Ducks’ GM Bob Murray Named Finalist for GM of the Year

Anaheim Ducks General Manager

(via blog.thescore.com)

On the day after Game 7 against the Detroit Red Wings, the Anaheim Ducks franchise received a bit of a pick-me-up when General Manager Bob Murray was named one of the three finalists for the General Manager of the Year Award. Yeah, it’s not really a pick me up, but hey, I tried.

Well, Murray is certainly a worthy candidate with some of the moves he made to turn this team around this season. I mean, just look at the list of moves and signings he has made this season:

• Signing and later extending free agent goaltender Viktor Fasth (15-6-2, 2.18 GAA, .921 SV%)
• Signing free agent defenseman Bryan Allen (6 A, 6 P, +1)
• Signing free agent defenseman Sheldon Souray (7 G, 10 A, 17 P, +19)
• Signing free agent center Daniel Winnik (6 G, 13 A, 19 P, +13)
• Re-signing free agent winger Teemu Selanne (12 G, 12 A, 24 P -10)
• Re-signing captain Ryan Getzlaf (15 G, 34 A, 49 P, +14)
• Re-signing Corey Perry (15 G, 21 A, 36 P, +10)
• Trading for defenseman Ben Lovejoy (10 A, 10 P, +4)

There are some important names on that list. However, I really don’t think that Murray has much of a chance with Ray Shero, General Manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins, being a finalist. The fact that Shero was able to make the moves he did near the trade deadline is astonishing. Buy, screw the Penguins. I don’t like them. I don’t like any guy on their team. The third finalist for the award is Marc Bergevin of the Montreal Canadiens. So, we can hope for a nice little gift for someone who did a very solid job. Isn’t a little funny? This time last year we all wanted him gone! Oh well, forgive and forget!

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