WHAT WOULD YOU CALL MURRAY'S APPROACH TO FEB. 28?

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Three veterans traded away in just a week, and it's not a housecleaning?

Well, according to Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray - it's not.

Leading up to the Feb. 28 trade deadline, Murray traded four-time 20-goal scorer Mike Fisher to the Nashville Predators for a first-round draft pick and a conditional draft pick before sending veteran forward Chris Kelly to the Boston Bruins for a second-rounder and Jarkko Ruutu to the Anaheim Ducks for a sixth.

That means a combined 28 goals and 29 assists this season are out the door with no production coming back, at least not for a couple of years.

Both Fisher and Kelly were Senators' draft picks and spent their entire careers in Ottawa.

And while the first- and second-round picks acquired in the Fisher and Kelly trades have a chance of turning into useful pieces for the Sens down the road, there's less chance that the sixth-rounder obtained in the Ruutu trade will pay dividends for Ottawa.

And if those three departed veterans aren't enough, there are still 10 days to go until the trade deadline and plenty of rumours swirling around that more veterans could be on their way out.

Next in line could be 12-year defenceman Chris Phillips, while could find himself in a different city come March 1. Captain Daniel Alfredsson could be the only player safe on the roster, but there's even been talk that Murray could ask him if he'd be willing to accept a trade.

So here's Dave's question to you: "Senators' GM Bryan Murray says of his approach to the trade deadline: 'I wouldn't call it a housecleaning'. What would you call it?"