Reevely: With LeBreton bargaining at critical point, take Melnyk's complaints in stride

Manipulating Ottawans into telling the National Capital Commission to give Eugene Melnyk whatever he wants because we’re terrified of losing the Senators is a ploy.
It’s Trumpian in its sophistication.
That’s the way to interpret Melnyk’s complaining about the scant attendance at his Ottawa Senators’ games and his musing that he might just walk away from the LeBreton deal with the NCC and build a new rink somewhere else. Maybe in Ottawa, maybe some other city.
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