Is Murray on the hotseat?

[trapezeus]

Brandon is with Sabres too now and the Sabres are .500 team that has the talent to be a playoff team but can't put it together.

Nice to see when you move a guy who destroyed one org have the exact same
effect on the new org.

[OpIv37]

There's 2 guys named Raddysh; Darren's on defense and Taylor is on RW. (Darren gets a lot of his points via assists.)

NT: I presume you're joking about Hitchcock; he's said this is his last season.

He said that.

Until Pegula throws uber dollars at him and he can phone it in and make $10 million or so as a retirement bonus, without actually giving a damn cuz he knows he's not part of the future.

[JATMtheJATM]

There's 2 guys named Raddysh; Darren's on defense and Taylor is on RW. (Darren gets a lot of his points via assists.)

NT: I presume you're joking about Hitchcock; he's said this is his last season.

I believe Darren is undrafted and could be signed this off-season....

[coastal]

Murray has traded for Bogo as part of the Kane deal and took that $5+ million salary on through 2020. That's a cap killer. He also traded for Gorges $4 million salary through next year. It's better when both of these stiffs AREN'T on the ice.

Then he gives away Pysck for Kulikov and his $4.3 million salary. That's $13 million worth of defensive assets that aren't producing at all. Mind you Kulikov got hurt and we also got Asplund... but it doesn't change the fact that Murray owns the result!

Throw in the fact that he signed Moulson @ $5 million and Ennis @ $4.6 million through 2019, you're getting a picture of gross mismanagement.

All of the above equates $22 million worth of rostered trash.

Murray did this. This isn't hold over stuff from Darcy. This is all GMTM.

The Sabres are highly likely to miss the playoffs next year as well. When that happens, Murray and Blysma will be sent packing.

the question that will then remain... what GM worth a damn out there is going to want to come and work for the Pegulas given their track record with two professional sports franchises.

[swiper]

Murray has traded for Bogo as part of the Kane deal and took that $5+ million salary on through 2020. That's a cap killer. He also traded for Gorges $4 million salary through next year. It's better when both of these stiffs AREN'T on the ice.

Then he gives away Pysck for Kulikov and his $4.3 million salary. That's $13 million worth of defensive assets that aren't producing at all. Mind you Kulikov got hurt and we also got Asplund... but it doesn't change the fact that Murray owns the result!

Throw in the fact that he signed Moulson @ $5 million and Ennis @ $4.6 million through 2019, you're getting a picture of gross mismanagement.

All of the above equates $22 million worth of rostered trash.

Murray did this. This isn't hold over stuff from Darcy. This is all GMTM.

The Sabres are highly likely to miss the playoffs next year as well. When that happens, Murray and Blysma will be sent packing.

the question that will then remain... what GM worth a damn out there is going to want to come and work for the Pegulas given their track record with two professional sports franchises.

It's all about the naivity of the new owner coming in and telling his GMs that "money is no object" just fix this thing. That is exactly what has ruined the Bills and the Sabres since the Pegulas have come to town. Terry Pegula SUCKS as an owner.

You tell your GM that money is no object then you get those Bogosian, Gorges and Kulikov type of contracts.

Look me in the eye and tell me the Sabres would be in any less of a place today with Pysyk still on the roster and Kulikov in Florida. You can't.

[Night Train]

Hitchcock is obviously a joke to all of us but that's the type Buffalo considers in football and hockey. I was actually surprised McDermott was hired by the Bills.

[JATMtheJATM]

Murray owns the pysyk trade. I get the idea behind kulikov, but it didn't work. The Myers bogosian swap didn't work really, but Myers has been on the shelf for the jets, even if he did find his game. Moulson, I get what they were trying to do. Get leadership and someone to put the puck in the net 20 times a year. Moulson has been better this year, but it's marginal. Georges hit his endroad fast.

Those moves haven't paid off, but I see a clear plan coning forward and those being more or less stopgap till the youth can come in and deliver. I'm willing to give him another year and still think the team is heading in the right direction.

[coastal]

Who the **** spelled pysyk's name right 100% of the time?

i don't

[mightysimi]

Kane is making him look better with every G. Those are some terrible contracts though.

[DetDannyWilliams]

It's THN's annual Future Watch, where we countdown the world's top 100 prospects, grade each NHL team's collection of youngsters and provide scouting reports for 300 up-and-comers.

read it at the grocery store, "Sabres are still ahead of every other team in developing their prospects"!

[swiper]

Murray has traded for Bogo as part of the Kane deal and took that $5+ million salary on through 2020. That's a cap killer. He also traded for Gorges $4 million salary through next year. It's better when both of these stiffs AREN'T on the ice.

Then he gives away Pysck for Kulikov and his $4.3 million salary. That's $13 million worth of defensive assets that aren't producing at all. Mind you Kulikov got hurt and we also got Asplund... but it doesn't change the fact that Murray owns the result!

Throw in the fact that he signed Moulson @ $5 million and Ennis @ $4.6 million through 2019, you're getting a picture of gross mismanagement.

All of the above equates $22 million worth of rostered trash.

Murray did this. This isn't hold over stuff from Darcy. This is all GMTM.

The Sabres are highly likely to miss the playoffs next year as well. When that happens, Murray and Blysma will be sent packing.

the question that will then remain... what GM worth a damn out there is going to want to come and work for the Pegulas given their track record with two professional sports franchises.

Those are 5 terrible contracts on lousy players.

[JATMtheJATM]

Ennis was signed right after he played extremely well for a horrible team. His drop-off was sudden. But I don't think it's for lack of effort or skill. Might be bylsma

[Historian]

Murray has traded for Bogo as part of the Kane deal and took that $5+ million salary on through 2020. That's a cap killer. He also traded for Gorges $4 million salary through next year. It's better when both of these stiffs AREN'T on the ice.

Can they send those two guys down and let them rot in Rochester, or are they too old?

[coastal]

Can they send those two guys down and let them rot in Rochester, or are they too old?

I'm sure those contracts are one-way contracts.

[JATMtheJATM]

I'm sure those contracts are one-way contracts.

They'd count to the cap and go through waivers but they can be sent down

[swiper]

https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/sabres

The Sabres need to have Las Vegas take Ennis, Moulson, or Gorges. Franson and Kulikov will be gone.

Murray has to not only have a good draft, but add some better players via free agency. But who will want to come knowing Bylsma is the coach? That is why he will get fired.

[coastal]

And we r ****ed as far as Bogosian.

[WagonCircler]

the question that will then remain... what GM worth a damn out there is going to want to come and work for the Pegulas given their track record with two professional sports franchises.

Or, you could look at it from another angle. If I'm a GM, I'm looking at all the GMs and coaches that have gotten gigantic contracts and extensions (in the absence of any demonstrable success) and only had to actually work half or two thirds of their duration, but got to collect 100% of the cash.

It's an easy gig with no accountability and a first class golden parachute.

[JATMtheJATM]

Murray says he has a great relationship with can petersen, but it is sounding like he will go the free agency route. The NCAA freeagent route needs to be addressed