Penguins/NHL
Will Andrei Vasilevskiy Impact Matt Murray’s Next Contract?
The 3 year, $10.5 contract Andrei Vasilevskiy signed in July 2016 with the Tampa Bay Lightning set the precedent for Matt Murray’s next contract out of his entry level deal. Both were 22 year old goaltenders evolving into star netminders and four months later the Penguins and Murray coming off a Stanley Cup would agree to a 3 year, $11.25 million contract in October 2016.
Has Vasilevskiy set the precedent for future talks once again between the Penguins and Murray?
Vasilevskiy today agreed to a massive 8 year, $76 million extension that is loaded with $45 million in signing bonus money. The $9.5 million AAV that kicks in for the 2020-2021 season will make Vasilevskiy the third highest paid goaltender in the NHL.
The Penguins will never dish out $40+ million in signing bonus money to Murray on his new deal, it’s just something they won’t do (Including large portions of signing bonus money), but what the Vasilevskiy contract has helped do is secure at least a $7 million a year payday for Murray on his next contract.
Anything below $7.25 million a year and Murray’s agent isn’t doing his job.
Give all 31 General Managers the opportunity to build their team around Vasilevskiy or Murray and 3/To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
Jesus Christ, now DePaoli needs a headline writer.
If we resign MM do we get a discount since he doesn’t have a glove hand?
Unit retired let me guess Stans drooling asss would want him somewhere in the office
Unit? You would want him on the wing instead of behind a desk. Loser.
Too late fatso he will be joining Hawks coaching staff
Unit? …. lol…. Nothing more needs to be said here.
Kunitz retires… Sam(e) when should the Penguins bring him back?
i think matt murray is awesome. 2 cups at a young age and tons of potential. that being said, the past 4 stanley cup winners had goalies one thier entry level deals. paying goalies anything over 5 per season is stupid. in all honesty, what do lundqvist, bobrovsky, vasilevsky, and price give you more than murray and binnington do?
They can steal games on multiple occasions fraud Murray can’t. I know you MAF. The guy was able to steal series on his own. Which your fraud Murray can’t
The only thing he can steal is paychecks like his idol dipietro
ovechkin said that murray stole the 2016 pens vs caps series
MAF should have handed the Cup to Washington instead of Bettman, it would have made more sense.
Name one important, franchise altering game Price, Lundqvist, Bob or Vas stole?
exactly. price, lundqvist, bobrovsky and vaselevsky lose every year in the playoffs or don’t even qualify. paying them 10 million per year is retarded…and yes, st.bleury did put up an .840% in the finals against the caps and zerocool will tell you it wasn’t the saint’s fault.
I dont simply excuse his play, I am just not a simple minded dumb fuck that is unaware that his poor play is a symptom of a team issue. Always has been, he does little to help when things go bad but its not as if Vegas simply wins with any other tender in the game either. They were badly outmatched in the series and it set up an MAF implosion. I would point out that this is where the subtleties of the game escape you but pointing out subtleties of the game during subtleties of conversation seems rather redundant… Read more »
Did you just tell MAF that you know him? Just because you sodomize a cardboard cutout of him every night doesn’t mean you know him.
Sign MM to a base salary and load it with bonuses. He must play X amount of games, stop X amount of pucks with his glove hand and stop X amount of Letang’s turnovers.
Gusev signs with the Devils. 2 years, 4.5 aav.