‘”When Bryan came to me this time and said, ‘They’ve called and asked permission, should I grant it?’ it didn’t take me long to say yes,” Tim Murray said. “I came from a comfortable situation. I’m from the Ottawa area, my wife and kids are there. Everybody was speculating I might be the next guy there. I don’t know whether I was going to be or not, but I’m sure I would’ve been a candidate, and when this came, [it’s like] a blank slate. [There’s] money to spend when it’s the right time here to be a [salary cap] team. This was just an attractive, attractive time for me to branch out on my own and put my stamp on the game of hockey.”‘