http://www.sportsnet.ca/590/prime-time-sports/
Good stuff by Maclean on melnyk right at the beginning. He's just guessing though on murray being pushed out.
Sens-related Sound Bytes from Doug Maclean (for people who don't care to listen)
re: the coaching change & Eugene Melnyk
- "For me, it's enough already. Eugene's got to look this one right in the eye. Everyone talks about Brian Murray firing coaches, come on, Eugene is all over this one. He was all over (Paul) Maclean too. He gets to hate coaches faster than Bryan Murray does. I've had my fill of this. And now today they say 'we're going to hire the best coach possible', yeah right. You're going to give Claude Julien $3-4mil to come in there? And if they do,
if they do, it'll come right off the player's salaries. That's where the money will come from. So enough already of... I've had my fill of it. I know, 7 coaches in 10 years... Eugene, he can say whatever he wants on your show, but he gets to hate them faster than anybody in hockey".
re: Melnyk talking about O'Connor starting early in the season/ questioning choices in opening games
- "You don't say that with 9 games left in the season. That's a group decision. This was the hottest goaltending prospect in the country when they signed him, there was umpteen teams chasing him. I get it that (starting him) was a mistake, but to say it with 9 games left in the season, to make a deal of it, to say "stupidity" in the same sentences, enough already. I have no idea where this goes."
re: do you think Bryan wanted to go?
- "Not a chance. Not a chance. Not a chance. I don't know if he was pushed (out), but something happened. I guarantee you something happened.