‘But Murray needs veteran NHL talent now. At the trade deadline and during free agency. There is no excuse for this team to be floundering near the bottom of the NHL again. It’s certainly not the fault of Eichel, Reinhart or Ristolainen. Or Evander Kane and Ryan O’Reilly, even though players about to start the largest contract in franchise history really can’t go without a goal and play minus-13 hockey for a month, as O’Reilly just did.’