When the Columbus Blue Jackets selected defenseman Ryan Murray with the No. 2 pick in the 2012 NHL Draft, they envisioned a player who could quickly become a key fixture along their blue line.
Injuries have kept Murray from reaching his potential; he played 12 games last season after sustaining a knee injury, even after having knee surgery in the summer of 2014. He would miss five additional weeks with a high ankle sprain he sustained in November.
But the 21-year-old appears primed to turn things around this season.
"I've been on the ice for almost two months now," Murray told the Blue Jackets website.