Michael Pachla: GM Tim Murray: Year-two trades and transactions for the Buffalo Sabres

Was a busy year.

Was a busy year.
- cabin

at least the first half...slowed down considerably after early july

Michael Pachla: GM Tim Murray: Year-two trades and transactions for the Buffalo Sabres
- Michael Pachla

We certainly give you much to write about Michael.

Crazy to see how much has happened the past year. 2015 was a game changer.

I'm going to keep an eye on Brendan Lemieux. I think this was the make or break in the Tyler Myers trade. I would have loved to have kept him. Goal a game pace in the OHL this year.

We certainly give you much to write about Michael.
- Pluviophile

keeps my fingers in shape

I'm going to keep an eye on Brendan Lemieux. I think this was the make or break in the Tyler Myers trade. I would have loved to have kept him. Goal a game pace in the OHL this year.
- lulags

yeah, really didn't like having to part with him...however, he was a must have for cheveldayoff...that said, he may end up as a bottom-six/top-nine player with bite and some scoring acumen...not losing any sleep over him yet

Sorry but, I carried this over from last blog.

the draft lottery is the worst thing in sports. The fact that a good team can have injuries to stars/bad stretches and just miss out on playoffs have the chance to get 1st overall is a joke. The reason why the worst team drafts 1st is so they can become competitive and win games. You're pretty much punishing teams for being bad. Unreal lol. Definitely with this being a salary cap league. One of the few proven ways to get out of the basement is through the draft. And usually players picked 1st or 2nd overall are much better than those picked 3,4,5 etc.
- Smittyx36

I get that Smitty, I really do.
But then on the other hand you have GM's like Murray that make a mockery of the system and blatantly trade off good parts and bring in bad parts.
Something needed to be done because of GM's like Murray that feel the only way that he can build a winning team is to deliberately fail and then get rewarded for making a mockery of a game so rich in history that would squash Murray like the spineless cockroach that he is.
Hard for this guy to respect someone like that

I'm going to keep an eye on Brendan Lemieux. I think this was the make or break in the Tyler Myers trade. I would have loved to have kept him. Goal a game pace in the OHL this year.
- lulags

If the rumors were true about him, and funny how they never come out until after we trade them, then I don't know how I feel about it. I kind of liked him as a player and obviously like his production now, but you're a prospect, where do you get off?

Sorry but, I carried this over from last blog.

the draft lottery is the worst thing in sports. The fact that a good team can have injuries to stars/bad stretches and just miss out on playoffs have the chance to get 1st overall is a joke. The reason why the worst team drafts 1st is so they can become competitive and win games. You're pretty much punishing teams for being bad. Unreal lol. Definitely with this being a salary cap league. One of the few proven ways to get out of the basement is through the draft. And usually players picked 1st or 2nd overall are much better than those picked 3,4,5 etc.
- Smittyx36

I get that Smitty, I really do.
But then on the other hand you have GM's like Murray that make a mockery of the system and blatantly trade off good parts and bring in bad parts.
Something needed to be done because of GM's like Murray that feel the only way that he can build a winning team is to deliberately fail and then get rewarded for making a mockery of a game so rich in history that would squash Murray like the spineless cockroach that he is.
Hard for this guy to respect someone like that
- Pluviophile

Tell us how you really feel

Sorry but, I carried this over from last blog.

the draft lottery is the worst thing in sports. The fact that a good team can have injuries to stars/bad stretches and just miss out on playoffs have the chance to get 1st overall is a joke. The reason why the worst team drafts 1st is so they can become competitive and win games. You're pretty much punishing teams for being bad. Unreal lol. Definitely with this being a salary cap league. One of the few proven ways to get out of the basement is through the draft. And usually players picked 1st or 2nd overall are much better than those picked 3,4,5 etc.
- Smittyx36

