Sens' Murray embracing opportunity on young team 'stacked with talent'

Ottawa Senators netminder Matt Murray can't wait to see what the future has in store for his new club.

"I see a team that's heading in the right direction and heading there pretty quickly," Murray told reporters Thursday, according to TSN.

He added, "I paid a little bit of attention to what happened at the draft ... and this is a young team stacked with talent and heading in absolutely the right direction and a team I think anybody would be excited to be a part of and a team that has a really bright future."

The Senators selected 10 players in this week's draft, six of them - including German phenom Tim Stuetzle and American blue-liner Jake Sanderson - in the first two rounds.

Ottawa acquired Murray from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday in exchange for forward prospect Jonathan Gruden and the 52nd overall pick in the 2020 draft. The Penguins used that selection to add goaltender Joel Blomqvist.

The 26-year-old Murray is a restricted free agent and is in need of a new deal.

"I haven't heard anything on that front as of yet, but I'm sure my agent and the team are having talks and yeah, I definitely hope we can get something done so I can be here for years to come," Murray said.

Murray spent the first five years of his career with the Penguins and led the club to back-to-back Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017.