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There is no “For Sale” sign on the Ottawa Senators.

While there has been no shortage of speculation about whether or not owner Eugene Melnyk is going to sell the team, Tom Anselmi, the club’s president and CEO, tried to put the talk to rest with brief comments on Thursday.

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Anselmi said he didn’t want to even dignify the rumours that the Senators are going to be sold by making a comment, but he did indicate there’s nothing to anything that’s been reported. (TSN’s Darren Dreger had also quashed the rumours on Tuesday, saying Melnyk isn’t trying to sell the team.)

“I have no idea where it’s coming from. There’s nothing to it and I just have no idea where it’s from,” Anselmi said Thursday. “We’re in the sports business and rumours happen, but there’s nothing to it. I don’t even want to respond to it to give any credence.”

Melnyk and his group from RendesVouz LeBreton are in the midst of negotiating with the National Capital Commission for a new downtown arena.

The NCC indicated at its board of directors meeting last month that it hopes to be in a position to host a “milestone” meeting in January to update everybody on the LeBreton project.

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