from Ken Warren of the Ottawa Citizen,

Among the statements and answers:

Eugene Melnyk on the club’s rebuilding phase:

“We’re not going to win the Stanley Cup next year. We all know that.” He hopes the time frame to seriously challenge for the top is “three to five years”

Melnyk on trying to re-sign Erik Karlsson to an extension on July 1:

“There’s only so far you can go, but we’re going to go as far as we can”

Dorion on Karlsson:

“Erik is a special player. We want Erik Karlsson to be an Ottawa Senator as long as possible.”

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More here, also from Ken Warren.