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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Matt Murray is a career 2.67/.917 goalie. That puts him in the same category as every famous goalie you can think of.
Price, Fleury, Lundqvist, Roy, Kipper, Brodeur, Rinne, Quick, Holtby, Bobrovsky, Nabokov, and so on.
Murray’s the guy, if we can get him. And we have to get a goalie. Without one, everything else is window dressing.
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There's so much more to evaluate on goalies though than just looking at their career stats.
Why did Murray have a -11.6 goals saved above average this year? Why did he lose the net? Why is a 25 year old goalie with 2 cups to his name on the block in the first place? Why did his save percentage drop to below .900 this year on a really strong team? Does he have lingering issues from his long list of injuries? What kind of contract does he want?
To be clear, I'm not necessarily against acquiring Murray depending on the price, but if you are making a long term commitment to him you better be sure you know why his game fell off so much and what you are going to need to do to get it back on track.
Kuemper on the other hand, while older has been pumping out fairly elite numbers since 2017. He is the top choice in my eyes and I would try to get creative and acquire him without using the 2020 1st round pick.