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While I don't see a ton of sense in Seattle straying from the course by sacrificing their limited young depth for a win now player, I see even less sense in a clearly built for 2023-24 Maple Leafs team trading one of their pending UFAs for a guy that hasn't shown much at the NHL level.
If anything, pay the cost to move Murray - the Josh Bailey dump showed that teams will take that far-off pick if that's all you have, so cough up the 2026 2nd if that's what it takes to get Murray off. Bury Reaves or Timmins and then you can run a 22 man roster while giving Ilya Samsonov 1x$2.5M on a bridge deal.
If Samsonov repeats his performance this year, then yeah, you wind up stuck with the bag on his next deal, but it's worth it IMO. Run with your best lineup this year and deal with the fallout next summer when you've only got about $40.5M committed to the cap.