Rejoint: févr. 2017
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I liked murray more than most. I think the post mortem is misleading. A good plan with bad results gets horrible reviews. He wanted big and tough with elite talent at the top. He decided to put more weight on speed halfway through- because thats how the penalties and league were trending. Got reinhart at 2 in what looks like a disappointing class, got eichel instead of mcdavid. Got okposo as buffalos annual second tier overpay in ufa. Bylsma instead of babcock etc. The only move that i really hated was lehner- but he chose to get a guy that he scouted that would be under team control, that was cheapish. The rumor was, we were bidding against edmonton for lehner, pick 31 wasnt enough, edmonton offered 16. So we gave 21 and took back legwand which beat edmontons offer. Edmonton took Talbot i believe which has gone no better than lehner. The pysyk trade got us asplund, so we have no idea if thats a win/loss yet. Last i heard on mcnabb was- when he was away from doughty he was third pair at best, and he was a healthy scratch. Not sure how hes doing in vagas. Murray refused to overpay for help on d, botterill was able to acquire replacement level d on the cheap, but the results are the same. Gonna need some luck going forward, we havent had much break our way.