Matt Murray

NHL Series Recap: Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota Wild | 01/08-01/10/2024

On Monday night, the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild kicked off a home-and-home series at the Xcel Energy Center. The Stars visited the Wild first, and then the former returned to the American Airlines Center to host the latter. After the series, Dallas…, while Minnesota… Read on for further details. Monday, January 8 at 7:00 […]

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Game Recap: Dallas Stars vs. Montreal Canadiens | 01/02/2024

The Dallas Stars looked to win three games in a row with a win over the Montreal Canadiens — who tried to snap a three-game losing skid — to ring in the New Year on a positive note. Unfortunately, the Stars failed to stay hot and lost to the Canadiens 4-3 at the American Airlines […]

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Lose One, Win One in OT: Stars Fall 4-3 in St. Louis, but Triumph 4-3 in Dallas

This past Saturday, the Dallas Stars traveled to St. Louis, Missouri, for a one-game road tilt against the St. Louis Blues. In case you missed it, Dallas lost to St. Louis 4-3 in overtime at the Enterprise Center. Dallas fell to 17-8-4, while St. Louis improved to 15-14-1. Stars goaltender Scott Wedgewood made 30 saves […]

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PHOTOS: Chicago Wolves vs. Texas Stars – 12/08/2023

CEDAR PARK, Texas – Friday night, the Texas Stars defeated the visiting Chicago Wolves 5-2 in front of over 6,000 teddy bear-wielding fans. The excitement was high in the first period. With every shot the Stars took, fans prepared to make it rain teddy bears, but it was not to be this period as the […]

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PHOTOS: Texas Stars vs. Bakersfield Condors – 12/02/2023

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Saturday night, the Bakersfield Condors defeated the Texas Stars with a new season-high for scoring. The final score: 6-4. Netminder Jack Campbell with the Condors had 31 saves while Matt Murray with the Stars had 29 saves. Check out this photo galley from Inside The Rink’s Chris Gathings for highlights from the […]

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Pens Game Preview: vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs come into town tonight to take on the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena at 7:00 PM Eastern. The Leafs are currently 10-5-3 with 23 points, while the Pens are 9-10-0 with 18 points. Both teams are playing their second game of a back-to-back. The Leafs lost in overtime 4-3 to […]

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3 Reasons To Be Optimistic About the 23-24 Maple Leaf Season

Doom and gloom. No, wait, actually, this might be our year. We’re done. We’re so back. Up and down are the emotions of Leaf fans every Summer. It is very similar to southern Ontario temperatures lately.  A mantra often pushed by coaches and athletes alike is to not get too high in the high moments […]

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Examining How the Leafs Could Become Cap Compliant

By now, most of us Leaf fans have grown used to the trickery of Brandon Pridham. His official title is assistant general manager for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Over recent years, he has been well known as their resident capologist and the brains behind the Leafs cap gymnastics.  Same story every summer. The Leafs are […]

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Matt Murray

What is “Robidas Island”?

On Wednesday, it was announced by the Toronto Maple Leafs that Matt Murray and his whole $4.867 million cap hit would be placed on LTIR, essentially meaning it won’t count against the Leafs cap hit in the coming 2023-2024 season (It’s a little more complicated than that, but for the sake of ease, that’s what […]

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Maple leafs Goaltender Matt Murray Heading Onto the Ice at Scotiabank Arena Through Tunnel

Leafs Place Matt Murray on LTIR, Out For 2023-24 Season

Yesterday, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced that they put goaltender Matt Murray on Long Term Injured Reserved citing health & recurring injury concerns. This move has been criticized heavily by hockey fans, most claim that this is cap circumvention because Murray was healthy in the playoffs. However, Murray was only dressed as the emergency backup […]

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