Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Senators GM Bryan Murray will be looking to talk trade at the GM meetings. He’s looking to add a top 6 forward and to move up in the draft.
“We have a chance to get a good player this year. The draft, through the first round, is fairly decent,” said Murray. “There’s a variety of types. We know now that we’ve got a core of young players coming with a fair amount of talent.
“There’s a certain type of player that we’ll be looking for in that spot. It’s hard to say at the moment what that is, but a player who is going to fit into our hockey team in the future.”
Murray has spoken with four teams and suggested he’d be willing trade one of their top prospects as part of the package.
“I’ll have the opportunity to talk to a variety of managers for different teams,” said Murray. “Then, we’ll see if anybody is really interested in engaging and trying to do something for their team.
“Where we are right now (at No. 17) I don’t think we’ll get the Top 6 guy, but maybe that’s a possibility if we’re patient enough in three or four years. We might be able to get a better player if we want to move up, but you have to be willing to pay a price for that as well.”