Speculation: Melnyk and Murray spotted at NHL head office.

[StefanW]

Suggestions are that it could have been related to the rescheduling of one of our Friday night games to a Saturday afternoon as Carolina needs to play a makeup game and cant play 3 in 3 nights. So Ottawa Afternoon Senators to the rescue.

Doesn't explain the secrecy or why everyone is hush hush about the contents of the meeting.

 

[harvey]

Doesn't explain the secrecy or why everyone is hush hush about the contents of the meeting.

I'm sure it's lobbying for the outdoor game at Landsdown vs montreal

 

[Filatov2Kovalev2Bonk]

And our game gets moved to noon. So this is likely what the meeting was about.

Why would you need MElnyk or Murray in New York for this?
Did they fly to New York when other games were rescheduled? Seems excessive...

 

[SenzZen]

Why would you need MElnyk or Murray in New York for this?
Did they fly to New York when other games were rescheduled? Seems excessive...

And why would Melnyk need Murray with him in order to present his forensic findings?


This story is like a Rorschach test.

 

[PatrickEaves]

I don't understand you people. It's not exactly difficult to have more than one subject covered in a single meeting, especially when it's still expensive to fly in to meet face to face. I'd say it's likely they talked about multiple topics.

 

[thinkwild]

Doesn't explain the secrecy or why everyone is hush hush about the contents of the meeting.

The last few times that Murray and Melnyk met at the league offices in New York, i dont recall any announcements about the meeting either. Not sure i would read too much into what appears to be standard practice in meetings with the league lawyers, it could be related to myriad business issues we'd never have thought of.

Maybe it only seems like secrecy because we have latched onto a great conspiracy theory, have affirmed it through confirmation bias, and now cant believe they wont reveal their private business meetings to us. But Bettman as lawyer wont speak. If Euge has something to say he still may, although it seems we are emergency rescheduling an afternoon game which surely involves a lot of logistics and contracts and paperwork.

 

[Super Cake]

Come on guys, the only reason why melnyk went to the nhl hq is because he wanted permission to build a statue of himself right outside the ctc center. I thought this was common sense?