Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mwaka unotevera, Ottawa yaizopikiswa kudzokorora kubudirira kwavakaita muna 2011<unk>12, nekuda kwekukuvara kwenguva refu kune vatambi vakakosha vakaita saErik Karlsson, Jason Spezza, Milan Michalek naCraig Anderson. Pasinei nekukuvara uku, maSenator aizopedza wechinomwe muEastern Conference uye mutungamiri mukuru Paul MacLean aizoenderera mberi kukunda Jack Adams Award semudzidzisi weNHL wegore. Ottawa yaizotamba yechipiri-yakasimwa Montreal Canadiens mumutambo wekutanga wekutamba, pakupedzisira ichikunda mumitambo mishanu, ichiputika Montreal 6<unk>1 mumitambo yechitatu nechishanu. MaSenator aizoenderera mberi kunotamba nePittsburgh Penguins iri pamusoro-soro mumutambo wechipiri, nguva ino ichirasikirwa mumitambo mishanu. Munguva yemwaka wepakati, maSenator akatengesa mutambi wenhabvu Sergei Gonchar kuenda kuDallas Stars kunosarudzwa kwechitanhatu-kutenderera mudhirowa ra2013. Musi waJuly 5, 2013, raizova zuva remanzwiro akasiyana-siyana muguta racho uye kuvateveri, sezvo mutungamiri wenguva refu Daniel Alfredsson akasaina chibvumirano chegore rimwe chete neDetroit Red Wings, achisiya Ottawa mushure memwaka 17 neSenators uye 14 semutungamiri. Kusayina kwacho kwakakatyamadza vateveri vakawanda muguta rose uye vazhinji mukati mesangano reSenators. Zuva rakapera zvakanaka, zvisinei, sezvo Murray akawana nyeredzi mberi Bobby Ryan kubva Anaheim Ducks mukutsinhana mberi Jakob Silfverberg, Stefan Noesen uye wokutanga-kumativi sarudza muna 2014 nyora
. Tariro yakanga iri yokuti Ryan aizova munhu aizotamba pamutsetse wapamusoro naJason Spezza pashure pokuenda kwaAlfredsson. Murray aizoisawo chiratidzo chemahara-agent kumberi Clarke MacArthur kune chibvumirano chemakore maviri zuva rimwe chetero uye kudzosa aimbove mudziviriri Joe Corvo kune chibvumirano chegore rimwe chete mazuva matatu gare gare musi waChikunguru 8, 2013.