murray as gm was wings will win in article apr sol uvic ca gballent hudson uvic ca writes in article vela acs oakland edu ragraca vela acs oakland edu randy a graca writes are predicting although i think bryan murray is probably the best gm i have ever seen in hockey how do you figure that when bryan murray took over the wings they were a pretty good team that was contending for the stanley cup but looked unlikely to win it now they are a pretty good team that is contending for the stanley cup but looks unlikely to win it a truly great gm would have been able to make the moves to push the team to the upper echelon of the nhl and maybe win the stanley cup a good gm like murray can i think murray has done a great job he s picked up ciccarelli sheppard ysebaert howe coffey and riendeau plus some depth players without giving up anything the wings needed or any of his top prospects all of this in three years has anyone done better the year before he took over the wings didn t even make the playoffs there was about a year and a half during demers stint that the wings did ok but that was due to demers motavational skills and clutch and grab style they didn t have much talent gerald murray wasn t responsible for primeau although i m not ready to admit that s a horrible pick they hired him after the draft which has never made sense to me his first pick was lapointe ron and one of my major goals is to leave the next president a new set of things to worry about i m getting bored reading the same problems in the paper decade after decade i want people to have to deal with new problems president bill clinton
