Quoting: capsin9
Samsonov has been terrible in the ahl? That’s an interesting take on that. And fluery situation was he was traded and penguins used Murray who wasn’t proven but showed he was great in small spirts. As you can see now Murray struggles when having to play 40-50+ games
Murray won them two cups and was their starter for a year. He had just finished a 49 GP season with a 0.923 save percentage, plus as I said had two playoffs winning them a cup both times....
Also Murray hasn't increased his GP post the Fleury trade.
First year 13 GP (call up)
Second year 49 GP (starter over Fleury)
Fleury traded in off season
Third year 49 GP
Fourth year 50 GP
In regards to his year in the AHL, he plays for a perennial power house.
He was 22nd in the league in GAA with a 2.7 (
https://www.theahl.com/stats/player-stats/all-teams/61?playertype=goalie&qualified=qualified&rookie=no&sort=gaa&statstype=standard&page=2&league=4)
He was tied for 32nd in the league in sv percentage with a 0.898. That is under 900. In the AHL
He was 20th in the league in wins in the AHL
He played well in his single playoff game
Essentially your heir apparent played sub 0.900 save percentage hockey in the AHL (which is unnaceptable at the NHL level) and was a bottom third starting goalie in the AHL.
I'm more than willing to give the guy who dominated in the KHL time to develop, but I wouldn't take this year as a vote of confidence.
I'm genuinely curious, do you think he played well?