Melnyk very angry over Heatley situation

Eugene Melnyk’s voice sounded pleasant, as it most often does.

But there was no hiding the anger behind his words.

The owner of the Ottawa Senators is still shaking his head in disbelief over disgruntled winger Dany Heatley’s refusal to waive his no-movement clause and accept a trade to the Edmonton Oilers.

He is clearly furious on many levels: from having to write a $4-million U.S. bonus cheque to Heatley, to the suggestions from agents that general manager Bryan Murray didn’t work hard enough to arrange options for Heatley, to Heatley’s gall in asking for a trade, yet refusing to accept one to the Oilers.

“I’ve never, ever seen something like this in my life,” Melnyk said during an interview on The Fan 590 in Toronto, “where somebody says, ‘I want to be traded,’ but … ‘No, I don’t want to be traded to them.’ I’ve never seen anything like this in my life.”

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