Penguins trade Murray to Senators for 2nd-round pick
The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded goaltender Matt Murray to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for the 52nd overall selection in the 2020 draft and forward prospect Jonathan Gruden, the team announced Wednesday.
Pittsburgh drafted goaltender Joel Blomqvist with the pick acquired in the deal.
Murray, a restricted free agent, is coming off a three-year contract that carried a $3.75-million cap hit. The Senators should have no issue fitting him in their books, as the club has a projected $42 million in cap space this offseason, according to CapFriendly.
The Penguins recently signed goaltender Tristan Jarry to a three-year, $10.5-million extension, making Murray expendable.
The 26-year-old netminder is coming off his worst statistical season, posting a .899 save percentage across 38 games in 2019-20. For his career, Murray owns a .914 save percentage and 2.67 goals-against average along with two Stanley Cup rings.
Murray and Anders Nilsson will likely be Ottawa's goaltending tandem next season.