The passing of Bryan Murray on Saturday, August 12th not only represents a great loss for the greater Ottawa community, but his absence has created a huge hole within the Senators’ hockey operations department.
For Yahoo! Sports’ ‘Puck Daddy’ blog, I wrote a Senators piece of #NHLAltHistory in which I examined the consequences of John Muckler’s inability to land Gary Roberts at the 2007 trade deadline at the behest of Senators owner Eugene Melnyk.
Subtle plug, right?
Within the construct of the article, I posited that Muckler’s shortcoming created enough of a rift with ownership to allow Bryan Murray to take over the general manager’s role.