https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/wheelin-wednesday-why-alfie-left-sens-canadian-teams-round-maguire

A story has surfaced regarding Daniel Alfredsson's most recent departure from the Ottawa Senators. It suggests Alfredsson was asked by team owner Eugene Melnyk to shift to the upcoming Lebreton Flats development as opposed to working in the hockey operations department. Allegedly Alfredsson responded by saying he was a hockey player, is a hockey guy and knows nothing about building and development all to a nonplused Mr. Melnyk who stated that was his wish. Alfredsson for the second time exited stage door left. We'll see if anything else comes to the fore. Another thought that's been brought forth is Alfredsson has aspirations to follow the Steve Yzerman model and have an active role in player management maybe even GM one day. Who knows, either way it was a surprising split for the legacy player, yet again.

If this is true, Melnyk is an idiot

Liam Maguire has an interesting take on Alfie leaving for a second time. Look him up on Google, it's stupid of the owner if it's true.

Homer wrote:

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I say we sign Long-Ma as our new mascot.  Freakin' Awesome #LaMachine

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 As long as it's not the spider. A certain somebody on this forum doesn't like spiders.

Russell wrote:

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SensKat wrote:

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Russell wrote:

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SensKat wrote:

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Russell wrote:

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Lose a D-man? need to replace him?  Johnny'll Du, yeah.

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 Not your best work, Russell.....

I blame it on rust.

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 Did we sign him too when I wasn't looking?

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yep 

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 he's 35 and been overworked winning 2 cups with the Blackhawks over the last few years.

Russell wrote:

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SensKat wrote:

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Russell wrote:

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Lose a D-man? need to replace him?  Johnny'll Du, yeah.

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 Not your best work, Russell.....

I blame it on rust.

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 Did we sign him too when I wasn't looking?

Russell wrote:

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Lose a D-man? need to replace him?  Johnny'll Du, yeah.

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 Not your best work, Russell.....

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senior wrote:

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Reports are that Dzingel has signed for 2 year/ $3.6M.

Reasonable contract I think.

-- Edited by senior on Friday 21st of July 2017 11:42:05 AM

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 just about bang on, I'd say.

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 Good deal, not great but good.

I think he has had the same agent as Stone and Karlsson, so also a goodwill gesture to avoid arbitration.

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 Little did they know, Chara wasn't actually standing on a bench in this picture, everyone else is he's just on the ground.