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Scouting report on McGinn: Assets: Can play a sound defensive game and also displays streaky goal-scoring ability. Works very hard when on the ice and is also quite versatile up front. Flaws: Doesn't have great playmaking skills. Must display greater consistency in all areas of the game in order to maximize his National Hockey League output. Career Potential: Industrious and streaky winger with a little upside. Sounds like a good 3rd liner

Maybe not, if Grigorenko wasn't going to sign a 2-way deal and the Sabres weren't going to give him a 1-way deal and he would have just signed in the KHL... Either way we got an established really good player that is backed up with really good advanced metrics for we don't really know what. But like Time Murray says, you can only have 50 players under contract, and we have a lot of ammunition for trades, so using up a little extra to get a player you want isn't going to hurt that much...

He is a LW, had a decent 2013-2014 season scoring 19 goals...also scored 20 goals between the Sharks/Avalanche in 2011-2012... Was hurt in 2012-2013 for half the season but got 11 goals...only played in 19 games last year... Looks like he can be a 15-20 goal scorer if he stays healhty...

We also get Jamie McGinn in the deal as well

Wow, I'd do that trade all day long and twice on Sunday for O'Reilly

But how many forwards can we have at one time? some combination of Ennis, Kane, Moulson, Girgensons, Rheinhart, and Eichel will make up the top 2 lines(with maybe Girgensons moves to a 3rd line center), so that is going to open up 1 spot on the wing, and I'm sure we have no shortage of up and coming prospects to fill that position, or even someone with some untapped potential playing with a highly skilled center such as Foligno or maybe even Larrsson... We have plenty of 3rd and 4th line players, so no worries there...

Lehner is only 23, which means he hasn't peaked yet...I think this is going to take a few year to really shake out...

Glendale city council voted 5-2 to dissolve the lease with the Coyotes, 2 years into the 15 year agreement citing a loophole whereby they are allowed to terminate a contract if the other party hires an employee away from them. Apparently IceArizona hired away a city attorney in 2013 and made him general counsel of their operation. The Coyotes have filed for a temporary injunction and have filed a lawsuit seeking $200 million in damages. What a mess. Trying to force hockey on a market that obviously doesn't care about it. Just move the team somewhere else. Maybe Las Vegas? At least the newness will help for a few years... http://sports.yahoo.com/news/glendale-votes-cancel-lease-deal-coyotes-024722266--spt.html

They can't, it is what was agreed to by the GM's at their own meeting last year.

Parsing as in taking parts out and putting stuff in? Not at all..well, other than taking out the "ummm"/pauses, etc that Murray said/did. That quote is unaltered, its exactly what he said---I went back and typed as I listened to the audio...

Forgot to post this but when I was listening to the interview and heard the comment I immediately thought it was a veiled shot at Nolan, who is not an X's and O's coach... The section of the interview starts around the 12:00 mark of the interview where they are talking about what kind of coaching candidates he is looking for... http://www.wgr550.com/Sabres-Tim-Murray-discusses-Babcock/21546278 Anyway the comment was: "These coaches are pretty smart, they're very aware of analytics, they're very aware of a lot of things...I don't think there's anybody, not even the most old school guys that are gonna come in here and say 'We're gonna work hard, we're gonna forecheck hard, and we'll let the chips fall where they may.' There's way more preparation involved than that. These guys aren't stupid. This is a big job, and they come in prepared and try to wow you." I was like...whoa...sounds like a direct shot at Nolan's "work hard and forecheck hard" mantra, lol

It was a really good interview...Murray was very open about a lot of things...

So hard with the different eras...scoring was so much higher in the 80's and early 90's...now the defensive systems, blocked shots and ridiculous goalie equipment make it so it's like trying to score on one of those intermission giveaways where the entire net is blocked off except for an area as big as the puck with an inch of space on either side...

Not when you factor in cost of living it isn't. Yeah I'd lean on the shady side...

Have to, they are paying him in Canadian dollars...probably is about 5.5 million American

Didn't see him stabbing Hitchcock in the back considering they are very good friends...

Funny that it seems a majority of the Toronto fans DON'T want Babcock and see them as having way too many fundemantal problems for him to be able to fix...seem to think its a ploy to get Leaf fans off the focal point that their team isn't very good and likely won't be very good for a while based on lack of prospects and horrible long term contracts...

They have a few nice pieces, but they are severly hamstrung by bad contracts and have nowhere near the depth of young talent we do. They are not contending for a Stanley Cup anytime soon even with Babcock, IMHO

plenty of good coaches still out there, I am sure we will get one of them... wonder if Pegula's ego is bruised...he is not used to not getting what he wants.

Yeah, good luck getting rid of all those dead weight contracts up there...it really is a disaster up there

must be going to Toronto...reports are both he is leaving Detroit and Buffalo is out...

He already said he was not looking to be the GM. And good luck trying to get rid of all those dead weight long term contracts they have up there...final say doesn't mean much when 25% of the roster can't be touched.

It's all BS...Kraft and Goodell had a wink wink understanding if he accepts his penalties Brady will get his suspension reduced in half...watch it play out

Pegula and cheap should never be used in the same sentence. He has shown he is unafraid of spending whatever he needs to spend to get what he wants.

WTF was Duncan Keith doing standing around instead of trying to get Perry out of the crease? Dude was literally on top of Crawford, lol...