Murray: Sabres held "a lot of internal discussion" on Kings' Richards
/Sabres GM Tim Murray was on Buffalo’s WGR 550 on Wednesday morning.
On if Mike Richards, who was waived by the Los Angeles Kings, is a player he considered bringing in:
“On waivers? No. No.”
Murray then discusses the difficultly of adding players via waivers because of the limit on the amount of contracts per team, along with cap considerations. He also notes how you’ll sometimes see players clear waivers, and then get traded days later.
On if Richards is something you have to think about, or if it's, ‘No, can’t do it’:
“No, you think about it. Certainly. He’s right in my wheelhouse for... scouting. For being on the road. For looking at players. That’s a 2003 draft. In my opinion, the best draft that I’ve been involved in.
“Mike Richards is a – and I don’t know if I’m allowed to comment, but he was on waivers, so I’ll comment. And I’ll saying nothing but nice about him. World juniors. Two Stanley Cups. I mean, that’s my heyday of amateur scouting. I loved him. I mean, who didn’t love him?
“So yeah – you see that, you have a lot of internal discussion. You’d have to discuss his contract. Obviously. You have to discuss term and money. But, I mean, you know me. Scouting is what it’s about. And a player like that is what scouting was about.
“Lots of conversation and yeah, a lot of internal discussion on a player like that that was on waivers. No question.”
Source: WGR 550/ Transcript: Nichols on Hockey
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