Tim Murray profiles Bingo’s players
October 25, 2007
The Draft Guy has a great interview with Ottawa Assistant GM Tim Murray and gets his impression on all of Binghamton’s players this season. Here are some of my favorites.
Cody Bass
“An energy guy, good skater,” said Murray. “He will be a (NHL) player if he figures out he should be a prick some nights and not just an energy guy. He has a good understanding of the defensive game, good on faceoffs. A real responsible player.”Ilya Zubov
“Highly skilled, as most Russian forwards are, he’s a real good player with the puck right now and he’s not real good without the puck right now. He has a personality, competes, speaks English. His father wanted him to stay one more year, but he put his foot down and said he was coming over. He took a step to show us he wants to improve and become a (NHL) player. He has a great personality. He keeps his head up when he’s walking by you in the hall. He’ll say “Hello Mr. Murray, how are you?” He’s lapping up every minute of it. He’s getting stronger; he’s not afraid.”Jeremy Yablonski
“He’s beyond tough. He’s already had three fights, and two with bonafide heavyweights in (Dennis) Bonvie and (6-8 Chris) McAllister, and he won both. Then he fought that 6-10 Slovak (Valdimir Mihalik) and destroyed him. He changes hands so quickly, faster than anyone else. He has UFC training. He’ll have a hard time getting fights as his reputation spreads (in the AHL). Skating wise, in a straight line he’s okay, good on the forecheck. For a tough guy he’s a decent player. Plus he’s good on the bench. He’s been a pleasant surprise. He’s a better player than I thought, a good guy and a good teammate. He’ll help us win some games this year.”
Emphasis mine on that last one. Now that cracked me up. Glad to see Ottawa paying much closer attention to Binghamton and realizing the importance of playing tough.
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