s as a starter, right? At $4.6M, the contract isn’t going to kill your salary cap either, so if this pay’s off, it could be the trade of a lifetime.