It appears Bryan Murray is ready to lighten his workload with the Ottawa Senators.

According to the Ottawa Citizen, Murray will likely step down as general manager after this season as he continues to battle cancer.

"I think I've got to take a look at it at the end of this year," Murray told the Citizen's Wayne Scanlan in an interview. "My wife would like me to take off. Geri's been good, though. She says, 'I know you have to have something to do.' "I don't know whether I can just put my feet up."

His peers plan to honour Murray for his 33 years of service to the game at the NHL GM meetings in March.

Senators owner Eugene Melnyk would like Murray to choose his successor before he takes on an advisory role with the organization.

"All Eugene said to me was, 'you're going to pick the next guy, Bryan. Work with me on it, but you come up with when you're going to transfer it over.'"