Sabres' GM laments leaving Senators following Bryan Murray's cancer diagnosis
If Tim Murray had his way, he would have never taken that promotion.
The Buffalo Sabres general manager admitted that he's struggling to deal with his decision to leave Ottawa nine months ago in light of the cancer diagnosis and worsening condition of his uncle, Senators GM Bryan Murray.
I've quite frankly have second guessed everything that has gone on since ... and (Bryan) knows that too. What’s happened has happened and I’m here, but under different circumstances - certainly if I knew that earlier, I wouldn't have been very anxious to be out the door. I would have been quite content to know that I would have been his assistant for as long as he wanted.
Tim, who spent seven seasons learning the ins and outs of an NHL front office under Bryan's wing, says the two speak frequently under considerably different circumstances, but the conversation eventually reverts back to hockey.
We talk once a week, anyway, and I’ll call and say we’re not talking hockey, I kind of know his schedule for chemo and testing, so that’s what we talk about. But we end up talking hockey, mostly from his initiation. But that’s not the intent of it at all. But the last five minutes always comes back to hockey and a couple of tips for me with the situation that I’m in. I can get emotional or frustrated and he can always help bring me back.
Bryan revealed in an interview this week that his Stage 4 colon cancer has spread throughout his body and that the measures currently being taken to combat the disease are to prolong his life, not cure the affliction.
Tim added he has scheduled a colonoscopy - a procedure that could have potentially saved Bryan's life - for Jan. 21.