I guess there aren’t many of those out there that feel he’s a fit or they would have picked him up on waivers. I doubt anyone is going to offer up a trade for him anytime soon.

I don’t have a problem with Murphy, per se, and would like nothing better than for him, or any defenseman to light it up for the Devils. It’s just that you seem to slant this article as if it’s the team not suiting him, as in “defensive minded, blah blah blah” when at this point it’s his play not suiting the team. As kstatik notes above, there’s plenty of opportunity for EFFECTIVE puck moving defenseman on this team.

Again, they haven’t given up on him completely or they wouldn’t have called him up yesterday. I’d rather they play Fraser tomorrow, but if it’s Murphy, he’ll get another chance to make that first, make that fourth, impression.

Clearly you don’t follow the Devils at all and you just skim all of your NJD news from OTHER mainstream media who ALSO don’t bother to follow the team…

Murphy was given a look in training camp as well as saw action in a few games as the #6 ‘D’ in which NJ lost and Murphy created nothing! Lemaire told Murphy he would have to produce (namely on the PP) to remain up with the team. He did not!

Lemaire has also stated his intention to keep the focus on offense (as Sutter did) last season, only shoring up their holes defensively which he has followed through with. He has also made it VERY obvious that he does not want his team sitting on a lead and has the offense *going* – it started off kind of slowly, but the usual sources (Parise & Zajac namely although Bergfors is starting to play more confidently too) are producing shots & *points*. NJ is playing a transition game this season which you might know if you watched a game…

The problem with being a small offensive defenseman is that you need to help out the offense when given the chance. Fact is, NJ has a few of these guys who are interchangeable. Maybe a trade will eventually benefit both sides if things don’t change or if he gets sent back down.