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Anaheim Ducks: What Happened to the real Bob Murray?

By Chris Bushell

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)
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 – FEBRUARY 9: Kevin Bieksa #3 of the Anaheim Ducks battles for position against Drake Caggiula #91 of the Edmonton Oilers during the game on February 9, 2018. (Photo by Debora Robinson/NHLI via Getty Images)
ANAHEIM, CA – FEBRUARY 9: Kevin Bieksa #3 of the Anaheim Ducks battles for position against Drake Caggiula #91 of the Edmonton Oilers during the game on February 9, 2018. (Photo by Debora Robinson/NHLI via Getty Images) /

The Bad

While the good has been good, the bad has been ugly at times. Murray traded for the likes of Maxim Lapierre, Brad Winchester, Kevin Bieksa, Ryan Garbutt, Chris Kelly, Jason Chimera, and Jared Boll. He signed players like Clayton Stoner and Bryan Allen.

All of these players he brought in are bottom of the barrel and fans were given a “sales job.” These players were supposed to be “veteran presences” or “add to the speed quotient”. None of them added either the speed or the veteran presence I want on my team.

For someone of Murray’s intelligence, bringing these players to Anaheim is concerning, because they did nothing to help the Ducks and blocked young players from joining the team. In most of these cases, the additions were not long for the Ducks.

Thinking of the contracts given and play of guys such as Stoner and Bieksa is enough to give any Anaheim Ducks fan nightmares. Many of the above players above did nothing but make the Ducks worse. What’s more concerning is who most of these players were traded for. It begs the question, what has happened to Bob Murray?

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