Lay your concerns out before I call you a loon
Hospital Administrator Meow, you once described Murray as the most mentally tough goalie you’ve ever seen. I propose to you that this was partly coincidental and partly him riding the wave as a guy who achieved instant success and never got punched in the mouth. I think he has normal mental toughness. Perfectly adequate. Not a competitive advantage, however.
And meow. His glove is bad. I think he’s overall an above average goalie but his glove drags him down to liability level in high stakes. Nagging injury? Does it matter?
Honestly, I would probably walk back the most mentally tough goalie comment - even though I would put him at well above average. Perhaps a 13 out of 16 and it would be a competitive advantage.
The glove is bad, no secret. Which is the issue. It’s no longer a secret. Dudes in the O weren’t wiring the puck by his glove. His rookie season(s), the mud butt glove wasn’t in the scouting reports. Nothing was in the scouting reports beyond, “welp, good luck, eh.” Now the cat is out of the bag, but you have to (well, you don’t have to, but you should) give him some time to adjust and work some kinks out.
Neither of these issues give me heartburn. What does give me heartburn is his lack of physical toughness. Don’t get this confused with injuries - that is completely unrelated and I won’t comment on that. When players get in his kitchen, he goes down easier than a woman of the night. I’d like to see the battle level up a bit. Not Mike Smith or Robin Lehner level, but don’t wilt like some...well...something that wilts easy.
