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Flo The Action wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:any news on that mysterious trade?

has bobby ryan signed yet?

*sigh*

this is going to feel like a long summer. maybe Ryan wants the team to pull something to edge this team to being more competitive.

That's what Statspadzza wanted. Look how that ended up. "Predict Ryan's Return" thread to come?

well in all fairness a trade would be nice to add some scoring punch. quantity for quality type of deal, the kind that's been preached on and on by BM for the past years. honestly we could be talking about only a couple of mill in salary increased.

and yeah there's more and more talk coming from players about management/ownership making moves to bolster and commit to this team. it's becoming more and more apparent this is a problem. we lose ryan and it's a giant red flag.

wprager wrote:Well, according to some Random Useless Blogger, the NHL has had Melnyk and the Sens on their "Watch List" for quite a while.

sandysensfan wrote:

wprager wrote:Well, according to some Random Useless Blogger, the NHL has had Melnyk and the Sens on their "Watch List" for quite a while.

Don't like the sound of that..  Could they (the NHL) be looking for a buyer for the Sens?  Crosses fingers.

Hoags wrote:

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Former #TBLightning and #SYRCrunch defenseman Brian Lee, injured all last year, has retired. Getting into banking on FL's west coast.

Brian Lee is retiring.

Bolt Prospects ‏@BoltProspects wrote:

CORRECTION: Yesterday a bank in FL said former TB player Brian Lee, now retired, was its new branch manager. Tweet spread, Lee denied it...
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Bank error (in no one's favor). Turns out bank Brian played in AHL, not NHL. Different Brian Lee who played hockey. My apologies all around.

SpezDispenser wrote:Yeah, I think Ceci starts in the AHL no matter what.  Too many players, too little happening on the trade market, not gonna all work itself out that quick I don't think.

sandysensfan wrote:

wprager wrote:Well, according to some Random Useless Blogger, the NHL has had Melnyk and the Sens on their "Watch List" for quite a while.

Don't like the sound of that..  Could they (the NHL) be looking for a buyer for the Sens?  Crosses fingers.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

sandysensfan wrote:

wprager wrote:Well, according to some Random Useless Blogger, the NHL has had Melnyk and the Sens on their "Watch List" for quite a while.

Don't like the sound of that..  Could they (the NHL) be looking for a buyer for the Sens?  Crosses fingers.

Who else with deep enough pockets would want to keep the team in Ottawa?

Melnyk has been industrious in trying to grow the business by attempting to add MLS and a Casino only to have roadblocks thrown up by the City. How is that environment attractive to a buyer?

sandysensfan wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

sandysensfan wrote:

wprager wrote:Well, according to some Random Useless Blogger, the NHL has had Melnyk and the Sens on their "Watch List" for quite a while.

Don't like the sound of that..  Could they (the NHL) be looking for a buyer for the Sens?  Crosses fingers.

Who else with deep enough pockets would want to keep the team in Ottawa?

Melnyk has been industrious in trying to grow the business by attempting to add MLS and a Casino only to have roadblocks thrown up by the City. How is that environment attractive to a buyer?

Let's not go there with the council of the City of Ottawa.  They are just bad for business.  They would sooner save the harness racing than their hockey team.  That Casino issue was fixed in favour of the mayor.  It just made no sense in way of creation of jobs and more tax revenue for the City had they gone with the Melnyk bid.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

sandysensfan wrote:

wprager wrote:Well, according to some Random Useless Blogger, the NHL has had Melnyk and the Sens on their "Watch List" for quite a while.

Don't like the sound of that..  Could they (the NHL) be looking for a buyer for the Sens?  Crosses fingers.

Who else with deep enough pockets would want to keep the team in Ottawa?

Melnyk has been industrious in trying to grow the business by attempting to add MLS and a Casino only to have roadblocks thrown up by the City. How is that environment attractive to a buyer?

Hoags wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

sandysensfan wrote:

wprager wrote:Well, according to some Random Useless Blogger, the NHL has had Melnyk and the Sens on their "Watch List" for quite a while.

Don't like the sound of that..  Could they (the NHL) be looking for a buyer for the Sens?  Crosses fingers.

Who else with deep enough pockets would want to keep the team in Ottawa?

Melnyk has been industrious in trying to grow the business by attempting to add MLS and a Casino only to have roadblocks thrown up by the City. How is that environment attractive to a buyer?

Maybe Melnyk can't do anything in the city, but someone else could.  He doesn't exactly endear himself to people here, he doesn't even live here.  OSEG doesn't seem to have as much trouble.

If they can find owners for the Islanders and Coyotes they can most certainly find an owner for the Sens.  Especially after that massive TV deal they got.

sandysensfan wrote:An interview with Turris.  He said about the same thing that Cowen did about all players playing the same way.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=726121&navid=DL|NHL|home

shabbs wrote:The 6th Sens praises the Dallas Stars' quick action in making sure Spezza has a winger... something he says the Sens failed to accomplish...

http://the6thsens.com/2014-articles/spezza-speaks-praises-stars-ownership.html

Will be interesting in Dallas for sure...