CHAUTAUQUA STAR
FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014
By John Wawrow
AP Sports Writer
Tim Murray's vision of rebuilding the Buffalo Sabres
involves several things.
And the rookie general manager doesn't expect it will
take long to accomplish.
Murray outlined his intentions
Tuesday, two days after the
Sabres closed one of the worst
and most tumultuous seasons
in their 44-year history.
Murray was direct in calling
the Sabres' last-place finish
''unacceptable.''
And he was blunt in laying
the blame on everyone from
management, to the coaching staff and on down to his
players.
''A lot of nights it was hard to
watch,'' Murray said. ''A lot of
nights we competed hard and
just didn't have enough talent
to put us over the top. But
other nights, it wasn't pretty.''
Murray also made a point
of steering clear of using
the word ''suffering'' as his
predecessor, Darcy Regier,
had used several times a
year earlier.
Regier, who was fired in
November, was criticized for
suggesting fans might have
to suffer through a lengthy
rebuilding process for a team
hasn't won a