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The lawyer representing Ottawa Senators assistant general manager Randy Lee tells The Associated Press he will enter a not guilty plea and file a motion to dismiss harassment charges during his clients appearance Friday in Buffalo city court.
Attorney Paul Cambria declined further comment in a text sent Thursday to the AP.
A spokesman for the Erie County district attorneys office said prosecutors would oppose the motion to have the charges dismissed.
The prosecution is scheduled to file a second charge of harassment against Lee Randy Gregory Jersey , who has been suspended by the Senators. Lee is accused of making lewd comments and rubbing the shoulders of a 19-year-old male shuttle driver in May, when Buffalo was hosting the NHL rookie combine.
The additional charge falls under a separate subsection of the legal code outlining the violation of harassment. It defines harassment as someone who repeatedly commits acts which alarm or seriously annoy another person and serve no legitimate purpose.
Thats different from the initial charge, which defines harassment as someone striking or making physical contact with another person.
Lee was arrested May 31 after prosecutors say he continued placing his hands on the drivers shoulders even after being told to stop.
The drivers attorney, Charles Desmond, told the AP this week he is monitoring the court proceeding to determine whether to file a civil suit against Lee.
A year after shaking up his team with trades at the draft that altered the landscape of the NHL, Stan Bowman isnt letting on that hell make the same kinds of moves now.
I learned to never try to predict the future, the Chicago Blackhawks general manager said. Its difficult to predict the magnitude of changes as we go forward.
With teams like the Blackhawks eager to get back to the playoffs Tarik Cohen Jersey , the New York Rangers always in position to make a splash and plenty of big-name players in trade discussions, its hard to predict but easy to expect an eventful weekend of movement. Ottawa captain and No. 1 defenseman Erik Karlsson, Montreal winger Max Pacioretty, Buffalo center Ryan OReilly and Pittsburgh winger Phil Kessel are among the stars being bandied about in trade talk that could come to a head at or before the first round of the draft Friday night.
Theres been a lot of chatter this week, Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli said Thursday. Were involved in a lot of the chatter. Ive said publicly wed put our (10th overall) pick in play particularly for a defenseman. That, of course, has led to teams asking what we would put in play for. Theres been discussions on that.
A lot of discussions are ongoing on the trade front apart from the draft itself Michael Roberts Jersey , which is expected to feature smooth-skating Swedish defenseman Rasmus Dahlin going first to Buffalo, Russian winger Andrei Svechnikov second to Carolina and a whole lot of uncertainty after that.
GMs finally got some certainty on the 2018-19 salary cap when the NHL and NHLPA announced it would be $79.5 million with a floor of $58.8 million. As Bowman said, the $4.5 million increase is better than it staying flat, and it gives teams more room to maneuver on re-signing players or exchanging them.
Aside from the deadline, theres no better time of the year for trades than the draft, right ahead of the free agent negotiating period next week and with free agency opening July 1. Karlsson is the most attractive target by far because he can be a free agent a year from now, but the Senators arent showing their hand.
We have a good game plan Christian McCaffrey Jersey , Ottawa GM Pierre Dorion said. We arent going to talk (publicly) about specific players, i.e., Mark Stone, Cody Ceci, Chris Wideman, Erik Karlsson.
Floridas Dale Tallon said he had spoken to about a dozen fellow GMs and is hearing mostly talk about so-called hockey trades that are neither buying nor selling moves. Because players like OReilly and Kessel have many years left on their contracts, theyre more complicated moves.
Most of those big names are tied up for a long time Chase Daniel Jersey , Tallon said. I havent heard a lot about big names. Its mostly deals that fill needs for teams, either a stay-at-home defenseman or a third-line or a fourth-line guy or a specialty player of some sort. Somebodys trying to shake things up.
Shake things up? Sounds like the Rangers in most years, though theyve gone into rebuilding mode after a fire sale at the trade deadline. Theyre usually involved in rumors on big players, but GM Jeff Gorton wants to quell the speculation that hes going all-in on trying to win now.
Were going to investigate everything, Gorton said. Thats what the job is. Thats what we want to do. If there is an opportunity to get a player and the price wasnt too high then were going to look at it, but for anybody that would be skeptical of a rebuild all you have to do is look at the last several months and over the trade deadline some of the things weve done. I think its pretty obvious that were trying to accumulate young players and assets and trying to get better and going to give these players an opportunity.
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