At $42.5-million, I cringed. We are at the absolute limit to keep the franchise economically feasible [at the $42.5-million cap].

Where it is economically feasible, we do whatever we can to get 'nonperforming' loans re-performing.

It was never economically feasible to have a member of my IT team based in the branches. So it is important that we have as few maintenance and configuration issues as possible.

This whole bid process has been a great experience for me personally. It's given me an even deeper appreciation of how much hockey means to such a broad cross-section of the Ottawa community. I felt it was very important for us to bring a strong delegation to Calgary. I'm confident we gave Hockey Canada and the site selection committee a lot to ponder on why the nation's capital would be the perfect backdrop for hosting the World Juniors.

This is the first year in a number of years that the fans can rely on the team being here.

There?s a group of people that got together and essentially attacked the company by putting out false reports. And we?re just fighting back for our shareholders.