The Leafs are off to Muskoka for a retreat for a couple of days, so they get to do whatever it is the do on these trips, and we get to talk about baseball or something.

Last year in the AHL, the top two goalies by Save % with at least 20 games played were Matt Murray.

The Marlies' Murray was at .934 in 21 games, and he signed with the Kraken this summer for $1 million to be their third goalie. At some point he's going to go on waivers.

The Admirals' Murray, who seems to be sensibly going by Matthew now, came in at .932 in 43 games. He signed with Nashville again this summer for two years at $775,000 to be their third goalie, and to likely play most of the season in Milwaukee again. He's on waivers today.

It's an interesting move to put a goalie at this level – "the maybe he's your emergency NHL goalie and is okay at it" level – on waivers so early. On the one hand, there's no real games for a while yet, and no team is desperate for a backup. On the other, goalies get claimed a lot.

The only way a team would take him is if they plan to and need to keep him on their NHL roster. The claiming team could try to sneak him through waivers again on the big final days, but Nashville can just get him back and put him in the AHL if no one else makes a claim.

Mark Masters thinks Cowan is on track to make the team based on his continuing practice line with Lorentz and Laughton. Craig Berube sounds like he thinks is happening too:

- TSN
Leafs head coach Craig Berube is upping the intensity in training camp as Toronto’s regular season roster comes into focus, and rookie forward Easton Cowan appears to be closing in on locking down a spot for opening night. TSN’s Mark Masters has more.
TSN

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