Kyle Turris speaking in Vancouver on the end of his time in Ottawa: “It’s tough because I think management did want to sign me, but I think that the owner didn’t. And that was his decision.”
Reaction to the Turris quote from Senators GM Pierre Doiron: Everything in hockey goes through me. Not Mr. Melnyk... The contract he signed with them, he wouldn't make it with us. It's that simple. https://twitter.com/ArashMadani/stat...70297783992320
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Kyle Turris speaking in Vancouver on the end of his time in Ottawa: “It’s tough because I think management did want to sign me, but I think that the owner didn’t. And that was his decision.”
Reaction to the Turris quote from Senators GM Pierre Doiron: Everything in hockey goes through me. Not Mr. Melnyk... The contract he signed with them, he wouldn't make it with us. It's that simple. https://twitter.com/ArashMadani/stat...70297783992320
I don't know why Turris would lie about that and given that Melnyk is a known penny pincher I may side with the player on this one. When you look at the Duchesne trade which has turned out to be a disaster to date and that Karlsson looks to have one foot out the door I would say Doirion's level of suckage is also pretty high. Knowing Melnyk I'm sure Doirion has his hands tied to an extent but that deal never made a lot of sense to me nor did that Burrows trade and immediate $5 million extension as he's got 6 points in 29 games. Strange moves.
Last edited by Erick Estrada; 12-13-2017 at 06:21 PM.
There’s no “For sale” sign on the Ottawa Senators.
Team owner Eugene Melynk told Postmedia in an email on Wednesday night he wanted to set the record straight about reports his team had been sold, rumours captain Erik Karlsson is being traded and to respond to comments by former Ottawa centre Kyle Turris.
“I am NOT selling the team — period,” said Melnyk in the email. “My kids (had) first call on the franchise long ago.”
Melnyk, 58, said the source of the talk he’s selling may be the result of a routine refinancing of the team’s debt he’s working on right now.
“Let me set the record straight. I have no idea how a reporter fabricated a fiction about my selling the team,” Melnyk said. “These stories pop up out of nowhere probably from someone ‘hearing something’.
“(The) only thing I can think of is our routine refinancing of our debt involves a financial ‘roadshow’. Virtually every major Canadian, international and American bank have attended one of over 20 presentations in Toronto, Ottawa and New York.
“This involves accountants, bankers and lawyers. I am not directly involved in this process except for the occasional visit and greetings. Hence, where the sale story must have come from.”
Melnyk said part of the reason the Senators had to request Karlsson’s 10-team “no-trade” list was because of the refinancing.
“This is where the (Karlsson) contract request emanated from,” Melnyk added. “ALL material contracts are reviewed in a process called due diligence — from snow removal to food and beverage to players.”
Melnyk added, jokingly: “I assure you (Karlsson) is ‘material’. ”
With all due respect, as a guy who's done a fair bit of due diligence work, that stuff about the LNTC list is BS, IMO. You might review the contracts, but you don't have to have a list like that. They would just note that he has such a right in his contract.
Sens possibly sold?
