"How To Piss Off Your Fan Base" Episode 37,456 Comes From Ottawa

((HT: CTV Ottawa))

Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk decided to throw a few logs on a fire this weekend- at the ame time his team and town are hosting the Centennial Game in Canada between his Sens and Montreal...

It was another dose of "If you don't pay up and show up, we may leave..."

Didn't go over well... which was also not a surprise...

Here's Leah Larocque asking fans what they think about Melnyk's new outburst...

Melnyk wants a new downtown arena and more people to show up... tell the HQ if you have heard this before...

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says it's all "Much ado about nothing," but you can bet the folks in Seattle are paying more than just a little attention...