Pens so fed up with Murray that they could trade him shortly?!

Murray stunned them with his injury, this could be how the Pens shock him in return...

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Pens so fed up with Murray that they could trade him shortly?!
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The news shocked many last week when the Pittsburgh Penguins announced that goaltender Matt Murray had been placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said he will be out “longer-term” with the injury, but also stated that the announcement was unexpected and came as a surprise to them. 

In a corresponding move, the Penguins recalled AHL goalie Tristan Jarry from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on an emergency basis, and the young netminder has been able to get the team back on track and working its way out of the last place of the Metropolitan Division. 

While Murray won two back to back Stanley Cups with the Penguins in 2016 and 2017, it seems like the goaltender cannot be trusted to lead the team there again in the near future. 


On Wednesday, TSN senior hockey reporter Frank Seravelli dressed a list of five goaltenders who could be on the move as the NHL’s goaltending market is heating up. Murray came in second place and a trade could be in motion as the Pens seems more and more fed up with his lack of reliability. 

"After capturing two Stanley Cups in his first two years, something no other goaltender in the history of the NHL has done, it would be shocking that Murray appears on this list. But it’s fair to wonder now whether Murray’s inconsistency and injuries have worn the Penguins’ patience thin. Murray is still incredibly young for a goalie, but he’s yet to play 50 games in any regular season and he won’t hit that mark this year. His ailments during his four-year career: two concussions, a broken hand, a head injury, an upper-body injury and now he’s sidelined with a lower-body injury. When he’s been healthy, Murray has just a .901 save percentage over his last two seasons. The tangle, of course, is that when it matters most Murray has been lights-out. That’s tough to reconcile, but the Penguins have been pleased with what they’ve gotten from Tristan Jarry and Casey DeSmith in the short-term."

The list also includes pending free agent Sergei Bobrovsky of the Columbus Blue Jackets and Jimmy Howard of the Detroit Red Wings, along with Cam Talbot of the Edmonton Oilers and Ottawa Senators' Craig Anderson, who have been involved in trade chatter during the summer. 

The Philadelphia Flyers are said to be looking for a major upgrade in between the pipes, however, it would be unlikely for them to work on a trade with long-time rival Penguins. 

The Pens might struggle to sale Murray on the block as he has struggled this season and remains out of order on the sidelines. However, this is quite a message sent if the Penguins and GM Jim Rutherford truly feel this way. 

Source: TSN