Have you ever heard of the phrase " you get what you pay for"?
Well everyone knows that every owner that the Senators have had, since they returned to the NHL, has had to adhere to an internal budget, that reflects the econmic reality of the market, that the franchise has and is operated in.
The current owner has said that he is running the team on the revenues it generates, and that is his privilege as the owner, like it or not, but that's a fact you can't control, or change.
So he's not going to "give you the team you want" because the you, and the rest of the market can't afford it.
Just because some of us understand the economics of the market place and the reasoning behind how ALL the owners of the Senators have had to operate the franchise, does not mean we "support the current owner", we've accepted that he's a dooffus, and has very bad communication skills among a number of negative characteristics ........... but we can separate the owner, from the team, and support the team.
And IF there's an ownership change, there will be a honeymoon period, you and the EM haters will give the owner........ but sooner or later, you and the haters will recognize the new owner will fact the same economic issues of operating in a small (if not the smallest) Canadian NHL Market, and you will come to hate the new owner too.
However, once the team is relocated to Lebreton flats ........ some of the marketplace's economic hurdles will be removed, and it will get easier to operate an NHL franchise at that location .......... but you still won't get "the team that you want".
