Ottawa Senators Beat The Bushes And Drop The Maple Leafs

Even after a dominating win over the lackluster Leafs, Murray is still scouring the league looking for potential top-six help, and a way out from under first-round bust Brian Lee's two year deal, a deal he himself signed.

With ESPN's Pierre Lebrun now speaking openly about Murray offering Lee around the league, and the Sens cap concerns growing all the more pressing with every passing game, somethings gotta give.

The problem is, nobody’s willing to give anything for Lee. In fact, most teams expect to get something in return for taking him and his salary off of the Sens roster and books.

The performance of off-season depth acquisition David Hale has made Lee's presence all the more unneeded but the Sens are loathe to waive him and receive nothing in return for a first round pick, even if it was made by a previous regime.

Chatter has it the NYI have offered to take Lee, if a second rounder is tucked into his pocket.

Murray would sooner waive him, and that’s where it is soon headed if something can’t be done by the end of the week.

Foligno has apparently drawn some interest from around the league, but no doubt his being O-fer this season means teams hope to get him for next to nothing.

Rumour has it there has been some reach out from the Oil around a Cogs for Foligno swap, but really, what would the Sens gain in another smallish player?

I suspect Murray would sooner wait out Foligno’s slump than deal from a position of weakness.

The talk around Camps to Columbus just won’t go away, but so far Howson is unwilling to accept Lee as part of the package for Hejda and Murray can’t add so much salary without throwing in Lee's two year, one-way deal.

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