Ottawa Senators GM Bryan Murray achieved a few things in what wasn't exactly a blockbuster trade Tuesday.
He acquired from Boston what he viewed as much-needed grit and size for his checking line in veteran Shean Donovan while also clearing up valuable salary cap space in the process.
He'll need that space when signing restricted free agent Ray Emery to a new contract. Ottawa's starting goalie has a salary arbitration hearing scheduled for next Tuesday in Toronto and no matter what happens he'll get a big raise over the US$925,000 he earned last season.
Now the Senators have room to accommodate that raise, shedding Peter Schaefer's contract, which calls for a $2.1-million salary next season and $2.3 million in both the 2008-09 and '09-10 seasons.
Senators set sights on Emery after completing trade Tuesday
07-17-2007, 04:30 PM
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