Poor Matt Murray. The much-ballyhooed goaltender, who backstopped the Penguins to two Stanley Cups while still a rookie, is having a tough season. His .907 save percentage is well below what is expected of him. He gave up 11 goals in his first two games. In one game he was pulled after allowing four goals on just nine shots.
You鈥檒l notice it鈥檚 awfully hard to feel sorry for him when you lead with the 鈥渢wo Stanley Cups鈥� thing, though. He made it even harder to feel sorry for him when he dismissed the eight goals the Canucks have scored on him in their two meetings as 鈥渨eird bounces鈥� or 鈥渓ucky.鈥�
Specifically, he was dismissive of Brock Boeser鈥檚 hat trick in their first meeting of the season. Then, when Boeser tallied another two goals on him Wednesday night, he suggested that the Canucks鈥� goals were once again the result of 鈥渨eird bounces鈥� and that they were 鈥渉ilarious.鈥�
It鈥檚 understandable for a goaltender to do this: so much of the position is about confidence and mental resiliency. Perhaps Murray has to believe that every puck that gets past him is the result of a fluke, a one-in-a-million chance that cannot be explained by anything other than pure, blind luck. Perhaps if he admitted culpability in a single goal against, it would shatter him forever.
If he is that fragile, I sincerely hope he doesn鈥檛 see this video, which overlays Murray鈥檚 words with footage of Boeser鈥檚 goals, as what we鈥檙e seeing directly contradicts what he鈥檚 saying. It鈥檚 a devastating, hilarious video.
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This video was . I think my favourite part is the delicate piano soundtrack that lends an air of tragedy to the entire affair, as if this was the most serious video of all time.
The repeated 鈥淏oeser...scores!鈥� at the end is particularly well done, as is the transition from 鈥渏ust laugh鈥� to Boeser and Alex Edler sharing a rare chuckle together after Boeser鈥檚 second goal from Wednesday night.
Kudos, u/aneditor_. This is superb.
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