Eric Gryba Traded to Edmonton & Rest of Ottawa’s Draft

OTTAWA, ON – OCTOBER 25: Eric Gryba #62 of the Ottawa Senators prepares for a faceoff against the New Jersey Devils during an NHL game at Canadian Tire Centre on October 25, 2014 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images)With no third round pick thanks to the team’s ill-fated decision to acquire Ales Hemsky at the 2014 trade deadline, the Senators wound up acquiring Travis Ewanyk and the 107th pick in the fourth round of the 2015 NHL Draft from the Edmonton Oilers for defenceman Eric Gryba.

With Erik Karlsson and Cody Ceci being the only natural right defencemen under contract, by shedding Gryba, the move potentially clears the way for the…