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PHILADELPHIA - After sitting idle without a first-rounder in the NHL draft, one Ottawa Senators scout was thrilled to get to make some picks on Day 2. Custom San Francisco Giants Jerseys . "The scouts were happy," general manager Bryan Murray said. "I think somebody shook my hand at the end." That wasnt the handshake Murray went into the weekend hoping for. And try as he did, he was unable to consummate a trade to give centre Jason Spezza his wish to leave Ottawa. "I called the teams or took calls from teams that were interested," Murray said Saturday. "We talked about the return, the type of deal we wanted to make. In a couple of cases there was real interest and it went away. So I dont know whether it was because of the draft and on the day of the draft picks are very valuable, whether that was part of it or it was something different." Murray wanted a first-round pick, a roster player and a prospect for his captain, who has a limited no-trade clause and thus the power to refuse to go to 10 teams. One of those 10 is Nashville, which had a deal worked out to get Spezza that couldnt go through because he didnt agree to go to the Predators. "David (Poile) talked to me and we couldnt go there," Murray said. "I told (Spezzas agent) Rick Curran that today, I had a deal sitting there if I wanted to do it, but he was on the list of no-gos." A Senators-Predators deal mightve landed Ottawa the 11th pick. Instead, Poile pulled the trigger on getting winger James Neal from the Pittsburgh Penguins for Patric Hornqvist and Nick Spaling. Considering that and the Anaheim Ducks trade with the Vancouver Canucks for centre Ryan Kesler, Murray knows that "the field narrows a little bit." Murray estimated that he talked to four or five teams about Spezza and that three expressed fairly serious interest. It never worked out, leaving everyone in the situation still hanging. “Im sure its disappointing for him, its disappointing for me because Id like to accommodate him if I could, but he does have a year left on his contract," Murray said. "If thats the case well have a pretty good player for next year." Or its possible that teams circle back to the Senators after July 1 if they dont land Paul Stastny or another free-agent centre. As far as Ottawas approach to the start of free agency, thats affected by Spezza, too. "I dont know, thats the problem," Murray said. "Part of your decision is what can you spend, where does it fit and what do you get in return for a certain player? If you dont know that, then its harder." Unable to get anything done on the Spezza front, the Senators made five picks to stock up for the future. They took defenceman Andreas Englund 40th, defenceman Miles Gendron 70th, forward Shane Eiserman 100th, defenceman Kelly Summers 189th and left-winger Francis Perron 190th. The 189th pick, a seventh-rounder, Ottawa got from the Winnipeg Jets for a 2015 sixth-rounder. That was the only trade Murray was able to make in Philadelphia. "It just seemed to me there were a lot of phone calls, a lot of talking, people interested, but nothing really happened," he said. "I had to make one trade at the end, a seventh-round pick for the sixth next year just to say I did something. So that was my accomplishment." San Francisco Giants Shirts .Hoffenheim forward Anthony Modeste opened the scoring on a counterattack in the 15th minute, shooting though Jaroslav Drobnys legs after Lewis Holtby lost the ball in midfield. 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To replace his iconic talisman, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers could look to another player out of contract in the summer in Aston Villa midfielder Fabian Delph. The Daily Mail reports that the Reds are looking to bring in the England international, but might have to wait until the summer to do so. Delph would want assurances of first-team football, something that Rodgers might be unable to guarantee at this time. Liverpool can expect competition from Spurs for the former Leeds mans services. Diego-ing Nowhere? In-demand centre-back Diego Godin doesnt look to be leaving Spanish champions Atletico Madrid any time soon. With reports of interest from the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester City, the 28-year-old Uruguay international has no intentions of heading to England in the near future. Time will tell, it is difficult to know where I will be playing in the future but I would like to stay many years with Atletico, Godin tells the Daily Express. Giants Jerseys 2019. At this point, I feel that Im in the best time of my career and I see my retirement as a long way off. While Godin might wish to stay with the Champions League runners-up, it is believed that there is a ￡28.5 million release clause in his contract. If United fail to pursuade Godin to leave Spain, Valencias Argentine international Nicolas Otamendi could be an alternative target. No Mans Land? Hatem Ben Arfas future is very much up in the air. Hull City manager Steve Bruce confirmed on Thursday that the Tigers were in the process of cancelling the French international midfielders season-long loan. Im disappointed more than anything, Bruce told the BBC. We brought him in on a wave of publicity and there has been no fall-out or slanging match. His views of the game are different to mine. At any club you need to have a certain work ethic to get in the team. Thats the frustrating thing. The 27-year-old has appeared nine times for Hull this season and hasnt found the net. The problem for Ben Arfa is that parent club Newcastle doesnt seem to have any desire in bringing back to St. James Park, either. He wont be coming back here, thats all I can say, said Toon boss Alan Pardew of a potential return. Ben Arfa is in his fifth season in England after coming over from Marseille in 2010. ' ' '