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10 years of FIFIf you've been watching Hockey as long as you claim to have been, you'd know for sure a third line defenseman would not have as big of an impact on the team like you're claiming he is.
And I don't have a Murray jersey or have any extra love for him. He's just a simple defenseman that was on the ice to protect our net/stars and energize the team with timely hitting. I didn't expect him to score 50 points in a season, or make Joe Thornton passes. I expected him to dump the puck whenever he got it, pinch in the offensive zone and make sure that he was going to finish his check and punish the opposing player for clearing the puck.
I'm going to be facetious here but you claiming the offense improved dramatically because of his departure, is like claiming the Niner's offense is amazing because of Patrick Willis. Both had no part in the offense of the team.
He was a 6-7th defensemen meaning his offensive contribution was minimal. Blaming Murray for the cold streak Marleau was on, the complacency of Thornton, or the lackluster performance of the 2nd and 3rd line in scoring is unfathomable dude.
And honestly if you can pull the stat on how many offensive zone turnovers Murray had and compare that to the rest of the defensemen, and if he's long ahead of everyone else, I'll gladly shut up. However based on what I remember this season, he hardly had the puck on the blueline, and whenever he did, he did his job, which was switch it or dump it back deep.
(Also I don't count dumping the puck a turnover.)
Was Murray over his peak? Yes?
Was it about time to trade him or get him off the books? Probably.
Did we get a great return on him? Absolutely.
Did the team as a whole play much better after his trade? Hell yea they did.
Was it because he was holding them back? No way in hell.
And btw that quote doesn't mean much. Who was he on the ice with? As a third line defensemen primarily playing on the PK I doubt much of his ice time was with the first two lines. So naturally with how shitty our depth was throughout the season that isn't surprising at all.
And I don't have a Murray jersey or have any extra love for him. He's just a simple defenseman that was on the ice to protect our net/stars and energize the team with timely hitting. I didn't expect him to score 50 points in a season, or make Joe Thornton passes. I expected him to dump the puck whenever he got it, pinch in the offensive zone and make sure that he was going to finish his check and punish the opposing player for clearing the puck.
I'm going to be facetious here but you claiming the offense improved dramatically because of his departure, is like claiming the Niner's offense is amazing because of Patrick Willis. Both had no part in the offense of the team.
He was a 6-7th defensemen meaning his offensive contribution was minimal. Blaming Murray for the cold streak Marleau was on, the complacency of Thornton, or the lackluster performance of the 2nd and 3rd line in scoring is unfathomable dude.
And honestly if you can pull the stat on how many offensive zone turnovers Murray had and compare that to the rest of the defensemen, and if he's long ahead of everyone else, I'll gladly shut up. However based on what I remember this season, he hardly had the puck on the blueline, and whenever he did, he did his job, which was switch it or dump it back deep.
(Also I don't count dumping the puck a turnover.)
Was Murray over his peak? Yes?
Was it about time to trade him or get him off the books? Probably.
Did we get a great return on him? Absolutely.
Did the team as a whole play much better after his trade? Hell yea they did.
Was it because he was holding them back? No way in hell.
And btw that quote doesn't mean much. Who was he on the ice with? As a third line defensemen primarily playing on the PK I doubt much of his ice time was with the first two lines. So naturally with how shitty our depth was throughout the season that isn't surprising at all.
. Daniel Sedin needs to bury that shot where there was an open net. Either way, there was a nasty head shot by Derek Roy. 
