Ahh Ottawa - your not getting it. - Anderson signed for 4 years

[KennyBanyeah]

this is murrays second long term deal signing in the past couple weeks ... makes you think he might stay around

Murray has a good eye for young talent but I don't want him doing the re-build. He's 68 years old. Honestly if all goes well this team can compete for the Cup in 4-7 years. He'll be well into his seventies by then. Let him run perhaps this draft and then phase in a new brain to follow this rebuilding through.

 

[puckhead]

this is murrays second long term deal signing in the past couple weeks ... makes you think he might stay around

that's the only thing that jumps out as odd about the deal for me.
for the terms itself, I look at it as: they get a 20ish game headstart on a pretty good UFA goalie.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

I actually think it's a good signing. For a starting goaltender the cap hit is very reasonable, especially for a guy that has shown he can carry a team on his back. It also allows them to focus on other areas of the team.

 

[forty_three]

Murray has a good eye for young talent but I don't want him doing the re-build. He's 68 years old. Honestly if all goes well this team can compete for the Cup in 4-7 years. He'll be well into his seventies by then. Let him run perhaps this draft and then phase in a new brain to follow this rebuilding through.

Yeah, no doubt.

And two years ago would have been the perfect time to hire Yzerman....

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Yeah, no doubt.

And two years ago would have been the perfect time to hire Yzerman....

Yzerman is still a big ?. He made a good team Canada, but I could have done the same.

We'll see how the nitty-gritty turns out in TB. I personally would have loved to see him as the Sens GM. A little part of me thinks that maybe my heart was speaking louder than my brain.

Only time will tell. The Sens need a young (relatively) guy who has been a talent evaluator since day one, IMO.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

this is murrays second long term deal signing in the past couple weeks ... makes you think he might stay around

Either that or he knows he's on his way out and wants to make things as difficult as possible for his successor.