Watching young kids develop is fun but this rebuild is a joke, the moves this off season were all cost cutting moves not asset building , which is what this team should have been doing with all it's cap space.
This is not a rebuild this is a restructuring of Melynks debt due to lope holes in the LTIR CBA clause. Their is not one single hockey move that was not about cutting costs. This is a recipe for disaster of epic proportions!
Is one thing to have a youth movement but one flaw in these dumbies plan is that sometimes these prospects don't pan out. What will they do then? Sign some UFA's , B.S. we know scrooge is too cheap and the good UFA's would even take Dorion's calls? Trades well we know Dorion will get fleeced.
Melynk is every pro-sports fans worst nightmare as a owner. Washed up has been Billionaire that does not care about the team, franchise or the city. A complete embarrassment to the NHL and pro-sports. He is everything a NHL owner should not be and makes the league look bad period.
Dorion is a horrible GM and in any other organization would have never been given the job. He is nothing but a puppet for this lunatic boss and is obviously out classed by other GM's. His lies and excuses and fake contract offers, doing Melynks dirty work shows he has 0 integrity as GM that you could trust your franchise with. He is a glorified scout at best.
Allowing these two crooks to run this franchise is black eye on the NHL , while some people loath Bettman , the fact he has let this crazy owner and his joke of a organization continue to with this dog and pony show is one of Bettman's low point in his tenure.
Bettman's job is too make sure we have solid ownership of all teams and made sure they are run properly in the best interest of the players, the league and the fans. He has failed to intervene or force crazy Melynk out or atleast abide by some kind of proper structure. He has let the inmate run the asylum to the point of disgrace.
The media! How the hell does anyone in their right mind not be calling this franchise out on a daily basis baffles me. Maybe Melynk has made this team to point everyone has given up on it but I feel NHL media personality's have gone soft on this team.NHL media will over analyze every trade,signing or lack of that it becomes their daily story. If one of these media companies really did their job they would expose Melynk and his borderline Ponzi scheme he is running in this city. You could honestly do a weekly series on all the crap Melynk does and get some crazy ratings because it is modern day soap opera series bigger then peter pocklington or Bruce mcnall. Just waiting for a indictment on Melynk for fraud and it may come. Team 1200 and BG and rest of Ottawa media are so soft scared if being blacklisted that they have become untrustworthy for so many years.
The fans and city and the league deserve better then this crook and his con-man Dorion to ruin this once well respected franchise to the point the worst ran pro-sports franchise in the world!
God bless the fans who are so passionate about this team that we see past all the b.s. and criticism of every dumb move made and call the team out. We could just sit back and not care but that is not Ottawa Senators fans we are the most passionate fans and will burn you at the stake or praise you! We are forgiving and understanding to a point but to try and make us look like fools with your B.S. rebuild is a insult to our intelligence! You are not smarter then the fans , you just happen to be the owner for now but not for long!
We will watch the games , tv or maybe in person but we will not buy the bullshit any longer. We do this cause we love the team and are fighting for the average fan that does not have a fricken clue but we will fight when this team franchise and city is being taken advantage of.
I am sorry for the crazy long post but I can't hold my tongue or my post back anymore. I love the players and trust them only. Everything else in the organization other then the fans stink like B.S..
I have worked for the NHL in the stats Dept a decade ago and have ties to local media and corporate sponsorers, I don't ask for inside information but I did break the counter suit and hopefully one day I get some I do on the day that Melynk is on his way out.
Peace everyone!
