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, 'yan majalisar dattijai sun yi musayar tsohon dan wasan Sergei Gonchar zuwa Dallas Stars a musayar zagaye na shida na zagaye a
A shekara ta 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, yayin da Murray ya sami tauraron dan wasan Bobby Ryan daga Anaheim Ducks a musayar Jakob Silfverberg, Stefan Noesen da zagaye na farko a 2014. Murray zai kuma sanya hannu kan dan wasan gaba mai kyauta Clarke MacArthur zuwa kwangilar shekara biyu a wannan ranar kuma zai sanya hannu kan dan wasan mai kare Joe Corvo zuwa kwangilar shekara daya kwanaki uku bayan haka a ranar 8 ga Yuli.