from Brett Cyrgalis of the New York Post,

It’s becoming an embarrassment, for the NHL and for this noble capital.

The Senators are a laughingstock, a franchise that is rotting from the head down. Owner Eugene Melnyk has buried himself in debt and lawsuits, his frugality unheard of in modern professional sports. But more importantly, the business failings have led to an on-ice product not worthy of the league shield. Enough is enough.

It’s time for the NHL Board of Governors to step in and make Melnyk sell.

That could have been said many times over the past few years, but the latest incident has to be the final one. Melnyk went to Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut in 2017 and claims he was winning so big that the casino wouldn’t cash out his chips. They “induced [the] defendant to continue to gamble,” according to his legal defense. Yup, his defense is the casino made him keep gambling. If that was a legit defense, the casino would be broke.

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