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 mukutsinhana nesarudzo yechitanhatu-kutenderera muna 2013. Musi waJuly 5, 2013 waizova zuva remanzwiro akavhenganiswa eguta uye vateveri, sezvo kaputeni wenguva refu Daniel Alfredsson akasaina chibvumirano chegore rimwe chete neDetroit Red Wings, achisiya Ottawa mushure memwaka gumi nemanomwe neSenators uye gumi nemana semutungamiriri. 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 Draft vanosarudza muna 2014
. Murray aizoisawo chiratidzo chemahara agent mberi Clarke MacArthur kune chibvumirano chemakore maviri zuva rimwe chetero uye aizoisa chiratidzo chemahara agent mudziviriri Joe Corvo kune chibvumirano chegore rimwe mazuva matatu gare gare musi waJuly 8.