It's a win in my book. Love Hammer, and hoped we could've gotten more from trading him, but he was likely in a decline at that point. It happens to players who'll sacrifice their bodies for wins. He was a warrior, but it didn't make real sense to keep him. Plus if we had kept him and resigned him 2 years from now, we'd be looking at a similar situation as what Seabrook is now (formerly great defensemen, now old and slow and not worth his cap hit).
Murphy has been good. He's been our 4th best defensemen (Keith, Forsling, and Rutta have him beat). He has done a better job at LD than I thought he would, though I still want him to inevitably play with Keith. Plays decent defense and is pretty physical on the back end. He does a great job of jumping in plays and keeping pucks alive, but it hasn't really translated into any points.
All in all, not a bad deal to make. And I'm not even considering Dauphin (who I see as a shutdown C if he ever makes it to the Hawks).