Melnyk's letter to the fans

[KPower]

seems like the trendy thing these days...

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[KPower]

 

[3074326]

Honestly, it's a bunch of empty words. His actions have said plenty.

 

[member 105785]

"please don't hang me in city hall"

 

[HollaHaula]

"When I came on board, the Ottawa Senators were in deep financial trouble."

"I have demonstrated my commitment to giving you the best possible team over and over again."

Excuse me....?

 

[Korpse]

Letter is likely a response to how poorly season ticket renewals have been going.

 

[oXo Cube]

Yeah OK Eugene.

 

[Mitchy]

In other words, "don't get mad at me for being a cheapskate."

 

[A1LeafNation]

LOL, what a joke of a owner. Sens fans deserve better!

 

[robertmac43]

I like how he calls for the season-seat holders to be united....."Please do not leave, we have a hard enough time filling the seats"

 

[Rygu]

Sounds like a shitty time to be a Sens fan.

 

[Super Hans]

I wonder what metric he was using when he said, "we have had Canada's most successful NHL on-ice performance over the past 15 years," but a quick check has Vancouver having more points (and being closer the a Stanley Cup win, along with Calgary and Edmonton).

 

[IamNotADancer]

Did he write it on the back of the sign he took away from that fan?

 

[Bazeek]

That letter offers all the warmth and reassurance of a letter sent by a venture capital firm to the employees of a company it just took over.

 

[S3rkie]

Is it me or did that not really say anything very carefully. It's basically a bunch of fluff words justifying the moves they made/didn't make this year, while saying it takes a long term plan to fix this dumpster fire. I won't tell you exactly what that plan is, but It sure will take one of those plan things. Oh also remember when we made the conference finals, that was fun right? I'm awesome, please love me again.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

How many more vague hockey cliches could he fit in there?

His speech writer missed the "give 110%, roll 4 lines, take it one game at a time" ones.

 

[GodEmperor]

"Btw if anybody has an extra brain they could lend me, that'd be awesome <3 you babes kiss kiss"

 

[A1LeafNation]

I wonder what metric he was using when he said, "we have had Canada's most successful NHL on-ice performance over the past 15 years," but a quick check has Vancouver having more points (and being closer the a Stanley Cup win, along with Calgary and Edmonton).

NHL.com - Stats

 

[BHD]

Same old song and dance from him. Tries to save face as the team "rebuilds" - or make makes because he's cheap. The fans deserve better.

 

[JETZZZ]

"I am just as committed to the Ottawa Senators and keeping them in the city of Ottawa as i was since the Heritage Cla-uhhh 2003"

 

[Golden_Jet]

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What about the rest of the letter.?

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Poor attempt at recreating the Rangers management's letter.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

Letter is likely a response to how poorly season ticket renewals have been going.

This.

The problem is that Eugene Melnyk can say all the right things at this point, but no one will believe him. His credibility is shot.

I think the Senators are embarking on a full rebuild, and this letter hints at it. I don't think they can reveal their "the plan", or really be straight forward about it right now because an integral part of "the plan" involves trading Erik Karlsson to kick start a rebuild. So they can't really reveal that until it happens.

People will say "but Dorion wanted to make a hockey trade" with Erik Karlsson. I think hockey trade is lingo for "give me a young player far enough along in their development that I know even if everybody else busts, I'll have something to show for Karlsson". It doesn't mean, give me players I can win the cup with next year. Dorion wants a Sergachev, or a Theodore, someone who is NHL ready and even if the 3-4 1st round pieces that he gets in a trade otherwise never pan out, he knows 5 years from now he'll have at least one player from the Karlsson trade playing a key role on the Senators.

 

[blood gin]

As an addendum I frown upon non-reimbursed UBER joyrides.

Love,

Gene

 

[IceNeophyte]

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I don't see the words "selling the team" anywhere in there.