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- Dec 22, 2013
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Connor Murphy is a healthy scratch again for tonight's game. He was initially paired with Keith in the training camp and we all thought he was going to be a top-4 RD filling in for the guy he was traded for. Unfortunately that hasn't been the case.
I don't think Murphy has been bad. But he hasn't done much to impress either. He's been physical. That's about it. Q doesn't seem to be a big fan of his game either.
Some facts -
-He's currently 6th in minutes among Hawks D
-He has zero points
-He doesn't play PP or PK
-He currently has the worst possession numbers among Hawks D, raw corsi at 41.9%, relative corsi at -9.1
To be fair, it's a small sample size and things could change as the season progresses. I certainly hope so. Bowman traded Nik Hjalmarsson for this guy presumably because he wanted more cost certainty going forward. Keep in mind, Murphy makes $3.85 million for the next 5 seasons. Do we have the new Trevor Daley?
I don't think Murphy has been bad. But he hasn't done much to impress either. He's been physical. That's about it. Q doesn't seem to be a big fan of his game either.
Some facts -
-He's currently 6th in minutes among Hawks D
-He has zero points
-He doesn't play PP or PK
-He currently has the worst possession numbers among Hawks D, raw corsi at 41.9%, relative corsi at -9.1
To be fair, it's a small sample size and things could change as the season progresses. I certainly hope so. Bowman traded Nik Hjalmarsson for this guy presumably because he wanted more cost certainty going forward. Keep in mind, Murphy makes $3.85 million for the next 5 seasons. Do we have the new Trevor Daley?