Senators' Spezza submits list of 10 teams he doesn't want to be traded to
The trade winds are beginning to blow strong out of Ottawa, with captain Jason Spezza right in the thick of it. The Senators, however, can't just send him anywhere due to the nature of his contract; as such, Spezza has narrowed the field to 19 desirable destinations.
Jason Spezza have a modified no trade clause in his contract. He gave the Senators a list of 10 teams where he doesn't want to be traded.
— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) June 12, 2014
The prevailing thought is that Ottawa will look to send him out West, with the St. Louis Blues, Anaheim Ducks and Nashville Predators serving as potential landing spots.
Now that Spezza's request has been made public, general manager Bryan Murray said he'll do his best to accommodate - albeit reluctantly - while keeping the Senators competitive in the process.
“I don’t want to trade the guy, really, and I know I won’t get the value, in all likelihood that I should get for him,” Murray said, via the Ottawa Citizen. “But I think that Jason feels maybe there’s a change that he would like to have happen, and if that’s the case we’ll try to do what we can ... Obviously I’d like to win a hockey game next year, so getting a player back that can play in the league, that has played in the league, would be important."