GDT: 2014 NHL Entry Draft – Part II

[Sabre the Win]

Mike Harrington ‏@BNHarrington 48s

Murray said Lemieux was not the player #Sabres were trying to trade back into the first round to get...


(thought this was kind of obvious)

I'm guessing Tuch

Schmultz?

 

[Sabre the Win]

John Vogl ‏@BuffNewsVogl 1m

Sabres GM Tim Murray says team tried to avoid guys with third-line projections and swing for top-six talent that may or may not pan out.

I wish I could watch or hear the audio..

 

[BananaSquad]

John Vogl ‏@BuffNewsVogl 1m

Sabres GM Tim Murray says team tried to avoid guys with third-line projections and swing for top-six talent that may or may not pan out.

So obviously they view Lemieux as a top 6 guy.

 

[jvirk]

Besides Reinhart, I'm pretty pissed with the rest of the draft. I'm not going to sit here and try to justify any of our GM's moves...but we reached for certain players and we have much better players available, especially in rounds 2 and 3, and we didn't get them. Im ecstatic we got Reinhart, but really extremely disappointed with the rest of the draft. Some real head scratchers in there...

Not a big fan of Murray or his personality in general, but I always gave him the benefit of the doubt to build this team the right way.

 

[haseoke39]

John Vogl ‏@BuffNewsVogl 1m

Sabres GM Tim Murray says team tried to avoid guys with third-line projections and swing for top-six talent that may or may not pan out.

Don't know how I feel about that.

Interested in following the Barbashev threads that'll happen over on the STL board. Obviously, they'll be interested in why he dropped.

 

[The Red Helmet]

Don't know how I feel about that.

Interested in following the Barbashev threads that'll happen over on the STL board. Obviously, they'll be interested in why he dropped.

Darcy took the safe route almost all the time and had the best percentage of his picks making it to the NHL. He also didn't draft a single star/franchise type player in 17 freaking years. I am cool with the Murray approach.

 

[Jame]

John Vogl ‏@BuffNewsVogl 1m

Sabres GM Tim Murray says team tried to avoid guys with third-line projections and swing for top-six talent that may or may not pan out.

i dont know how you can say that with a straight face after taking Lemiuex over Hawyrluk

 

[Jacob582]

Don't know how I feel about that.

I think since we are in the midst of having so many picks, we can be aggressive this year to add possible high end offensive talent.

 

[SundherDome]

Don't know how I feel about that.

Interested in following the Barbashev threads that'll happen over on the STL board. Obviously, they'll be interested in why he dropped.

I'm a big fan of it, we need top six players, period. This team has for the last decade played it safe, I like the risk. I think we had one of the best drafts in awhile, outside of last year of course.

 

[SundherDome]

Darcy took the safe route almost all the time and had the best percentage of his picks making it to the NHL. He also didn't draft a single star/franchise type player in 17 freaking years. I am cool with the Murray approach.

Vanek says hello.

 

[Jacob582]

Victor Olofsson???

We could have had Hugo Fagerblom!!

 

[The Jokeman]

Besides Reinhart, I'm pretty pissed with the rest of the draft. I'm not going to sit here and try to justify any of our GM's moves...but we reached for certain players and we have much better players available, especially in rounds 2 and 3, and we didn't get them. Im ecstatic we got Reinhart, but really extremely disappointed with the rest of the draft. Some real head scratchers in there...

Not a big fan of Murray or his personality in general, but I always gave him the benefit of the doubt to build this team the right way.

It's hard to comment on any of these kids as nobody really know what they will do. As to me the NHL draft is the biggest crap shoot of any of the major sports.

 

[Sabre the Win]

I'm a big fan of it, we need top six players, period. This team has for the last decade played it safe, I like the risk. I think we had one of the best drafts in awhile, outside of last year of course.

I'm very happy with Reinhart and Lemieux.. I couldn't have wished for a more perfect draft. The other outside of these picks I couldn't tell you how I feel because I know little about them.

