Anaheim Ducks: What Happened to the real Bob Murray?

LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 24: General Manager Bob Murray of the Anaheim Ducks speaks onstage after winning the award for General Manager of the Year during the 2014 NHL Awards at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas on June 24, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images) /

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ANAHEIM, CA – JUNE 29: GM Bob Murray watches from the stands during the Anaheim Ducks’ annual development camp at Anaheim ICE in Anaheim on Friday, June 29, 2018. (Photo by Kevin Sullivan/Orange County Register via Getty Images) /

Anaheim Ducks GM Bob Murray is known for making shrewd trades that made the team Cup contenders. In the past few years, those deals have been scarce.

The adage goes “Heavy is the head that wears the crown”. The crown bearer in the Anaheim Ducks organization is one Bob Murray. Murray has been the Ducks GM since Bryan Burke’s departure in 2008, but he has been a member of the front office since 2005.

Murray can be cited as having a hand in the Ducks 2007 Stanley Cup championship, in a behind-the-scenes role. As GM, he has been responsible for some great trades, as well as five division titles and two trips to the Western Conference Finals. For all the good and big trades in years past it seems that Murray isn’t the same trader he used to be. Something seems to have changed and not for the better.

So what happened and should it be a cause for concern?

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