Apparently Murray lost his cool trying to convince a prospect to stay.
Sylvain St-Laurent @Syl_St_Laurent
#Sens QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I told him (Wikstrand) he can go home and be a grocery clerk and play in a beer league." - Bryan Murray
http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/09/24/...lts-for-sweden
Quote:
There could be one less player at Senators' camp when they hit the ice Friday morning.
Sources confirmed to the Sun reports out of Sweden Thursday night that prospect defenceman Mikael Wikstrand is likely headed back to Farjestad to try to rejoin his club team there. The club could either move to suspend the 21-year-old defenceman because they'd rather have him in the AHL this season or decide if they'll grant him permission to play overseas if he doesn't report Friday morning.
The Senators have spent a lot of time in camp trying to convince Wikstrand to stay -- even newly-appointed senior adviser to scouting Daniel Alfredsson has held talks with the young man to try to keep him here.
Signed to an entry-level deal last year, the hope was the seventh-round pick in 2012 would come to camp and compete for a spot on the blueline. Instead, he only suited up for one game at the rookie tournament in London earlier this month, suffered a shoulder injury and hasn't played during camp.
The Senators believe Wikstrand has a good shot at being an NHL player but want him to make the transition to North American hockey this season by playing in Binghamton. He wouldn't confirm his return to Sweden when contacted by reporters there Thursday night and referred all calls to his agent.
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