Quoting: exo2769
You're smarter than this. You act like CHI is desperate and they're not. Why can't they go 8 players??? Why couldn't Seabs wave??? Why couldn't CHI and SEA work something out??? All valid options
When a team is FORCED to trade someone away...they get hosed. Like CHI did. CAR took Turbo while accepting Bickell. You need to do a better job of understanding situations.
Nothing guarantees Seabrook waives. You wanna protect 8 skaters just to protect Murphy? Okay. Murphy, Keith, Zadorov, Seabrook (can't guarantee he waives), Toews, Kane, Debrincat, Kubalik.. looks like you're losing 1 of Strome or Nylander cause they likely won't take de Haan for nothing. All because you wanted to be stubborn and not lose a 3rd pairing d-man.
Or you protect 7-3 and protect Toews, Kane, Kubalik, DeBrincat, Strome, Nylander, (whatever other bottom 6 garbage player Bowman likes), Keith, Seabrook, and Zadorov (likely hun over Murphy since they just traded for him).
Take of the bias glasses and see that Chicago is in a tough spot if Seabrook doesn't waive. You can't guarantee a guy at the end of his career would want to go to a expansion team that likely won't be competing anytime soon.
Sorry, but if being dumb is to trade Murphy for a small return (as his value is anyways) over losing him for nothing or forcing myself to lose another younger, better asset because of him, then Murphy is moved in a heart beat.