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As we all know last year GMTM said "The Buffalo Sabres select Sam Reinhart" and he was done. 4 words and then Sammy boy. There was no pandering to the host city or thanking the league or any of that. Murray got straight to the point. So with the draft a mere 5 days away, how many words will Murray say prior to saying Jack Eichel's name. I am going say "With the 2nd overall selection, the Buffalo Sabres select Jack Eichel" So 9 words. Murray will have a draft under his belt and be slightly more polished but I don't think he will waste a ton of time. So how long and what does Murray say prior to selecting Jack Eichel? Be fun, be creative, make us laugh, or take it seriously. "What up !? The Buffalo Sabres will take the Stanley Cup and Jack, the hockey player not the drink... we have a half bottle left over at the draft table of Jack. PS. Toronto still sucks."

Interesting quotes by Tim Murray from Harrington's article in the BN this morning. http://www.buffalone...murray-20141116 “I believe we’re better than we were last year and we haven’t played better,” he said. “Is it too many new guys? Are we playing our worst hockey of the year now versus going forward? I don’t know the answer. We’ll see.” As for Ted Nolan & Co, Murray was hardly effusive in praise of the job being done. He said he gave Nolan “carte blanche” to hire assistants last summer after initially offering some suggestions. Then Murray got to the heart of the matter. “Have they got the most out of these players? I don’t think they have. Do they think they have? I don’t believe that either. I don’t go to Teddy every day and say, ‘You’re OK.’ I don’t steer clear, but I’m not micromanaging him or his staff. He got the staff he wanted, and I’m going to let them do their jobs. At the end of the day, we’ll see what kind of development there is.” I believe on paper, the team should be better than last year too. Hodgson, Foligno, Gionta, Stewart, Meszaros, Benoit and Moulson are all significantly worse that they have shown in the past. Girgensons and maybe Myers are the only ones showing improvement. How much of that rests on the coach?

People are melting down in every thread with every save Lindback makes and every scrub Tippett sends over the boards. Put yourself in Tim Murray's shoes: what would you do?