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It's Eugene Melnyk's Team

12/18/2015 at 1:58pm EST

from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun,

Eugene Melnyk fired back at his rivals for Lebreton Flats Friday, serving notice that his NHL club will not play in a rink owned by someone else.

The Senators’ owner told reporters before his charity skate at the Canadian Tire Centre he can’t understand why the competing bid to redevelop the prime piece of Ottawa real estate, from DCDLS group, has included an NHL arena. Melnyk said if they think they can buy the hockey club, it’s not for sale.

“I think it’s misleading to tell you the truth. I mean, come on,” said Melnyk. “You guys gotta read through this stuff. How in God’s name do they want to build an arena? I don’t get it. There’s no NHL team available.

“This team is my team. My daughter has already taken first dibs on it when I go to Heaven, ‘When you go to heaven can I have the Senators? Yeah, I guess so.’

"The long and short of it, the team is not for sale and never will be in my lifetime for sure. No. 2, you can’t come into my territory. What’s the matter with you?

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