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I don't see why we would trade Murphy. Defense is an issue for the Hawks as right now we have a bunch of bottom 3 prospect/players.
Boqvist definitely isn't ready for 1st line duties, Stillman is a even worse solution, and Kalynuk is our best LHD prospect right now. kubalik is the 3rd best producer on the team right now.
So we've given up 2 of our best defensive players in these trades (Kalynuk, and Murphy), our top 3 goal scorer (Kubalik), Strome for Nolan (who's shown way less then Strome), Bean (rather would have Kalynuk), Suzuki (unproven and less then a .5ppg player in the AHL), and the 13th overall pick in a horribly weak draft outside of the top 10? I don't get the logic. This team is easily worse then the team this past season for a gamble that Nolan figures it out, Suzuki who didn't look great in the AHL, Bean becomes a top liner and better then Kalynuk and a 13th OA in a weak draft. Hawks are taking all the risk here but I'm sure Carolina and Philly like it as such.