{"id":130369,"date":"2022-07-04T09:10:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T13:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=130369"},"modified":"2022-07-04T09:12:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T13:12:15","slug":"ottawa-senators-goalie-could-be-part-of-trade-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/07\/04\/ottawa-senators-goalie-could-be-part-of-trade-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Senators Goalie Could Be Part of Trade Package"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NHL Draft is just days away and teams are trying to make moves. Draft spots are highly coveted, but can also be used as trade bait. Players might also be used to sweeten the deal. Ottawa Sun reporter Bruce Garrioch said an Ottawa Senators goalie might be tossed in with the No. 7 pick in the 2022 NHL Draft. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrama02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Murray<\/a> is the goalie the might be part of a trade package.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As I reported today, led to believe the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoHabsGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#GoHabsGo<\/a> have called every team in the top 10 because they want to make a splash with a second pick in that area.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bruce Garrioch (@SunGarrioch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunGarrioch\/status\/1542513581735833604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Ottawa Senators Goalie Might Be On The Move<\/h2>\n<p>Murray had been looking for a new start in Ottawa, but it hasn&#8217;t worked out for him. The former Stanley Cup winner with the Pittsburgh Penguins was the odd man out when the Pens went with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/jarrytr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tristan Jarry<\/a> in net. The Thunder Bay, Ontario native went 5-12-2 with a 3.05 goals-against-average.<\/p>\n<p>Things got so bad that Murray was even sent down to AHL Belleville for a spell. He did get called up to the big club and played a little bit better. However, it seems like he was the third wheel with the Senators netminders.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa indicated that<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/03\/21\/ottawa-senators-extend-anton-forsberg-2\/\" target=\"_self\"> they&#8217;d roll with three goalies<\/a> in Murray, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/forsban01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anton Forsberg<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gustafi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Filip Gustavsson<\/a>. However, Murray carries a cap hit of $6.25 million for the next two seasons. His cap hit would likely need a sweetener thrown in and that seventh pick could be just the ticket.<\/p>\n<h3>What it Means<\/h3>\n<p>General Manager Pierre Dorion is likely feeling the heat after declaring the rebuild over a little too prematurely. The seventh pick going to another team could be the key to getting a star player to come to the Canadian capital.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal is a team that wants to make a big splash with its second selection of the draft. The Habs will pick first, but they&#8217;d like to get another young pick sooner rather than later. Trading with Ottawa could be an idea. However, there&#8217;s the matter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/priceca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carey Price<\/a>&#8216;s status. Is the $10 million dollar goalie ready to go or is he still injured?<\/p>\n<p>Murray could be a stopgap and backup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/allenja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Allen<\/a> or challenge him for the starting job. However, is Montreal willing to have that much money locked into the crease? It&#8217;s possible Murray could be flipped to someone else, but the Canadiens might want to talk to the Senators if they want to make a splash.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Matt Murray starts tonight against Montreal! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoSensGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#GoSensGo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8SsweJgDUm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/8SsweJgDUm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ottawa Senators (@Senators) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Senators\/status\/1497606863466151943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NHL Draft is just days away and teams are trying to make moves. Draft spots are highly coveted, but can also be used as trade bait. Players might also be used to sweeten the deal. Ottawa Sun reporter Bruce Garrioch said an Ottawa Senators goalie might be tossed in with the No. 7 pick [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":130370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4321,4547,7,4548,8],"tags":[5853,1752,199,2433,478,6126,6095],"class_list":["post-130369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rumours","category-hockey","category-canadiens","category-nhl","category-senators","tag-2022-nhl-draft","tag-anton-forsberg","tag-carey-price","tag-filip-gustavsson","tag-matt-murray","tag-montreal-canadiens-rumours","tag-ottawa-senators-rumours"],"modified_by":"Connor Lapalme","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}