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SENATORS ARE THISCLOSE TO GOAL; YASHIN? WELL, NOT SO MUCH

          Senators President Roy Mlakar "confidently declared"
     last night the team will reach its goal of selling 1,500 new
     season tickets, according to Allen Panzeri of the OTTAWA
     CITIZEN.  Corporate support is also up, as 154 of the team's
     more than 300 corporate sponsors have agreed to a one-time,
     10% increase in their contracts with the club.  Should all
     corporate sponsors renew, C$2.5M in additional revenue would
     be generated (OTTAWA CITIZEN, 2/18).  In Ottawa, Murray &
     Casey write that the ticket drive reached 84.2% in renewals
     and 1,476 in new sales yesterday (OTTAWA SUN, 2/18).
          YASHIN UPDATE: In Ottawa, Ken Warren writes that the
     NHLPA "is expected to defend" Senators holdout C Alexei
     Yashin in the NHL's C$7M grievance for damages.  But
     Senators players and union members are "definitely not [all]
     backing" Yashin.  Senators C Joe Juneau: "If (Yashin) wins,
     I don't think you can look at it as a plus for the players. 
     As a player, if I enter a contract, I will finish it." 
     Warren notes that although Senators players have "bit their
     lip publicly" on the Yashin subject all season, Juneau's
     comments "reflect the popular opinion" of players around the
     league (OTTAWA CITIZEN, 2/18).
 

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