Kammala wannan jumla: A kakar wasa mai zuwa, Ottawa za ta fuskanci kalubale don maimaita nasarar da suka samu a 2011<unk>12, saboda raunin da ya faru na tsawon lokaci ga manyan 'yan wasa kamar Erik Karlsson, Jason Spezza, Milan Michalek da Craig Anderson. Duk da waɗannan raunin, Sanatocin za su gama na bakwai a Gabas ta Gabas kuma babban kocin Paul MacLean zai ci gaba da lashe kyautar Jack Adams a matsayin kocin NHL na shekara. Ottawa za ta buga wasan Montreal Canadiens na biyu a zagaye na farko na wasan kwaikwayo, a ƙarshe ya ci nasara a wasanni biyar, yana busa Montreal 6<unk>1 a wasanni uku da biyar. Sanatocin za su ci gaba da buga wasan Pittsburgh Penguins a zagaye na biyu, a wannan lokacin sun yi asara a wasanni biyar. A lokacin hutun kakar wasa, Sanatocin sun yi musayar tsohon dan wasan Sergei Gonchar zuwa Dallas Stars don zaɓar zagaye na shida a cikin shirin 2013. 5 ga Yuli, 2013, zai zama ranar motsin rai ga birni da magoya baya, kamar yadda tsohon kyaftin Daniel Alfredsson ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar shekara guda tare da Detroit Red Wings, yana barin Ottawa bayan shekaru 17 tare da Sanatoci da 14 a matsayin kyaftin. Sa hannu ya girgiza magoya baya da yawa a duk faɗin birni da yawa a cikin ƙungiyar Sanata. Ranar ta ƙare da kyakkyawan fata, duk da haka, kamar yadda Murray ya sami tauraron dan wasan Bobby Ryan daga Anaheim Ducks a musayar Jakob Silfverberg, Stefan Noesen da kuma zagaye na farko a cikin
Tsarin shekarar 2014. Bege shi ne cewa Ryan zai zama mutumin da zai yi wasa a saman layi tare da Jason Spezza bayan tafiyar Alfredsson. Murray zai kuma sanya hannu kan 'yan wasa mai kyauta Clarke MacArthur zuwa kwangilar shekara biyu a wannan rana kuma ya dawo da tsohon mai kare Joe Corvo zuwa kwangilar shekara guda kwana uku bayan haka a ranar 8 ga Yuli, 2013.