carrier also spent an extra year in junior and two years in the minors before getting the call and was having a strong season in rochester...

on the other hand, keeping on the top line for as long as Bylsma did certainly was a head-scratcher
- Michael Pachla

Not saying it was a horrible decision, I agree on the 1st line part, but I think it's clear Murray wants his guys to get a shot first. Which is understandable

I'm sure we'll see Robin 3 on Tuesday
- GERBE!!!75PTS

where were you when the sabres came back yesterday afternoon?

You don't let Cal Peterson and his camp tell the Sabres how it's gonna be.

You don't let Cal Peterson and his camp tell the Sabres how it's gonna be.

why?...they can just trade a mid round pick for a goalie, right?
- Michael Pachla

Who's out there with the The potential like cal that won't cost a first round pick ?

I don't get why Deslauries is still getting minuites. That's a guy Murray traded for and aside from a minor burst when he first got here hasn't done anything. Guys like Baptiste, Rodriguez or even Schneider deserve a shot over him
- bluengold12

agreed...d-lo has been d-lowest

He would have went after him goalie equipment and all. If he had to take it off on the way to get him, he would have.
- SABRES 89

love that about him...if he could only channel that intensity into stopping a shootout goal

Moving out the whole blue line outside of 29/55.

Using Darcy's prospects in trades, with the exception of Lemiuex

Choosing Casey Nelson over resigning Ruhwedel.

Not resigning any of the goalies who played well. Bringing in his guys
- sbroads24

None of these is particularly compelling proof the Murray can't see or won't fix his mistakes.

Aaron Rodgers 4 TD's, but you don't really need a " real " NFL QB to win.

where were you when the sabres came back yesterday afternoon?
- Michael Pachla

Watching one of the greatest hits of the year On nonstop replay

Home where it's not -10 and The v-neck Triumphs
- GERBE!!!75PTS

I've moved on from my v-neck phase onto the deep-cut crew

where were you when the sabres came back yesterday afternoon?
- Michael Pachla

Watching one of the greatest hits of the year On nonstop replay

Who's out there with the The potential like cal that won't cost a first round pick ?
- GERBE!!!75PTS

weren't you on the "nilsson cost only a fifth rounder and look how well he's performing" bandwagon?

Watching one of the greatest hits of the year On nonstop replay
- GERBE!!!75PTS

haha...nice try

I've moved on from my v-neck phase onto the deep-cut crew
- chilliard77

Even in that icicle weather You can come down

None of these is particularly compelling proof the Murray can't see or won't fix his mistakes.
- Der Kaiser

I thought that way, until he tried to trade both 9 and 47 this off season.

I thought that way, until he tried to trade both 9 and 47 this off season.
- sbroads24

When did he try and trade either one ?

weren't you on the "nilsson cost only a fifth rounder and look how well he's performing" bandwagon?
- Michael Pachla

You're right but it won't work.

weren't you on the "nilsson cost only a fifth rounder and look how well he's performing" bandwagon?
- Michael Pachla

yeah but he's not the goalie of the future cal is if you can find someone with the same potential as him and coming out of college like or CHL then fine

I thought that way, until he tried to trade both 9 and 47 this off season.
- sbroads24

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic.

Didn't we hear he shopped Kane hard and couldn't get anything for him?

You're right but it won't work.
- Der Kaiser

And he's way better than the first round pick that we wasted

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic.

Didn't we hear he shopped Kane hard and couldn't get anything for him?
- Der Kaiser

Not being sarcastic. I know 89 will say they didn't, and I respect his input, but the guys at WGR put on twitter a few times they tried to move both of them.

Plus Dreger, Laraque, others have said the Sabres have interest in trading Kane

You're right but it won't work.
- Der Kaiser

you're right...gonna bail on that...waste of time

How would you have him move on? Snap his fingers? If you believe Kane was a miss there were rumours that he shopped him. I know you think Bogo and Gorges are laughable, how does he trade such clowns?

He put together the team he wanted for this year. (I don't think he got the LHD he wanted, and settled for Kuli.). I also believe he's taking notes as the year reveals its strengths and weaknesses, and will start retooling where he doesn't like the results.

I think we'll learn in the next month whether it's a TDL retool or work for the offseason.
- Der Kaiser

Gotta think its work for the off season because there's a lot to do imo

Not being sarcastic. I know 89 will say they didn't, and I respect his input, but the guys at WGR put on twitter a few times they tried to move both of them.

Plus Dreger, Laraque, others have said the Sabres have interest in trading Kane
- sbroads24

In of the opinion that Murray came in guns blazing in his first six months. Big trades were cool, he had deep pockets, and he wanted the rebuild to be complete at hyper speed. He had mixed results - though I don't have as many problems with his trades as many others - I think it's fair to say he made moves that haven't worked the way he hoped, and others that still have to be fully evaluated.

I think he found out winning trades is HARD.

I get the sense he's still a big game hunter at heart, but I think he's seen that sometimes it's better to build more gradually and in smaller increments.