News Article: Eugene Melnyk lawsuits:too many to count...

[Engineer]

I believe it was being reported that Melnyk's private was being repossessed.

Do we have a link?

 

[BondraTime]

Do we have a link?

It was just a random person's tweet, not to take anything away from whomever it was

 

[BonkTastic]

I believe it was being reported that Melnyk's private was being repossessed.

I don't think it's actually "being reported" anywhere though.

AFAIK, it was just one random nobody (like, literally a random account with barely any traffic) on twitter.

 

[Engineer]

0 followers lol

 

[slamigo]

So, did either the Ottawa Sun or Ottawa Citizen even mention this story? I didn't see it, but maybe it was posted.

 

[Micklebot]

So, did either the Ottawa Sun or Ottawa Citizen even mention this story? I didn't see it, but maybe it was posted.

CBC picked it up, but to my knowledge neither the Citizen nor the Sun have.

Making matters more confusing, CBC seems to incorrectly refer to the cheques as "Bank drafts" which the original story by The Day and the actual lawsuit did not.

 

[bert]

CBC picked it up, but to my knowledge neither the Citizen nor the Sun have.

Making matters more confusing, CBC seems to incorrectly refer to the cheques as "Bank drafts" which the original story by The Day and the actual lawsuit did not.

Yeah neither news paper has reported on it... What is going on?

 

[RaMai]

Yeah neither news paper has reported on it... What is going on?

You really ask? There are plane seats at the line...

 

[18Hossa]

CBC picked it up, but to my knowledge neither the Citizen nor the Sun have.

Making matters more confusing, CBC seems to incorrectly refer to the cheques as "Bank drafts" which the original story by The Day and the actual lawsuit did not.

To be fair, this is the wording in the original story.

The suit lists an unpaid draft Melnyk issued on March 17, 2017, and four more drafts issued March 19, 2017. Four of the drafts were for $200,000 apiece and the last was for $100,000. Three of the drafts were issued from 11:07 to 11:57 p.m. March 19.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Yeah neither news paper has reported on it... What is going on?

Media has been bullied pretty hard by Melnyk on numerous occasions now. The local papers and TSN1200 seem to have no option but to tow the line or have their access revoked.

 

[Sun God Nika]

It really feels like melnyk is clinging on for dear life now to the franchise hopefully not too much longer till the big bombshells.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

It really feels like melnyk is clinging on for dear life now to the franchise hopefully not too much longer till the big bombshells.

Kind of fits in with his underdog comments and financing announcements. He's been shuffling the deck to hang on against the odds.

 

[bert]

Media has been bullied pretty hard by Melnyk on numerous occasions now. The local papers and TSN1200 seem to have no option but to tow the line or have their access revoked.

Well I dont really understand, selling papers is number 1 and this is a big story. Very strange.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Well I dont really understand, selling papers is number 1 and this is a big story. Very strange.

I agree, I just think the heavy hand has an effect and some of the media bullying, including booting them off a plane, would make them tread lightly.

 

[Micklebot]

To be fair, this is the wording in the original story.

Right, they were ambiguous. CBC explicitly said bank drafts, which is just going to further the confusion. Not blaming them, we almost all came to that same conclusion and it wasn't until a copy of the cheques surfaced and @MiscBrah provided some helpful info that it became clear that Draft was being used in a much broader sense.

Wrt why Citizen and Sun aren't covering this; there isn't much to add to the story at this point it seems. No comment from Melnyk, and I've yet to see any story add

The story is newsworthy, but aside from a sensationalist headline, I'm not sure what either paper could add.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

Right, they were ambiguous. CBC explicitly said bank drafts, which is just going to further the confusion. Not blaming them, we almost all came to that same conclusion and it wasn't until a copy of the cheques surfaced and @MiscBrah provided some helpful info that it became clear that Draft was being used in a much broader sense.

Wrt why Citizen and Sun aren't covering this; there isn't much to add to the story at this point it seems. No comment from Melnyk, and I've yet to see any story add

The story is newsworthy, but aside from a sensationalist headline, I'm not sure what either paper could add.

Who cares about the Sun when we have reputable news... "Erik Calsson, the star player of the team"

The Owner of the Ottawa Senators was Sued for Issuing Checks Without Funds in a Casino for $ 1,000 M - Tunf News

 

[Cosmix]

Well I dont really understand, selling papers is number 1 and this is a big story. Very strange.

Advertising dollars!

 

[bert]

Right, they were ambiguous. CBC explicitly said bank drafts, which is just going to further the confusion. Not blaming them, we almost all came to that same conclusion and it wasn't until a copy of the cheques surfaced and @MiscBrah provided some helpful info that it became clear that Draft was being used in a much broader sense.

Wrt why Citizen and Sun aren't covering this; there isn't much to add to the story at this point it seems. No comment from Melnyk, and I've yet to see any story add

The story is newsworthy, but aside from a sensationalist headline, I'm not sure what either paper could add.

Neither paper reported it. Its not about adding, its about acknowledging what happened.

 

[Micklebot]

Who cares about the Sun when we have reputable news... "Erik Calsson, the star player of the team"

The Owner of the Ottawa Senators was Sued for Issuing Checks Without Funds in a Casino for $ 1,000 M - Tunf News

That reads like it went through google translate...

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Yeah neither news paper has reported on it... What is going on?

To be fair, there isn't much to go on.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

That reads like it went through google translate...

To me it sounds like it was a voice recognition app listening to staticky AM radio signals from 1500 miles away

 

[Stylizer1]

I wonder how the extension of the current CBA will affect Melnyk. Seems like he was probably hoping for a way to get out of the up front bonus money loop hole.

 

[The Lewler]

I wonder how the extension of the current CBA will affect Melnyk. Seems like he was probably hoping for a way to get out of the up front bonus money loop hole.

I mean maybe he would be able to make that case when the league is negotiating, but I doubt anyone at the BoG would think he was arguing in good faith for the stability of small scale franchises, rather just his personal situation.

 

[BonkTastic]

Neither paper reported it. Its not about adding, its about acknowledging what happened.

The Ottawa Business Journal did run a blurb on it, so I guess that's something, at least.

... I mean, clearly not one of the major papers, but they at least mentioned it.

 

[NorthCoast]

I mean maybe he would be able to make that case when the league is negotiating, but I doubt anyone at the BoG would think he was arguing in good faith for the stability of small scale franchises, rather just his personal situation.

So frustrating. Because this is a team that will perpetually need to fight for more revenue share to help it compete...which wouldn't be as hard an argument if all small market owners were doing everything they can to make things work:

4 Key Marketing Tactics That Generated $4 Million in New Ticket Sales

vs. cost cutting, investing nothing, and then whining for more even though you can't hit the cap floor.