from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun,
... The Ducks made six or seven significant changes to the roster, they fired assistant coach Brad Lauer and brought in former Ottawa coach Paul MacLean, presumeably to take over from Boudreau if the club didn't get off to the kind of start Murray expected this season.
If Boudreau voiced concerns about the roster changes, and nobody is sure how much say he has, then it must have fallen on deaf ears. Remember, it took awhile before Murray even confirmed that Boudreau was going to be back behind the bench in the first place. Not all is well there.
The word is Murray is trying desperately to make a roster move before somebody gets fired. We've been told he's listening to offers for defenceman Cam Fowler but will only consider a move to an Eastern Conference team and will want a boatload in return to make that deal happen.
- This comes as no surprise but Colorado GM Joe Sakic has been calling around and he's willing to discuss any move another team wants to make. Sakic and VP of hockey operations Patrick Roy aren't pleased with the way this team has started and, yes, the young players are untouchable but the Avs aren't very good.
- What's this we hear about the possibility of expansion being put off until the board of governors' meeting in Nashville during the all-star break? The assumption has always been it would happen in December in Pebble Beach. Let's hope so.
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