Senators’ Andre Burakovsky On His Way Out Of Ottawa

As a pending unrestricted free agent, 31-year-old Andre Burakovsky's stint with the Ottawa Senators will be a very brief one. The team acquired him back in June from the Chicago Blackhawks for a sixth-round draft pick. Low cost, and a low return: He has zero points in his eight games played. 

The former first-round pick (2013 NHL Draft, 23rd overall) has been a healthy scratch twice this season in Ottawa, and has missed chunks of games due to injury.

Insider Elliotte Friedman tells us that the Sens are looking to move out Burakovsky in a trade.

The Andre Burakovsky situation just hasn't worked out very well for everybody involved, the team and the player. (He's) not in the lineup... 

I believe the Senators are out there looking to see if they can find a fresh start for him.

Friedman added that he believes the Senators, who currently have $3M in cap space, will be looking to add to their lineup this season. 

"I can't say if (the Burakovsky move) is going to be part of something to add, or it's just going to be to move him and then create more opportunity for them to add (down the line). But right now, Burakovsky's name is out there. Unfortunately, the marriage hasn't worked." 

The Austrian forward has a $5.5 milion cap hit, and does hold a 10-team no-trade clause. Ottawa has two retention slots available to it, and it would seem that in order to make a deal, they would most certainly have to use one of them. 

Burakovsky, who was twice a 20-goal scorer earlier in his career, has barely been able to scratch out double digits in goals the past two seasons, with the Blackhawks and before that, the Seattle Kraken.