Murray akatanga nekutengeswa kwaMike Fisher kuNashville Predators mukutsinhana kwekutanga-kutenderera kusarudzwa mu2011 draft
. Fisher akanga atova nomusha muNashville nomudzimai wake mutsva Carrie Underwood. Kutengeswa kwaFisher, aidiwa nevateveri muOttawa, kwakatungamira kune diki anti-Underwood backlash muguta nekurambidzwa kwenziyo dzake kubva pane zvinyorwa zvevamwe nhepfenyuro dzemuno. Murray akazochinjanisa Chris Kelly, mumwe murwi, kuBoston Bruins nokuda kwekusarudza kwechipiri mumutambo we2011. Mazuva mashomanana gare gare, ari kumirira unrestricted vakasununguka mumiririri Jarkko Ruutu akatumirwa kuna Anaheim Ducks mukutsinhana kuti rechitanhatu-kumativi pick muna 2011. Kuchinjana kwevarindi vemikombe kwakaitwa neColorado Avalanche iyo yakaunza Craig Anderson kuOttawa mukutsinhana naBrian Elliott. Vachengeti vose vari vaviri vakanga vane mwaka wakaderera pamberi pokutengeserana. Alex Kovalev, mutambi wenhabvu asingabudiriri, akatengeswa kuPittsburgh Penguins nokuda kwokusarudzwa mumutambo wechinomwe. Pazuva rekupedzisira rekutengeserana, Ottawa yakatora muchengeti wepagedhi Curtis McElhinney pane zvisizvo, uye yakatengesa Chris Campoli aine wechinomwe-kutenderera kusarudza kuChicago Blackhawks kune wechipiri-kutenderera kusarudza uye Ryan Potulny. Goalkeeper Anderson akatamba zvakanaka kwazvo pasi pechitambanuko cheOttawa, uye chikwata chakakurumidza kusaina uyo aizokurumidza kuva asina rusununguko rusununguko kune chibvumirano chemakore mana. Mushure mekufungidzira kwenhau nezveramangwana raMurray mukati mesangano, Murray akasainwazve semaneja mukuru musi waApril 8, kune yekuwedzera kwemakore matatu. Musi waApril 9, Murairidzi Mukuru Cory Clouston nevabatsiri Greg Carvel naBrad Lauer vakadzingwa pabasa ravo. Murray akati chisarudzo chakaitwa zvichibva pakuti chikwata chakapinda mumwaka ichifunga kuti chaive mukwikwidzi, asi chakapedza ne32 <unk> 40 <unk> 10 rekodhi. Aimbova Detroit Red Wings Mubatsiri Mudzidzisi Paul MacLean akabhadharwa semutsivi waClouston musi waJune 14, 2011.