Predators sign Matt Murray to two-year extension with $775,000 AAV

The Nashville Predators have announced that they’ve signed goaltender Matt Murray to a two-year contract extension with a $775,000 cap hit.

Murray was set to become an unrestricted free agent at the conclusion of his one-year, $775,000 contract with the Predators, so his two-year deal locks him up with the team until he’s 29 years old.

There’s currently no confirmation on if the new contract comes with any clauses, but it is a two-way deal, meaning that he will only get paid his $775,000 salary when he’s at the NHL level. His AHL salary has yet to be confirmed.

Murray’s cap hit remains at the same rate that he’s held so far in his NHL career, despite already being on his fourth NHL pact. However, this is the first time he gets more than one year on his contract, so he gets a bit more security with the new deal.

Murray has spent some time on the Predators roster due to injuries to their other goaltenders at points of the season, but he has not gotten into a game with Nashville. He has played 40 games with the Milwaukee Admirals in the AHL this season, with a 25-10-5 record, a .930 save percentage and two shutouts.

Murray does have four career NHL games under his belt with the Dallas Stars in the previous two seasons. In those games, he has a 2-2-0 record, an .885 save percentage, and a shutout.

Murray was an undrafted free agent signing by the Stars out of the University of Massachusetts Amherst following the conclusion of his 2021-22 season there, immediately joining the Stars’ AHL affiliate, the Texas Stars, for the rest of the season. He was on an AHL contract to begin with, but was signed to an NHL contract in late October 2022, and then made his NHL debut later that season. After three seasons with the Stars organization, they opted to let him walk to free agency in 2024, where he then signed his current