Quoting: OrganizedConfusion55
Seems more like botts logic to me
Quoting: SalamiCheese
Nightmare
This will sum it better than I:
https://wgr550.radio.com/articles/opinion/sabres-still-paying-sins-tim-murray
Here is some real Murray logic in case we all forgot:
Robin Lehner and David Legwand to Buffalo Sabres for round 1 pick in the 2015 draft. A cap dump and a bipolar alcoholic for a first when Cam Talbot was traded for 2nd a 3rd.
Braydon McNaab and round 2 pick in the 2014 draft and round 2 pick in the 2015 draft to Los Angeles Kings for Hudson Fasching and Nicolas Deslauriers. I would not make that trade for any ONE of those three pieces. Now McNaab would look really good in Sabre uniform.
Josh Gorges for a second?
Mark Pysyk for Kulikov?
Tyler Myers for Bogosian?
A third round pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins to be able to hire Dan Bylsma?
A third went to the Nashville Predators to get the negotiation rights to Jimmy Vesey?
But what really is bad is the trades he missed:
Ristolainen for Hall
https://buffalohockeycentral.com/2019/07/09/sabres-reportedly-turned-down-deal-for-hall/
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4s1Cwk-NFbUJ:https://www.foxsports.com/nhl/story/buffalo-sabres-ristolainen-for-hall-food-for-thought-091116+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/care66/gregor_apparently_the_sabres_turned_down_a/
https://www.12up.com/posts/sabres-reportedly-turned-down-laughable-deal-from-oilers-for-taylor-hall-years-ago-01df9szacw2v
Who could pass on Hall for Ristolainen?
Stewart for 2 seconds
https://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/03/03/bruins-peter-chiarelli-made-two-different-offers-for-chris-stewart/
He got 54th over all for Stewart from MIN, if he made the trade with Boston he would have received a 44th in 2015 and 44th in 2016.
And this trade would have been made in October of 2014 when the Sabres wanted to do poorly.
Moulson and Ehrhoff to the Kings for Pearson, Green, first and third
https://www.nhltraderumors.me/2014/03/nhl-trade-rumors-matt-moulson-to-la.html
He got nothing for Ehrhoff and only 2 seconds for Moulson
BTW Murray took over a team that finished last but had the top ranked prospect pool, extra picks and assets to trade.
His trades made Buffalo a last place over all, with no extra picks, and one of the worst ranked prospect pools.
Yes this is my typical rant about Murray, he was Terrible.
BTW, let me add, about that last place team that brought us Dahlin. After Botterill added defense, secondary scoring and Stanley Cup experience the Hockey writers predicted it would make the playoffs.
Where did the Sabres finish with O'Reilly?
Where was St. Louis before Binnington joined the Blues?
Same place in the standings.