Hired: Tim Murray, GM and Craig Patrick, Advisor

[That Aud Smell]

Sabres PR Twitter says there's an 11:30 press conference today in the FNC atrium.

[26CornerBlitz]

@SabresPR

The Buffalo Sabres will hold a press conference today at 11:30 a.m. in the atrium at First Niagara Center.

[LGR4GM]

So Tim Murray must have finally made it into town.

[Assquatch]

Or they're introducing new 4ths; they're just like the 3rds but in grayscale.

[dudacek]

to introduce Cunneyworth?

[Derrico]

to introduce Cunneyworth?

 

Ted Nolan has been relieved of his duties. :P

Edited January 9, 2014 by Derrico

[Claude_Verret]

Ted Nolan has been releaved of his duties. :P

 

Where's that English thread? :nana:

[MILFHUNTER#518]

Please don't even joke about that

[spndnchz]

Murray is GM. Thoughts?

 

I like it.

[nucci]

Please don't even joke about that

About what? Nolan? If Murray is named GM he needs to be able to pick his coach if he chooses.

 

Murray is GM. Thoughts?

 

I like it.

Not that it matters but I do too.

[That Aud Smell]

Murray is GM. Thoughts?

 

I'm waiting on the Grumpy Dwarf memes.

 

Not because he's short. But because he's apparently famously grumpy.

 

Vogl got a quote to that effect, and Google yielded this Sens blog from the 2011 draft:

 

http://www.blackacesottawa.com/2011/06/sens-draft-new-first-line.html

 

But no, what fascinated me was the strange behaviour of Senators assistant GM Tim Murray, who looked like the pressure of draft week had finally snapped something crucial in his mind.

 

Not normally a pleasant fellow, Murray strode the stage for the first pick and without any pleasantries that is the norm for these things, went right ahead and picked Zibanejad in as few syllables possible. No congratulating Boston. No thanking the fans in Ottawa or Minnesota. No smiling.

 

Fair enough. Murray is all business all the time and as Dean Brown said on the Team 1200 the other day, he doesn't feed reporters crap and he doesn't take any either. God bless him. We can all appreciate a man like that, because they're so completely rare as to seem like aliens.

 

Then he was back at the microphone to pick Noesen but he could barely bring himself to spit out the words before pulling away from the microphone and scowling all the way back over to the line of scouts waiting for the kid to make his way from the stands.It was a bravura performance, borderline disrespectful, and completely dismissive of the demands of television. I've been watching NHL drafts since at least 1992 and I've never seen someone so pissed off and curmudgeonly, and I've watched the all-time greats likeBobby Clarke and Harry Sinden mumble their way through many a pick, mangling names and grinding their teeth.

 

Somebody must have talked to Tim before the Senators third pick, maybe his media savvy uncle, because when he went to the microphone to pick Puempel, he was like Mr. Rogers all of a sudden, thanking everybody in sight, smiling and generally acting likeAlan Thicke at a banquet.

 

I will say this: Tim Murray is a hell of a hockey department guy. He's just as responsible as his uncle for rebuilding the Senators farm team and watching them win an AHL championship. But you can see why he's going to have some limitations if he wants to be a GM in the NHL. There's just no Hollywood in him.

 

You have to wonder why the Senators would send him out to represent the team on television. It's a bit like being the Gambino crime family but instead of the "Dapper Don" John Gotti meeting the press, you send out Sammy "The Bull" Gravanoand inevitably a cameraman gets tossed to the pavemen

[PromoTheRobot]

Please don't even joke about that

 

Even if Ted is replaced I'd bet he has a job in the organization somewhere.

 

PTR

[nucci]

I'm waiting on the Grumpy Dwarf memes.

 

Not because he's short. But because he's apparently famously grumpy.

 

Vogl got a quote to that effect, and Google yielded this Sens blog from the 2011 draft:

 

http://www.blackaces...first-line.html

 

But no, what fascinated me was the strange behaviour of Senators assistant GM Tim Murray, who looked like the pressure of draft week had finally snapped something crucial in his mind.

