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I think any trade for Murphy at this point would have to be a massive overpayment. The Hawks don't need to trade him and his cap hit helps keep them at the floor. His presence on the 2nd pairing gives Korchinshi a little extra slack especially since his defensive game sucks terribly at the moment. They're not in win-now mode and have amassed a crap ton of picks, so they have the luxury of being extremely picky in terms of which players they hold onto and which ones get dealt. Plus Murphy and Jones are the only RD regulars on the roster. We have Zaitsev but he's used sparingly. Phillips has been playing right side on the 3rd pairing but he's left-handed and aside from Crevier and Rinzel, there's nobody in the pipeline making the leap in the next couple of years.