I get that Smitty, I really do.
But then on the other hand you have GM's like Murray that make a mockery of the system and blatantly trade off good parts and bring in bad parts.
Something needed to be done because of GM's like Murray that feel the only way that he can build a winning team is to deliberately fail and then get rewarded for making a mockery of a game so rich in history that would squash Murray like the spineless cockroach that he is.
Hard for this guy to respect someone like that
- Pluviophile

methinks you don't have a lot of respect for murray

methinks you don't have a lot of respect for murray
- Michael Pachla

jack johnson will slide down to the second pair for the blue jackets with this trade

he has left handed shot
good for pp

can play 25 minutes a night
cap hit under 5 mil per


kick the tires?

http://www.nhltradetracke...list_by_GM/Tim_Murray/274


aside from myers and flynn, everyone he moved was rentals

I'm going to keep an eye on Brendan Lemieux. I think this was the make or break in the Tyler Myers trade. I would have loved to have kept him. Goal a game pace in the OHL this year.
- lulags

That was the piece I felt was the over payment by Murray in that deal.
Bogosian is worse than average.
I disliked Myers but i'd take Myers back in a NY minute over Bogosian.
Where is this Kasdorf fellow?
I copied and pasted this next part.
Seriously look at this deal and try to tell me that Murray did not get taken out back behind the woodshed and get the (frank) beaten out of him.
I wish the stupid would have beaten out of him to boot....but no such luck.

The Sabres have completed a blockbuster trade.

Buffalo has sent defenseman Tyler Myers, right wing Drew Stafford, prospects Joel Armia and Brendan Lemieux, plus a 2015 first-round pick (whichever one ends up being the latest in the round) to the Winnipeg Jets for right wing Evander Kane, defenseman Zach Bogosian and goaltending prospect Jason Kasdorf.

But then on the other hand you have GM's like Murray that make a mockery of the system and blatantly trade off good parts and bring in bad parts

Don't hate the player hate the game.

keeps my fingers in shape
- Michael Pachla

That was the piece I felt was the over payment by Murray in that deal.
Bogosian is worse than average.
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- Pluviophile

That was the piece I felt was the over payment by Murray in that deal.
Bogosian is worse than average.
I disliked Myers but i'd take Myers back in a NY minute over Bogosian.
Where is this Kasdorf fellow?
I copied and pasted this next part.
Seriously look at this deal and try to tell me that Murray did not get taken out back behind the woodshed and get the (frank) beaten out of him.
I wish the stupid would have beaten out of him to boot....but no such luck.

The Sabres have completed a blockbuster trade.

Buffalo has sent defenseman Tyler Myers, right wing Drew Stafford, prospects Joel Armia and Brendan Lemieux, plus a 2015 first-round pick (whichever one ends up being the latest in the round) to the Winnipeg Jets for right wing Evander Kane, defenseman Zach Bogosian and goaltending prospect Jason Kasdorf.
- Pluviophile

Kasdorf is a college goalie and actually hasn't looked that bad. Believe he plays for RPI. Baker talks about him once in a while. Not saying he'll ever do anything, just answering the rhetorical question

jack johnson will slide down to the second pair for the blue jackets with this trade

he has left handed shot
good for pp

can play 25 minutes a night
cap hit under 5 mil per


kick the tires?
- homiedclown

I don't know enough about him. Last blog's comments said that he's perpetually a negative player and isn't that good. That being said, I'd kick, but I don't know how much I'd give.

methinks you don't have a lot of respect for murray
- Michael Pachla

None.

Also liked Flynn. Glad to see him on a good team but wish he could have a role here

I don't know enough about him. Last blog's comments said that he's perpetually a negative player and isn't that good. That being said, I'd kick, but I don't know how much I'd give.
- Zschalberg

when you play on bad teams, your going to be on the ice when you press for that goal to tie the game, and empty netters get scored on you

19 points in 18 playoff games
minute eater
puck mover
physical when needed to be
has to play good for next contract, due to parents screwing him out of money
left handed shot

http://espn.go.com/nhl/st...es-rebuild-financial-life

New D pairings today at practice.
Gorges - Franson
Mccabe/Bogosian/Ristolainen alternating
Weber - Colaiacovo