At that rate it would be the same price to buy him out. If Toronto doesn't want to take any cap hit hit its going to cost them since most teams have some cap issues

Retaining on Murray is definitely an option, not a great one but it's there. Unfortunately, there's not much difference between this retention and burying him in the minors, at least, not enough to give away anything substantial.

Agreed. I just rather have someone a bit younger and a better skater than ROR. Limited options if the core remains and upgrades on D.

Graves I'm not sure is worth that and Rodrigues is scary as a 2C.

But some teams don’t. It has to be doable!