 

[haseoke39]

I'm a big fan of it, we need top six players, period. This team has for the last decade played it safe, I like the risk. I think we had one of the best drafts in awhile, outside of last year of course.

I think since we are in the midst of having so many picks, we can be aggressive this year to add possible high end offensive talent.

Darcy took the safe route almost all the time and had the best percentage of his picks making it to the NHL. He also didn't draft a single star/franchise type player in 17 freaking years. I am cool with the Murray approach.

The reason why I say I don't know how I feel about that comment isn't because I don't agree with taking that approach, but rather because it seems to be the opposite of what he did. I absolutely think we're stocked with bottom 6 projects and need top 6 talent bad. Which is why I found the second round to be so disappointing. So now I'm confused. Obviously Murray had different evaluations than most of the scouting reports.

 

[Beerz]

The reason why I say I don't know how I feel about that comment isn't because I don't agree with taking that approach, but rather because it seems to be the opposite of what he did. I absolutely think we're stocked with bottom 6 projects and need top 6 talent bad. Which is why I found the second round to be so disappointing. So now I'm confused. Obviously Murray had different evaluations than most of the scouting reports.

Or maybe his visions of a top 6 are different from conventional thinking.

 

[Beerz]

Kevin Oklobzija ‏@kevinoDandC 6m

#Sabres GM Tim Murray, when asked what he knew about G Jonas Johansson: "Just what I've been told." i.e., never seen him, relied on scouts.

 

[haseoke39]

Or maybe his visions of a top 6 are different from conventional thinking.

???

What, like, having a shutdown first line and letting your fourth line do your scoring? I don't understand this comment.

 

[Beerz]

Bill Hoppe ‏@BillHoppeNHL 1m

Tim Murray on signing Sam Reinhart right away: "Can I not enjoy this before I have to get pissed off?"

 

[stokes84]

It's hard to comment on any of these kids as nobody really know what they will do. As to me the NHL draft is the biggest crap shoot of any of the major sports.

The top few picks are generally the safest out of all the major sports, but after that, it's very much a crap shoot. I have a hard time having a strong opinion on 18 year olds after you get beyond the top 30 to 40 players in any year.

 

[SundherDome]

The reason why I say I don't know how I feel about that comment isn't because I don't agree with taking that approach, but rather because it seems to be the opposite of what he did. I absolutely think we're stocked with bottom 6 projects and need top 6 talent bad. Which is why I found the second round to be so disappointing. So now I'm confused. Obviously Murray had different evaluations than most of the scouting reports.

Our whole second round projects to be top six wingers, Cornel could even be a solid 2c.

 

[haseoke39]

Bill Hoppe ‏@BillHoppeNHL 1m

Tim Murray on signing Sam Reinhart right away: "Can I not enjoy this before I have to get pissed off?"

Your choice, Tim. Sounds like a pretty standard question to me.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

@BuffaloSabres
LISTEN: #Sabres GM Tim Murray's post-#NHLDraft comments can be found here: http://sabres.nhl.com/club/podcast.htm?pid=16

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[Fly Boy]

Bill Hoppe ‏@BillHoppeNHL 1m

Tim Murray on signing Sam Reinhart right away: "Can I not enjoy this before I have to get pissed off?"

Haha.

 

[Beerz]

???

What, like, having a shutdown first line and letting your fourth line do your scoring? I don't understand this comment.

No..that your top 6 is comprised of skill first guys or that you can't have grinders in top 6. Like a Chris Neil.

 

[Moskau]

I think Fabbri was the guy they may have been targeting which would be quite comical given who took him. Just basing it off him saying they tried to move up into the teens with 3 2nds with multiple teams and then later with two 2nds would lead me to believe the guy they wanted was picked early 20s. Then again he could have had multiple guys he was willing to trade up for.

Although now listening to the clip he specifically said "the player" he wanted to move up to get.