Major update on Matt Murray may cause the Toronto Maple Leafs salary cap complications
The Toronto Maple Leafs are scheudled for a salary arbitration hearings this Friday with goalie Ilya Samsonov. Samsonov was signed last summer and immediately took over the starting job. Samsonov and the Leafs are reportedly working on a new deal but have yet to come to terms.
Regardless of whether Samsonov signs or is awarded a new contract, the Leafs will need to create cap space. A buyout of Matt Murray was reportedly on the table. But now According to Elliotte Friedman, Matt Murray may not be buyout eligible due to injury.
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If Murray is unable to be bought out this could create some real problems for the Maple Leafs. With all of this details the Leafs offseason may have just become more difficult.
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