from Wayne Scanlan of Sportsnet,

When Eugene Melnyk speaks, the punch lines tend to write themselves.

For the first time in months, the owner of the Ottawa Senators spoke on radio shows in Toronto and Ottawa Thursday and Friday, and the interviews left the expected trail of carnage.

On 580 CFRA in Ottawa Friday morning, Melnyk said that Ottawa mayor Jim Watson should keep his mouth shut, in the aftermath of the collapse of a plan that would have created a new downtown NHL arena for the Senators. Melnyk ripped the Toronto Maple Leafs rebuild — “somebody forgot about defence.” He also called the Ottawa sports station that broadcasts Senators hockey “bush league” for asking general manager Pierre Dorion to listen to a taped call from a concerned fan.

On social media, the “bush league” remark went viral as popular Ottawa radio host Ian Mendes tweeted, “So, Eugene Melnyk just called me “bush league” on the air. So there’s that…”

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