In today's Ottawa Citizen, Senators owners Eugene Melnyk is quoted as saying he wants to be more hands on with the club. That's one of the worst things that can happen to a sports franchise.

There isn't an owner in the NHL, with the possible exception of Gretzky, that knows more about managing an NHL roster then the current GMs in the league. All that will happen if the owner started getting more hands on is that it annoys the President and/or GM. Bug them for too long or too much and they start looking for greener pastures.

Owners either need to show confidence in the job that their employees can do or replace them with ones that they do have confidence in. Looking over their shoulder isn't going to make the franchise any better.