Toronto Maple Leafs: The Matt Murray Gamble Will Pay Off

Matt Murray is now the starting goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs. His contract is $4.6M, but he has already won two Stanley Cup's as a starter. The team also signed Ilya Samsonov. It's been three seasons since Murray has been the player that we all remember. He has had a lot of adversity in that time. In a span of three years, he joined a new team, the pandemic happened, injuries occurred and his father passed away.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are betting on Matt Murray. Murray has a career .911 SV% and 2.77 GAA. His career playoff stats are better: .921 SV%, 2:18 GA, and 50 games in the playoffs he's been in good form.

Carey Price and Andrei Vasilevskiy are the best goalies in the world.

Matt Murray has the same save percentage as both Vasilevskiy and Price, but a better goals against average.

Dubas has bought low on players who out-performed their contract value in the past. Murray is going to be a rockstar once the team gets into the playoffs. He's going back to his old form and prove that he's still that Stanley Cup winning goalie.