For the past few years Glen Murray has been that borderline scorer that seems to always produce, but never quite as much as people would hope for.
After a career year of 44 goals and 92 points in the 2002-2003 season, Murray's production has slowly declined. Since then he has produced 60, 53, 45, and 30 points each season.
Unfortunately for the Boston Bruins organization, while his production has fallen, his contract has not. For the past few seasons he has been making 4.15 million a year, with this season being the last in his current contract.
With his declining production in mind, the Bruins have decided to take the action of buying out Murray's contract. He was put on waivers earlier, and no team claimed him. With his performance dwindling and his body still taking up roster space, Boston didn't really have much of a choice.
Murray is the definition of overpaid. He was stellar in a contract year, and then got worse as the years went by. He could perform at the top of his game this season and not get a bigger contract.
He will catch on with another team in need of a second or third line sniper on the wing. But for now it seems like he'll be getting a big chunk of money to simply walk away.
Not a bad way to wait for a new job.
