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You know his hockey name would be Cherry.

Well first we would have to plant really inappropriate images on the Great One's hard drive and then drop a dime on him. But I think it could be done. Eichel must wear 99.

I am coming around to this idea.

I didn't mean to imply the building is the sole reason.....I think the gentrification of the STH is true is well......not much more than a golf clap for clearing the zone on the PP these days.

I think a lot of it is the building itself. In The Aud the site lines were so good you felt like a participant. In FNC you feel like a spectator. Acoustically it is a quiet building too.

Is he married? Once he's married that gets retired.

Edmonton has finished, what? In the bottom 5, six of the last seven years. I'd say they haven't turned much around since finishing DFL in 2009-10, 2010-11.

:lol: What's that Chief!? I can't hear you!!

I guess we should call him Lifesaver.

I wouldn't mind talking into to my shoe if she was on the other shoe.

It is not that Edmonton is "better at it" ...it is that they haven't succeeded at it.

99 is a girls' number......like from Get Smart.

Reporters asked. He answered. Why do you look grumpy? He hates the process. But, but, but what if that makes the players we haven't drafted feel real sad? Gimme a frickin' break. It's hockey.

Murray's mistake is answering questions he's asked. You should always answer the question that you wished was asked.

I think this stuff is the reason the NHL shouldn't draft until age 20 . The kid is barely 18, undrafted, and his private life is public consumption.

Getting way Ahead of ourselves, aren't we? We haven't even had combines and team interviews yet. Eichel will be in Buffalo for the combine.....he will feel the love.

I see all your points, but I think the day to celebrate Eichel is really draft day. Listening to Murray I thought he was careful to go out of his way to state what Eichel could mean. Slick?..nope. Regretful? I dunno, I just didn't make too much of it. He was irritated. He answered questions directly. We got Eichel.....but yeah, we at the least had him anyway.

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Murray is a grumpy pessimistic hockey dude. Why be surprised by grumpy pessimistic hockey dude behavior? The lottery was a gimmicky preGame sideshow. Murray showed his contempt for it. I like him more and more each day.

Nah... I want Murray to walk up and say his "Jack Eichel" just like he did with Reinhart.

Buffalo still has a chance to show they want Eichel by actually drafting him.

Ping pong balls everywhere will refuse to come to Buffalo for years to come.

Murray is pissed off and analytical. He hates the lottery. That came through. He hated being in Toronto watching ping-pong results when he could have been scouting. I love this guy. He's as cuddly as a cactus.

Does this look like a happy kid? http://streamable.com/u0yv

And move it to Hamilton.