Stars sign goalie Matt Murray

This just in the Dallas Stars have signed goaltender Matt Murray to a three year, entry-level contract.

What's that you say? Murray is already under contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs? Well... you're right. And yet, you're wrong at the same time.

Yes, the Leafs have A goaltender named Matt Murray under contract, but the Stars also have A Matt Murray under contract. Now, will the real Slim Shady, I mean Matt Murray please stand up? Please stand up, please stand up.

From the Stars:

FRISCO, Texas - Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill announced today that the club has signed goaltender Matt Murray to a one-year entry-level contract which runs through the 2022-23 season.

Murray, 24, has appeared in five games this season for the Texas Stars, the Stars' development affiliate in the American Hockey League, posting a 2-2-0 record, including one shutout. In his first professional season, he ranks fourth among rookie goaltenders and shares 10th in the league with a 2.00 goals-against average and ranks fourth among rookies and 16th in the league with a .926 save percentage. Murray finished the 2021-22 season on an amateur tryout with Texas, earning a 5-1-0 record, a 1.68 goals-against average and a .947 save percentage.

Prior to joining Texas, Murray played five seasons with University of Massachusetts (NCAA) where he helped UMass to their first NCAA championship in 2021. He finished his amateur career with a 83-43-4 record, a 2.21 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage in 143 games.

The 6-foot-1, 195-pound native of St. Albert, Alberta signed a two-year AHL contract with the Texas Stars on July 18.  

Murray (Stars Version) has looked solid with the team's AHL affiliate Texas Stars to start the campaign and it's believed that this contract is solely to give the Stars some organizational depth. The team now has starter Jake Oettinger, backup Scott Wedgewood, backup backup Anton Khudobin and ECHLers Adam Scheel and Remi Poirier under contract in addition to Murray. It's expected that Murray will partner with Khudobin in the AHL and push Wedgewood for the backup role in the NHL behind Oettinger, the team's uncontested starter.