Last night during an intermission at the Rochester Americans and Texas Stars AHL tilt in Rochester, Buffalo Sabres general manager Tim Murray gave a lengthy interview to WGR 550 discussing a wide range of topics.
Murray is still getting familiar with his team, especially his prospects in Rochester. He's been scuttling around the Northeast and Southern Ontario scouting his current prospects, as well as his potential future prospects playing in the OHL.
While Murray said a lot during the interview, here are five takeaways from the scrum:
1. Mark Pysyk and Johan Larsson have impressed him.
Not surprisingly, Murray has taken a liking to Larsson and Pysyk.
Referring to Larsson as a "competitive bugger" that "gives you everything he's got" and to Pysyk as a "smart, steady defenseman," Murray seems happy with their development thus far.
Getting more specific with Pysyk, Murray wants him to be more offensive in his game and to push himself at the AHL level to make that happen.
This was far from a criticism of the young defenseman though. The words steady and smart usually transl ...
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Buffalo Sabres: 5 Takeaways from Latest Tim Murray Interview
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