Murray, on leadership/cuts
Here's what Terry Murray had to say about his attempts to identify team leaders, plus when the Kings might make their first and second round of cuts...
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Question: You have talked about establishing a leadership group in training camp. Do you see that coming together?
MURRAY: ``The leadership group is starting to show. They're starting to step up and do the things that you like to see, as a new coach coming in, setting the example on the ice by jumping to the front of the line with the execution of the drills, the tempo that they're executing the drills at, and in the locker room. The veteran guys, just in their preparation around the younger players and coming out mentally ready to practice, is a great way of establishing themselves to me, as a new coach. I'm watching it very closely. I think this is a critical thing, a critical decision for the organization to make as we get to the end of the training camp.''
Question: Are you expecting cuts after the games?
MURRAY: ``We're planning, and again everything was just penciled in going back to two or three weeks ago, to make some changes, to cut numbers back with the junior players in particular. Then as we get through the game next weekend at Las Vegas, we'll come back and make a hard decision on a pretty significant group of guys.
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