That's rich coming from an Oilers fan.
- Wetbandit1

Who better to know your pain?

My promise still stands.

Jesus, even Garf's soured on GMTM. This has gone too far. Murray doesn't always get his man.

Question is when will we be good
- GERBE!!!75PTS

Gotta get rid of Murray. Guy's an idiot. Acts really strangely for an adult as well. Get a decent management team and you guy's will be good quickly.

Tavares will sign for Buffalo. I'm sure of it

“The way to rebuild is to draft well so that you can trade well and then you use free agency to put you over the top,” said Murray. “If you can hit on a couple of seconds and a couple of thirds, you might be able to trade for that real good player down the road.”

Quote from Murray before the '14 draft.

Seems he went ass backwards on this "process"

He traded, then used FA and is now hoping his drafting is what's going to put us over the top, after trading a ton of 2nd and 3rd rounder's he admitted were important.
- sbroads24

Then why is it we have 5 picks in the first 3 rounds this year?

I'll say the one he definitively got wrong. McNabb.
- Wetbandit1

And the Kulikov trade if he walks?

I'll say the one he definitively got wrong. McNabb.
- Wetbandit1

agreed, i still like fasching though

And the Kulikov trade if he walks?
- mhp

even worse if he re-signs

Who better to know your pain?

My promise still stands.
- Wildschwein

Ya got me there.

Name one trade Murray got right.

GO!
- mhp

Way too easy.

He turned Mike Weber into a third

even worse if he re-signs
- Sabresfan-365

Remember when we traded for him some fans had him penciled in as Risto's partner?

Name one trade Murray got right.

GO!
- mhp

Remember when we traded for him some fans had him penciled in as Risto's partner?
- mhp

'Member Chewbacca? I member that.

Remember when we traded for him some fans had him penciled in as Risto's partner?
- mhp

So did our GM

Way too easy.

He turned Mike Weber into a third
- Sabresfan-365

That trade for all of those Sens minor leaguers looks good too.

So did our GM
- Sabresfan-365

Oh boy we need a new GM don't we? Wait wait wait Pegula signed him to an extension, never mind.

That trade for all of those Sens minor leaguers looks good too.
- mhp

we gave up on varone far too quick

- Der Kaiser

looks like a third liner to me. Oh wait is that Johan Larsson?

Name one trade Murray got right.

GO!
- mhp

I'd say plumbing. He's been able to flush a lot of sh!t down the toilet

we gave up on varone far too quick
- Sabresfan-365

Which Varone?

Oh boy we need a new GM don't we? Wait wait wait Pegula signed him to an extension, never mind.
- mhp

Everything else Ive disagreed with re: GMTM has another side to it that i can respect.

His extension is the one thing i still dont understand. Sure his team made a historic jump....from one of the worst ever to slightly below mediocre. That warrants an extension? Before you've even seen what the team is like with any actual pressure?

we gave up on varone far too quick
- Sabresfan-365

But we got Cole Schneider. In 6 games he has 1 assist. Looks like a solid prospect.

Which Varone?
- jochfr

Ha nice try, im not racist.

Everything else Ive disagreed with re: GMTM has another side to it that i can respect.

His extension is the one thing i still dont understand. Sure his team made a historic jump....from one of the worst ever to slightly below mediocre. That warrants an extension? Before you've even seen what the team is like with any actual pressure?
- Sabresfan-365

That's oil rigger Pegula for you.

And the Kulikov trade if he walks?
- mhp

That's a "what if?" trade for me. What if the Sabres fixed that (frank)ing door the first time it popped open? Then Kulikov doesn't go ass first into it. Then we see what we have. I mean he's never played a full season. He hit 81 once and has missed ~9 games a year. He missed a bunch of games in 11-12, only played 58 games. His rookie season was 68 games, but I don't know how much of that was him being the 7th guy and sitting a bunch because he was a rookie.

At the end of the day it depends on how much better Asplund is than the guy Florida drafted.

Name one trade Murray got right.

GO!
- mhp

Weber trade. I think he made a good attempt with Vesey that regardless of the outcome I think was shrewd and very calculated. Weber deal was fine. Moulson/McCormick for Mitchell and (2) 2nds was great. Too early to tell with the RoR or Kane trades, but IMO we got the best player in both. Also the goalie carosel

Lehner deal he overpaid, Kulikov deal was a disaster (have to wonder if injury played a big part in that result), McNabb trade was inexcusable and he should have targeted someone other than Gorges for sure if the cost was a 2nd rounder.

I find no fault or praise in the Flynn trade, Steward trade, Mitchell Trade, Enroth trade, or the Halak trade. He has won some, lost some and drawn even. No consistency is an issue, but also the gravity of the McNabb/Kulikov trades. If those two aren't made we may very well be a playoff team today.