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How is the voting so one sided? Murray had some of the worst rel numbers among all CBJ defenders, makes $4.5 million a year and has a high probability of missing a quarter of the season every year.
Out of the 9 CBJ d-men that played at least 20 games last year here is his rel Rank among CBJ d-men at 5v5
CF% rel - 8th
SF% rel - 9th
GF% rel - 8th
xGF% rel - 9th
SCF% rel - 9th
OISV% - 8th
So just to review...
often injured
$4.5 million hit
team was worse with him on the ice at 5v5 last year
getting a 5th rounder back to free up that kind of cap space is a HUGE win for CBJ. Not to mention that Murray is a UFA after next year