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I didn't see a thread on Murray, so I figured I'd start one. Fitting, I think, since now that the trade deadline has come and gone, we have a taste of what this dude will bring the Sabres. The more and more I hear him interviewed, the more and more I like him. I appreciate his up front, no B.S. style. He says he has a plan, but that he's willing to make mistakes. I don't know if I'm head over heals with the results of the trade deadline, but I think that's more a matter of not being in on the plan. Thinking of the players left, and those in the system, I can perceive a "direction" he may be headed, which is far more than I can say I did for his predecessor. I almost seem to think, too, that he's "lightened up" a little the past few days, to which I can't attribute anything certain, but it does correspond with PLF's departure and the impending/passed trade deadline. I think this guy likes to be the cowboy riding in and taking down all of the bad guys...

He just said 3-4 years.

Again, it's probably best to avoid looking at all of these pieces individually. GMTM is trying to assemble a team that works together, not a list of assets that look good in a spreadsheet. Apparently, GMTM's analysis of what he had concluded that the thing should be stripped down even further than it had been. It hardly gets more bare than it is, so now he has to build it back up.

...which they can provide.

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I'm sorry. Really.

Right. His fault was his pieces didn't work together too well. You can get a good player, but assembling a TEAM is, clearly, a different matter. This has to be part of the formula that we're not seeing in all of this activity. GMTM is trying to assemble a team, and it looks weird to us. Seriously, q.u.e.e.r. is censored? God.

McDavid aside, that draft is supposed to be really hot, so the more first round picks and low second round picks the Sabres have for it, the better.

What are we supposed to do, run over there and lynch him? He's the man right now, you have to hope he has a plan and it will work.

I think the league ought to deduct points for being exceptionally awful. So, next year the Sabres are ranked -30.

Also, yes, the Sabres aren't a playoff team, but you still need competent D men you can call up if there are injuries.

The more I think about this, obviously the target was Neuvirth, and I think the goalie situation is in pretty good shape for the next season, at least. If this tandem works, then they can lock 'em both up for a few more years.

This team is going to be awful.

Parker Parker.

I think I like that: A) it appears TB, TP, et al were not in the room, and B) GMTM is doing things his way. I guess at this point we have no choice but to wait and see if B works.

If Enroth stinks it up, they need some insurance. Don't forget, the players aren't interested in losing.

Maybe they're still trying to work out the fine print on the coupon he used.

And Parker? Seriously? That name is there for effect only.

TABULA RASA, people, tabula rasa.

Yeah, the Sabre's goalie situation could be a lot worse going forward.

Well, remember, if you remove Moulson from the equation, and add up the picks and prospects, that is ultimately the return for just Vanek.

Mitchell $1.9m cap hit with a year left. $2.5m actual salary.

I'm sure that's what is blacked out in the War Room pictures, a back-end site for intra-league business, including transactions.

You might want to look a littler harder at that picture:

It's true! I removed the screen blurring!