It's a shame. Murphy had all the potential in the world, he just came into the game at the wrong time. Right as the league was starting to make moves to remove predatory hits from the game, Tom Kuhnhackl runs him and takes about 90% of his confidence with the puck with him. That seems to be the point where things really turned for Murphy. The player he was during his second year in Kitchener was absolute dynamite. Don Cherry saying he'd be the 1st overall pick in his draft year and it didn't seem absurd even considering his lack of size. As a professional, though, I think at some point he just accepted his fate. There didn't seem to be any urgency for him. If he played, great. If he didn't, it wasn't a big deal. He never seemed like he was dying to get out there. It would be hard to blame him if he fell out of love with the game. It's seriously gut check time, now. Curious to see what he decides to do next. I think he could probably carve out a really fantastic career in Europe. Similar to what former Florida Everblade Chris Lee has done. I wish him the best, but hope that whatever his next step is he takes it with confidence and puts his best effort into it.