 

Not normally a pleasant fellow, Murray strode the stage for the first pick and without any pleasantries that is the norm for these things, went right ahead and picked Zibanejad in as few syllables possible. No congratulating Boston. No thanking the fans in Ottawa or Minnesota. No smiling.

 

Fair enough. Murray is all business all the time and as Dean Brown said on the Team 1200 the other day, he doesn't feed reporters crap and he doesn't take any either. God bless him. We can all appreciate a man like that, because they're so completely rare as to seem like aliens.

 

Then he was back at the microphone to pick Noesen but he could barely bring himself to spit out the words before pulling away from the microphone and scowling all the way back over to the line of scouts waiting for the kid to make his way from the stands.It was a bravura performance, borderline disrespectful, and completely dismissive of the demands of television. I've been watching NHL drafts since at least 1992 and I've never seen someone so pissed off and curmudgeonly, and I've watched the all-time greats likeBobby Clarke and Harry Sinden mumble their way through many a pick, mangling names and grinding their teeth.

 

Somebody must have talked to Tim before the Senators third pick, maybe his media savvy uncle, because when he went to the microphone to pick Puempel, he was like Mr. Rogers all of a sudden, thanking everybody in sight, smiling and generally acting likeAlan Thicke at a banquet.

 

I will say this: Tim Murray is a hell of a hockey department guy. He's just as responsible as his uncle for rebuilding the Senators farm team and watching them win an AHL championship. But you can see why he's going to have some limitations if he wants to be a GM in the NHL. There's just no Hollywood in him.

 

You have to wonder why the Senators would send him out to represent the team on television. It's a bit like being the Gambino crime family but instead of the "Dapper Don" John Gotti meeting the press, you send out Sammy "The Bull" Gravanoand inevitably a cameraman gets tossed to the pavemen

So he has a little Bill Polian in him. Not a bad thing

[That Aud Smell]

also: i sorta love how super canadian he sounds.

Edited January 9, 2014 by That Aud Smell

[Assquatch]

Murray is GM. Thoughts?

I like it.

 

I'm optimistic. I like what I've been hearing and reading about him but I have no access.

[That Aud Smell]

So he has a little Bill Polian in him. Not a bad thing

 

agreed.

 

his success will dictate whether or not that personality tendency will play well in buffalo.

 

i will say this: he's coming from a market where the media and locals presumably provided serious scrutiny to the front office's machinations.

[26CornerBlitz]

Murray is GM. Thoughts?

 

I like it.

 

The guy has payed his dues and seems more than qualified to to a good job for the Sabres. Excellent Choice. :thumbsup:

 

Much work to do!

[Claude_Verret]

So he has a little Bill Polian in him. Not a bad thing

 

I think he's more of a quiet, serious guy than a bombastic one like Polian. Now if he ends up calling TPegs daughter the C word.....

[darksabre]

also: i sorta love how super canadian he sounds.

 

:lol:

[spndnchz]

So maybe he'll tell Bucky to ###### off. Haha.

 

It'll be streaming on Sabres.com at 11:30

[Robviously]

I like the choice but I wonder how he's going to get along with Nolan if he's really a grumpy, borderline-crazy person. Sounds like two very strong personalities.

[26CornerBlitz]

@Real_ESPNLeBrun

Further to Tim Murray's hire as GM in Buffalo, told that Sabres interviewed 10 candidates in total for the job...

[Kristian]

Golisano bought the team again, and brings back Larry the Moron? :w00t:

[Claude_Verret]

i will say this: he's coming from a market where the media and locals presumably provided serious scrutiny to the front office's machinations.

 

One of the interesting things that I kept reading on the Sens HF thread was that he'd be going from a job with more scrutiny to one with less in Buffalo. I'm not so sure that will be the case.

[nfreeman]

So maybe he'll tell Bucky to ###### off. Haha.

 

Oooooooooooohhhhh. Now I'm really interested. A grumpy GM with no time for TBN hockey reporters' temper tantrums? Must-see TV.