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67’s would like Bitten, but not at any cost

The Ottawa 67’s have one member of the Bitten family, Sam, in training camp already.

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Adding a second would be great, particularly since William Bitten is a skilled forward and a third-round National Hockey League draft selection by the Montreal Canadiens. But 67’s coach and general manager Jeff Brown says there’s a limit to how much he’s willing to offer to acquire the Ottawa native, who is holding out from the Flint Firebirds camp and has requested a trade to the Ontario Hockey League team in his home town.

“He’s an exceptional player,” Brown said Tuesday morning before a scrimmage at TD Place arena. “It took me and Sarnia about nine weeks to put together the (Travis) Konecny deal, so this is not something that’s going to happen overnight.

“We want to try and get him in a 67’s uniform. However, we are not going to mortgage the entire future of our franchise to do it. It’s not easy to trade a superstar in our league.”