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Sens' owner convinced of European expansion, Bettman skeptical

By Pierre LeBrun
ESPN.com

Sunday, October 5, 2008

STOCKHOLM -- Talk of NHL expansion to Europe took on a more serious tone Sunday when the owner of the Ottawa Senators said he believed it wasn't a question of if, but rather when. "It's happening, it's going to happen," Eugene Melnyk told a small group of reporters before Sunday's Senators-Penguins game at Globe Arena. "A question of time, a question of how we can set up a schedule, but you can see here in Sweden, fan response been absolutely ... almost as crazy as us Canadians. "In Gothenburg ...

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