Owner Eugene Melnyk says he has no plans to relocate Ottawa Senators
TORONTO — Just a few weeks after enraging fans with his musings about possibly moving his NHL team, Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk says he has no plans to relocate the club and remains committed to bringing a Stanley Cup to the city.
Last month, Melnyk raised the idea of a move during the city’s festivities to mark the NHL’s 100th anniversary, saying “if it doesn’t look good here, it could look very, very nice somewhere else.”
“That hit a nerve in Ottawa that really kind of exploded and it wasn’t meant to hit the nerve of the city,” Melnyk told The Canadian Press in an interview Wednesday. “There’s no thought in my mind (of relocation).
“There’s no reason it can’t work in Ottawa. You’ve got to just find the right solution and we can do that.”