12/14/2023 0 Comments Toronto maple leafs tavares injury![]() ![]() “If I can do that, we’ll be in good shape.” “My goal is to maintain the kind of level that I was playing in November and December and maintain that all season,” Murray said. Kyle was ready to run back the Samsonov & Murray duo for 2023-24.īack in May, Murray spoke to the media in the exit interviews and claimed he was healthy and ready to go in 2023-24. Kypreos states that Dubas wanted Murray to stay in Toronto to finish his contract which earns him a total of $6.25 million thanks to retained salary, Injuries got in the way and sidelined Murray for all but 26 games in 2022-23 he went 14-8-2 in those contests with a 3.01 goals against average and. Murray was on LTIR 3 X last year by the Leafs for various injuries (meaning missing 10 games or 26 days) and was even more with Ottawa 4 X times the year prior and obviously not out for the full season any time.īefore Dubas was fired Nick Kypreos of the Toronto Starĭubas acquired Murray for the Toronto Maple Leafs over the previous off-season and wanted to give him a respectful push as a starting goalie. ![]() Sounds like there is going to be far more to the story coming and unknown & indefinitely is only the current situation which appears a last minute buyout monkey-wrench tossed into today's waiver wire proceedings so Murray can save himself over $2.5 mil in lost wages on his $8 mil expected salary. He also mentions "The league reserves the right to have an independent doctor make a medical determination in LTIR cases at some point in the event they deem it appropriate or necessary". That suggests as late as this afternoon, Leafs GM wasn't even aware of any Murray injury, because you can't buyout an injured player as per CBA, & now people are suggesting he is gone for the entire season. when May 9, 2023 Matt Murray is cleared to play. So as Treliving was preparing to put Murray on waivers and insiders and reporters watching the waiver wire, at the last minute suddenly Murray is out indefinitely. "The Murray announcement came at 12 noon, the hour many expected he’d be placed on waivers if it was Toronto’s intention to buy out the final year of his contract by Friday afternoon." 1, backed by Woll, who can longer be moved back and forth from the AHL Marlies without going through waivers.Īccording to Lance Hornby of the National Post today. Samsonov, who was just awarded $3.55 million by an arbitrator in a one-year deal, is the likely No. While it can’t be said Murray is through in Toronto, it would seem the short-term goaltendingplan is set. The Murray announcement came at 12 noon, the hour many expected he’d be placed on waivers if it was Toronto’s intention to buy out the final year of his contract by Friday afternoon. The league reserves the right to have an independent doctor make a medical determination in LTIR cases at some point in the event they deem it appropriate or necessary. 3 behind Samsonov and rookie Joseph Woll. ![]() Murray was a full practice participant at season’s end, but by then relegated to No. A call to his agent, Robert Hooper, was not immediately returned. Wednesday’s LTIR designation, a one-sentence release from the club, came without any details of whether it was related to his head injury or earlier ankle and adductor muscle problems which also limited his playing time last year. But the LTIR designation came two months after Murray seemed fully recovered from a late-season concussion, when he was well enough to be considered for a playoff start once Ilya Samsonov was hurt in the series Florida against series. On Wednesday they moved the goaltender to Long Term Injured Reserve prior to the start the 2023-24 season, which saves them Murray’s $4,687,500 US cap hit and forgoes a buyout that would’ve been expensive down the road. The Maple Leafs now have the most streamlined solution to Matt Murray’s hefty cap hit and their crowded crease picture, but getting there raises a few questions. Matt Murray placed on long term IR, but details are murky Lance Hornby Published Jul 26, 2023 ![]()
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