S8118
Joined: Nov. 2018
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Given where Chicago is and is going, I don't think Murphy is a defenseman Chicago can give up. He plays top minutes every night, and we honestly don't have anyone to replace him at this point. We're loaded with young, offensively minded d-men, none who can shut down yet. Kieth, who is still over-all our best guy on the backend can't defend like he used to, Murphy can, and he's still young enough, without a high cap hit, to be apart of our "rebuild."
Not say Murphy isn't tradable, we just don't need cap space badly, and there are players who'd be smart to move well before Murphy. Again, we can't replace what he does. He doesn't make mistakes. de Haan and Zadorov sometimes do.