What does Murray's injury mean for Penguins?

Today it was announced that Matt Murray has suffered a broken hand and will be out between 3 and 6 weeks. It is likely that it is the later as the Penguins won't want to rush him and will take their time getting him back rather than risk further problems down the line. With Murray out though the back-up spot becomes open for a short period of time.

Fleury will of course be the starter now for the period that Murray is out giving him a solid chance to reclaim his starting position back. Should he perform well it would be hard to take it away from him but I think Fleury is the starter in the Penguins mind already. Matt Murray is still young at just 22 years old and could do with a whole season to see if last seasons run wasn't just a good run.

The third wheel from last year, Jeff Zatkoff, has departed to pastures new in Los Angeles to become the Kings new backup goaltender. This opens up a spot in Wilkes-Barre too. The Penguins drafted a number of goalies between the 2012 and 2013 NHL Drafts. Murray being one of those goalies, the other two being Jarry and Maguire.

We can expect Jarry and Maguire to spend the season in the AHL alongside Wilkes-Barres third choice goalie, Casey DeSmith. Maguire is unfortunately injured at the moment but It is possible that Jarry and Maguire also see time in Wheeling purely for game time. The Penguins currently have Leland Irving on a PTO during camp too so if he signed it could complicate things a little more. Saying that, last year the Baby Pens had four goalies to call on throughout the season.

Jim Rutherford has mentioned that the Penguins could dip into the waiver wire to pick someone up after camps are completed for the brief period but I don't see a need to do that. I think the best course of action would be give Tristan Jarry the backup role and in turn give him a couple of games. Then when Murray comes back he can take Jarry's spot who in turn would return to WBS.