JohnnyHolmes
Banned
I know I'm one of the few that doesn't really appreciate the talents of Mr. Murray, but for the life of me, I can't figure out why so many people are in love with this guy.
He's absolutely awful as a GM. He gets bent over in practically every trade he makes. Yeah there are a few you could say he "won" but there are far more that he got absolutely reamed in.
He is terrible at evaluating how much an old veteran has left in the tank. Examples: Jason Smith. Alex Kovalev. Chris Phillips. Filip Kuba. Milan Michalek. Sergei Gonchar. David Legwand. Chris Neil.
He hands out mind blowing contracts to players like Wiercioch, who made $2 Million and couldn't even make it into the lineup half the time last year.
Greening...I mean, how ridiculous was that extension?
Cowen. He offered him an even worse contract than the one he's signed to, which is pretty bad, unless there is some league that I don't know about where a mouth breathing, zero IQ ape is worth $4 Million a year.
Phillips. The guy has been finished for years.
The draft myth.
All you need to do is check out what Murray has done at the draft table for the 4 teams he has been GM of.
Detroit, 1991-1994
Notable players drafted:
Mike Knuble
Martin Lapointe
Dan McGillis
Darren McCarty
Anders Eriksson
Jamie Pushor
Chris Osgood
Mathieu Dandenault
Florida Panthers, 1995-2000
Radek Dvorak
Filip Kuba
Peter Worrell :lol
Oleg Kvasha
Marcus Nillson
Kristian Huselius
Jaroslav Spacek
Nicklas Hagman
Alex Auld
Anaheim Mighty Ducks, 2002-2004
Joffrey Lupul
Ryan Getzlaf
Corey Perry
Drew Miller
Shane O'Brien
Ladislav Smid
That is a whole lot of mediocrity from the guy that is supposed to be a drafting genius. These are just the ones that played any significant time in the NHL. There are a whole lot more that never played one NHL game.
What you can see is that Murray drafts the same type of player, a lot. He also has a habit of trying to acquire players he drafted in the past. Like Auld, Lapointe & Kuba. I've bolded the players that either did play for Ottawa, or were heavily rumored to be coming in a trade.
So Murray takes a team he just went to the Cup Finals with, and dismantles it piece by piece, and now it's mediocre. On its' best day.
Our Defense is terrible, but Murray "likes" it. He's forever chasing a top 6 forward. We have a ton of the same mediocre players on the team or in the system. We really don't have anything to get excited about. Even the last draft haul was more of the same.
In all the years this guy has spent in hockey, he's picked 3 players that you could legitimately claim are stars.
I just don't understand how anybody could look at what he's done to this team, and say "good job". It's truly unbelievable that he is still employed. The guy can do no wrong in the eyes of most of the fans and media.
It boggles the mind.
He's absolutely awful as a GM. He gets bent over in practically every trade he makes. Yeah there are a few you could say he "won" but there are far more that he got absolutely reamed in.
He is terrible at evaluating how much an old veteran has left in the tank. Examples: Jason Smith. Alex Kovalev. Chris Phillips. Filip Kuba. Milan Michalek. Sergei Gonchar. David Legwand. Chris Neil.
He hands out mind blowing contracts to players like Wiercioch, who made $2 Million and couldn't even make it into the lineup half the time last year.
Greening...I mean, how ridiculous was that extension?
Cowen. He offered him an even worse contract than the one he's signed to, which is pretty bad, unless there is some league that I don't know about where a mouth breathing, zero IQ ape is worth $4 Million a year.
Phillips. The guy has been finished for years.
The draft myth.
All you need to do is check out what Murray has done at the draft table for the 4 teams he has been GM of.
Detroit, 1991-1994
Notable players drafted:
Mike Knuble
Martin Lapointe
Dan McGillis
Darren McCarty
Anders Eriksson
Jamie Pushor
Chris Osgood
Mathieu Dandenault
Florida Panthers, 1995-2000
Radek Dvorak
Filip Kuba
Peter Worrell :lol
Oleg Kvasha
Marcus Nillson
Kristian Huselius
Jaroslav Spacek
Nicklas Hagman
Alex Auld
Anaheim Mighty Ducks, 2002-2004
Joffrey Lupul
Ryan Getzlaf
Corey Perry
Drew Miller
Shane O'Brien
Ladislav Smid
That is a whole lot of mediocrity from the guy that is supposed to be a drafting genius. These are just the ones that played any significant time in the NHL. There are a whole lot more that never played one NHL game.
What you can see is that Murray drafts the same type of player, a lot. He also has a habit of trying to acquire players he drafted in the past. Like Auld, Lapointe & Kuba. I've bolded the players that either did play for Ottawa, or were heavily rumored to be coming in a trade.
So Murray takes a team he just went to the Cup Finals with, and dismantles it piece by piece, and now it's mediocre. On its' best day.
Our Defense is terrible, but Murray "likes" it. He's forever chasing a top 6 forward. We have a ton of the same mediocre players on the team or in the system. We really don't have anything to get excited about. Even the last draft haul was more of the same.
In all the years this guy has spent in hockey, he's picked 3 players that you could legitimately claim are stars.
I just don't understand how anybody could look at what he's done to this team, and say "good job". It's truly unbelievable that he is still employed. The guy can do no wrong in the eyes of most of the fans and media.
It boggles the mind.