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The more Murray plays, the greater his GAA and the lower his save percentage. Sorry, you and I will disagree on Murray. Dude does put out a lot of rebounds.

I do admit it may be because of the D in front of him, but he's let some cheesy goals in and over extending past the net and getting his stick clipped by Olli Maata. I don't see him composed as you do... Dude is bottom tier in the NHL for starting goalies.

Pens goalie future is bright with Jarry and Murray, even De Smith.

Bottom tier is a massive reach, even if you don't like Murray. He's clearly capable, and he's had season-to-season consistency uncharacteristic for the position, even with a bad first half this year. Goalies are notoriously finicky from season to season. It's rare to have one perform consistently year in and year out.
 

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Bottom tier is a massive reach, even if you don't like Murray. He's clearly capable, and he's had season-to-season consistency uncharacteristic for the position, even with a bad first half this year. Goalies are notoriously finicky from season to season. It's rare to have one perform consistently year in and year out.
Look at the metrics...he's bottom tier
 
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Look at the metrics...he's bottom tier

What metrics? Just his stats this season? Because his first two in the league--a substantially larger sample size--he was eighth in GAA and first in SV% among goalies with at least 50 starts. And his winning% was in excess of 67%.

Yeah, he's had a rough half a year, but those happen to goalies. He's still been in aggregate in the top 15 of performers at the position since entering the league, even folding the rough start this year into that. And he looks more like himself again now.

The only goalies in the league I'd definitely rather have are Carey Price when he's healthy and Bob. He's on the tier of Jones, Gibson, Vasilevskiy, Holtby, and Dubnik.
 

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What metrics? Just his stats this season? Because his first two in the league--a substantially larger sample size--he was eighth in GAA and first in SV% among goalies with at least 50 starts. And his winning% was in excess of 67%.

Yeah, he's had a rough half a year, but those happen to goalies. He's still been in aggregate in the top 15 of performers at the position since entering the league, even folding the rough start this year into that. And he looks more like himself again now.

The only goalies in the league I'd definitely rather have are Carey Price when he's healthy and Bob. He's on the tier of Jones, Gibson, Vasilevskiy, Holtby, and Dubnik.
He's getting worse every year. You cannot deny that...save percentage, goals against. He's still very young but I don't find it promising and I don't like his rebound control. Again, we will disagree on him.
 

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Good win over Ottawa. Geno is on fire right now!
 

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Pens beat Columbus like a government mule and move into 1st in the Metro!
 

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Now they're off til Friday. This schedule sucks!!!
 

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Now they're off til Friday. This schedule sucks!!!
Speaking of the schedule, I went to the game in Chicago off a back-to-back to start.

Niemi got the start :tsk:
 

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Alright! Pens hockey is back and teams caught up in games played...

Time to keep the wins coming!

Let's go Pens! Let's go Pens! Let's go Pens!
 

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Thoughts and prayers to one of the nicest people and families in hockey (and ex-Pen), Jordan Staal...saddest and worse thing a parent can go thru...

Carolina Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal and his wife Heather are mourning the loss of their infant daughter, Hannah.

The team announced the news Sunday morning on Twitter.

"The thoughts and prayers of the entire Hurricanes organization are with Jordan and Heather Staal on the loss of their infant daughter, Hannah," the statement read. "We ask that you please respect their family's privacy at this time."
 
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