The Pittsburgh Penguins might be floating around as an option for Matt Murray.

It wouldn’t be a complete off-season without some kind of speculation around the Pittsburgh Penguins and their goaltending situation.

Every summer it seems the same questions are asked about the Penguins and their goalies; is the start good enough? Can they stay healthy? Is it worth paying them all that money? Who is available for trade or at free agency?

This off-season is no different as many questions are risen over Tristan Jarry and what his future holds.

Does Jarry stay with the Penguins or will he find greener pastures elsewhere in the NHL?

With the opening of free agency under a week away and not much movement in terms of negotiations, it seems like Jarry is heading to the open market.

If Jarry takes off, who can new president of hockey operations get to replace him? What about the goalie Jarry replaced?

Nick Kypreos of the Toronto Star wondered if Dubas still has interest in Matt Murray.

Dubas acquired Murray for the Toronto Maple Leafs over the previous off-season and wanted to give him a respectful push as a starting goalie.

Injuries got in the way and sidelined Murray for all but 26 games in 2022-23; he went 14-8-2 in those contests with a 3.01 goals against average and .903 save percentage.

Kypreos states that Dubas wanted Murray to stay in Toronto to finish his contract with earns him a total of $6.25 million; thanks to retained salary, Murray’s current cap hit is $4,687,500 with the Maple Leafs.

Dubas has always had a soft spot for players that played with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the OHL, and that’s exactly where Murray played junior hockey.

For three seasons, Dubas was general manager of the Greyhounds while Murray was the starting goalie.

Perhaps that connection is still strong for Dubas and he wants to not only reunite again with a former Greyhound, but also reunite a two-time Stanely Cup Champion with his victorious franchise?

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