Quoting: ChiHawk
Both sides for the last year on here were talking about a hockey trade for Kap and Murphy straight up, you were probably one of them and both sides also agreed both players were worth a 1st. Now Pens overpaid with a mid 1st plus, but doesn't change that Murphy isn't worth a 1st.
And your rationale to determine he's not good because we wanted to make a hockey trade makes zero sense. If you knew anything outside of the Leafs you would know that the Hawks are deep on the right with Boqvist and Mitchell (who for obvious reasons aren't going anywhere), Koekko, Regula (another good prospect) and Seabrook. Murphy is the most tradeable being a UFA in 2 years and starting to hit his peak at the age of 26. Sometimes try to peel a layer back on the onion and go just a tad deeper in your thought process.
No, i never wanted murphy for cap. And again, just because one player, who is a winger, was traded for a 1st does not mean that a defender is worth one as well even if a bunch of people on a trade forum thought their value was the same, especially if the value before was less than a 1st rounder in a vacuum.
So, Murphy is not worth a 1st.
You're also going off a weird road here and projecting some stuff for some reason, so ill counter that random rant about the hawks defence and onions with this, you can argue all you want about it not being worth the hawks to move him for less than a first, but that doesnt make his external value to other teams a 1st.