Murray ya fara da cinikin Mike Fisher zuwa Nashville Predators a musayar zagaye na farko a cikin
Tsarin shekarar 2011. Fisher ya riga yana da gida a Nashville tare da sabuwar matarsa Carrie Underwood. Cinikin Fisher, wanda aka fi so a Ottawa, ya haifar da karamin adawa da Underwood a cikin birni tare da hana waƙoƙin ta daga jerin waƙoƙin wasu gidajen rediyo na gida. Murray na gaba ya yi musayar Chris Kelly, wani tsohon soja, zuwa Boston Bruins don zagaye na biyu a cikin shirin 2011. Bayan 'yan kwanaki bayan haka, an tura wakili mai kyauta Jarkko Ruutu zuwa Anaheim Ducks a musayar zagaye na shida a 2011. An yi musayar masu tsaron gida tare da Colorado Avalanche wanda ya kawo Craig Anderson zuwa Ottawa a musayar Brian Elliott. Dukkanin masu tsaron gida biyu suna da yanayi na kasa kafin musayar. An yi musayar Alex Kovalev wanda ba shi da nasara ga Pittsburgh Penguins don zagaye na bakwai na zagaye. A ranar ƙarshe na musayar, Ottawa ya ɗauki mai tsaron gida Curtis McElhinney a kan abubuwan da aka yi watsi da su kuma ya yi musayar Chris Campoli tare da zagaye na bakwai zuwa Chicago Blackhawks don zagaye na biyu da Ryan Potulny. Goaltender Anderson ya taka rawar gani sosai a Ottawa, kuma ƙungiyar ta sa hannu da sauri ba da daɗewa ba za ta zama 'yanci ba tare da izini ba zuwa kwangilar shekara huɗu. Bayan hasashen kafofin watsa labarai game da makomar Murray a cikin kungiyar, an sake sanya Murray a matsayin babban manajan a ranar 8 ga Afrilu zuwa tsawaita shekaru uku. A ranar 9 ga Afrilu, an kori Kocin Cory Clouston da mataimakansa Greg Carvel da Brad Lauer daga mukaman su. Murray ya ce an yanke shawarar ne bisa la'akari da cewa kungiyar ta shiga kakar wasa ta yi imanin cewa ta kasance mai fafatawa, amma ta gama da rikodin 32 <unk> 40 <unk> 10. Tsohon mataimakin kocin Detroit Red Wings Paul MacLean an dauke shi a matsayin mai maye gurbin Clouston a ranar 14 ga Yuni, 2011.