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If Senators owner Eugene Melnyk was looking to shake the bushes with his veiled comments Friday night that he might consider moving the team, he got what he was looking for.

However, fans piled onto social media to offer a different solution: Keep the team, lose the owner.

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On Saturday, less than one hour after it first appeared, the Twitter hashtag #MelnykOut was trending in Ottawa, used more than 100 times and counting.

It followed Melnyk’s statements Friday when he said that, while he’ll never sell the team, he’d consider moving it if the financial picture got worse. He said the Senators’ revenues are already among the lowest in the league and attendance has been an issue of late at the Canadian Tire Centre.

“We’re not doing great, but we’re doing OK,” he said.

“If it becomes a disaster? Yes (the team could move). If you start not seeing crowds showing up, yes.”

“For now, we are on the cusp of doing OK.”