Murray: Sabres held "a lot of internal discussion" on Kings' Richards
/"World juniors. Two Stanley Cups. I mean, that’s my heyday of amateur scouting. I loved him. I mean, who didn’t love him?"
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"World juniors. Two Stanley Cups. I mean, that’s my heyday of amateur scouting. I loved him. I mean, who didn’t love him?"
Read More"23, 22 years making the playoffs. Not having GMs call you about available players because there’s nobody available."
Read More“No, they didn’t win. They got knocked out by Anaheim. And they had a rough year the next year. But he felt that Ottawa gave up too quick on that team and that was his biggest regret."
Read More"That doesn’t mean that they won’t. It doesn’t mean that they don’t have some interest."
Read More“But I suspect when it comes to Jaromir Jagr, I think what will happen – and it might happen in the next week here – that Lou Lamoriello and Jagr will have a heart-to-heart."
Read More"If they were to lose out relatively early, there’s a potential to even bring him to Arizona for at least a cup of coffee at the end of the year."
Read More"There’s no shortage of teams after a top-4 NHL defenceman. Sekera, Franson, Michalek all fit the bill of a top-4 defenceman in the National Hockey League."
Read More"As I said – is there interest in doing something? Yes. Only if it makes sense and only if it stays within the plan that Jim Benning has put in place."
Read More"So what was a murderous adventure trying to get out of California in the playoffs and in that division might not be as difficult this year, but it always is hard to do."
Read More"He’s not going to use prospects or young talent to bring in a piece or pieces to make them a stronger team for a post-season push this year."
Read More“But Kevin Cheveldayoff knows that he’s got something good working here in Winnipeg. So he wants to build off that."
Read More“Stan Bowman doesn’t have a lot of flexibility because he doesn’t have cap space."
Read More"The St. Louis Blues feel they’re close, but they’re still going in head-to-head battles with Nashville and Chicago within the division."
Read More"So when he comes back healthy, I think the Nashville Predators are happy with what they have.”
Read More"Keep in mind, Bob Murray kicked a lot of tires on Johnny Boychuk when he was with the Boston Bruins, trying to acquire that player."
Read More"If he had space in light of the Voynov situation, perhaps he’d be in the market for a top-4 defenseman."
Read More“The hope in the Kings’ front office is by putting him on waivers it’ll ignite some interest on the trade front from teams that were kicking tires on him."
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