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RALEIGH, North Carolina — It’s perfectly fine to have opinions as loud as your suits. But please, Don Cherry, first be familiar with all the facts.

In case you missed the hornet’s nest that Cherry stirred up while speaking during his Coach’s Corner pulpit on Hockey Night in Canada Saturday night, he ripped into Ottawa Senators fans while coming to the defence of Senators owner Eugene Melnyk.

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Specifically, Cherry took issue with the #MelnykOut billboards that popped up around Ottawa last week, suggesting the end result could be that the franchise moves to Quebec City.

We’ll get back to the ridiculous notion of a franchise relocation to Quebec in a moment.

Here’s the background on the billboards. They were funded through a GoFundMe account set up by a group of 400-500 passionate fans disgruntled by how Melnyk is operating the franchise. The fans have a laundry list of concerns, including the fact that Melnyk is running the team with a barebones management and scouting staff, relative to other NHL teams. Melnyk appointed himself as president and CEO last month. The fans’ concerns are that the organization has lost touch with the community and that the franchise is becoming more toxic — from major management decisions to personnel decisions — by the day.