Murray went on to talk about Emerson Etem and Devante Smith-Pelly, whom he refers to as "Devo." Murray said that both had tremendous years and are big, strong kids that can play well at both ends. He likened their status entering this year to Fowler's last year, saying that if they were strong enough to play, they could stay. He went on to say that he could very easily see them as two-thirds of next year's third line.

Murray said they were pleased with last year's draft, and they're hoping a player falls to them again this year, à la Folwer last year. He said the draft is fairly deep after the first 7 or 8 players and that the Ducks like two centers predicted to go in the 15 range. Murray said that he's hoping one of them will fall, but that he's willing to move up if necessary.

While Murray was talking about Etem and DSP, he mentioned that the 3rd line is his main priority for this season. Murray gave the impression that he wold actively seek a third line center or would try to trade for one.

At this point, Murray began taking questions from the audience. I managed to get the first question, asking about Paul Kariya.
Murray revealed that Kariya was also at the lunch he had with Teemu a few days ago. He said that Paul is at a crossroads in his career due to head hits, but that he made it very clear to to Kariya that the Ducks are interested and would love to have him. Murray said that Paul's got a difficult decision to make but that he hopes he comes back into this building, as a player or in some other capacity, and is warmly welcomed back.

The next question was about cap space. Murray said the team is fine with respect to the cap, and he casually mentioned that the team spent some money to try to cover the owner's hole last year, which he characterized as rather significant.