SnuggaRUDE
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What’s the false dichotomy?
Yep, Murray successfully executed the tank. He got good returns on the guys he dumped and had nothing of value on the roster other Girgs and Myers. He used his super draft supplies to bring in Eichel and Reinhart, Kane, Bogo, McGinn, Lehner and O’Reilly.
I know, some of that missed some hit. But it’s not like Murray tore it down and didn’t build solid pieces.
But again the point is not that Murray was perfect, he was far from it.
The point was he had a real plan. Saying Botts plan was to fix the defense, is not a plan. It’s just something that should be always tinkered with, and was something Murray was doing too. Getting Dahlin is the only thing that has legitimately improved this defense, and that was clearly not the plan.
When I say status quo regarding Skinner, I’m not saying it was not a good move, in general, I’m saying it didn’t improve the team compared to Murray because it was just replacing Kane’s production, nothing more.
I don’t see how Murray left Botts nothingbto work with. He gave him 3 all stars and a budding all star at forward. He gave him Risto. And he didn’t waste any of his future draft picks. And one of Murray’s prospects was a main piece in the Montour trade. As are the most promising pieces in Rochester, that has everyone so excited about the farm team development. I mean c’mon, Asplund, Olofsson, and Guhle are/were huge pieces of that team.
Substantively, in two years, the only consistent good player that Botts has brought to the nhl team over and beyond what Murray left him, is Dahlin because of luck that Murray never got.
Again, what you have seen so far is not indicative of a plan.
What did Murray leave the team that could be used to trade for assets without trading off the NHL squad? Asplund, Olofsson and Guhle are not going to get consistent good players. Murray was given multiple additional high draft picks, and the opportunity to liquidate assets like Molson (before shitting the bed), and Miller. The Sum total of the Sabres bottom 6 won't return a single 'consistently good player'.
Murray traded out Myers, Zadorov, Compher. He brought in a high price tag UFA, Botts can't bring in a huge UFA because Okposo and Molson were eating that cap space. Murray brought in Kane, but only through 2018. He was gone this season, and that wouldn't be different if Murray was still GM.