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Daniel Alfredssons explanation for leaving the Ottawa Senators and signing with the Detroit Red Wings sparked plenty of reaction from the principals involved, including his agent J.P. Barry, Senators general manager Bryan Murray and even NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly. And it didnt take long for Eugene Melnyk to weigh in as well. The Senators team owner was quick to defend Murray and their side of the offseasons biggest story and took direct aim at Barry for Alfredssons exit from the nations capital. "For anyone to even suggest the remote possibility that Bryan Murray is not fully honest in his clear recollection of events should be ashamed of themselves," Melnyk told TSN on Friday. "I point the finger squarely on JP Barry, the man who blessed us with the (Dany) Heatley mess." Speaking to reporters in Ottawa on Thursday, Alfredsson said a lack of communication in contract negotiations with the Senators factored in for his choice to sign a one-year contract with the Red Wings and that his last contract had been structured under the assumption he would retire before the final year of the deal that paid $1 million. Alfredsson then said that Barry informed Murray that in late June that he wanted to play another season. "Im disappointed to hear that contract issues were something important to him that he didnt feel we were trying to accommodate," Murray said on the team website after the news conference. "I think in every shape and form we wanted this man back to be the captain of our hockey team and it didnt work out. Sometimes in negotiating all the facts arent maybe presented to the player the right way, but we certainly feel bad that Daniel reacted the way he did today." Murray added Alfredsson asked for a $7 million, one-year contract or $12 million, two year contract prior to the 2013 draft. He said the team countered with a one-year deal worth $4.5 million which Alfredsson declined and talks dwindled from there. Murray also told The Ottawa Sun on Thursday he thought Barry may not have been giving him or Alfredsson all the details over the contract negotiations between both sides - a sentiment shared by Melnyk. "If you want to play a blame game - that is where you should be looking," Melnyk told TSN on Friday. "I have a lot of respect for Daniel. I simply think he was not told the whole story or worse, was lied to. I wont be commenting on this again. We are busy and have a Stanley Cup to win." JP Barry was contacted by TSN on Friday for a response and said he stood by his comments made the previous day. "Shooting the messenger is something I have never believed in nor will I ever," Barry explained to TSN on Thursday. 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The Brownlow Medallist played just one game in 2016.But the Magpies star hasnt departed the game quietly, revealing to the Sunday Herald Sun?he experimented with illicit drugs?but also the fact that he never received a strike under the AFLs controversial illicit drugs policy, which was tightened at the start of the 2016 season.Swan believes there is no cause for alarm from the community when it comes to their AFL heroes and the use of illicit drugs, saying the game would hold up favourably if compared to any other profession.I wasnt really looking for anything, I did them [illicit drugs] because I guess I wanted to, Swan told Melbourne radio station SEN.So I was trying new things ... I wasnt forced, I did them because I wanted [to]. Im my own person. In the end, whether youre an AFL footballer, whether youre a sports journo, whatever you are, youre going to do things of your own volition; if you want to youre going to.And its like I said, whether youre an AFL footballer, if you want to try something at some stage, youre going to.Now I would argue that if you took a snapshot of any other profession and you took it against AFL footballers ... we would be a helluva lot lower than any other profession in Australia.Swan said there was a lot of hypocrisy when it came to illicit drugs, and pointed the finger squarely at the media.Every journno whos got a voice, well Id like to drug test them and see if theyve ever done it, Swan said.ddddddddddddI hear stories about everyone, too. So theres a lot of glass houses out there but, yeah, I think our snapshot would be extremely low compared to everyone else.While Swan admitted the AFLs policy - which now sees players names made public following a second positive test rather than a third - meant hed been the victim of rumour and innuendo while playing, the veteran of 258 AFL games said it was largely achieving its desired outcomes.I think they should, Swan replied when asked about whether AFL should persist with the policy.I never actually said when and where I did [drugs]. I havent listened to a lot of radio but everyone seems to think I was dodging drug tests and doing all this, and I got drug tested more than anyone.But I never ever said once that I was doing it during the season, I was doing it here, I was doing it there; so people were just [making] two and two equal five all of a sudden and half the people think there was a tweet that I said about, you know, the drug testers coming to my house, and people have been retweeting that and thinking it was funny. But thats performance-enhancing drugs and everyone that takes performance-enhancing drugs should be caught and suspended for two years or whatever it is.But the recreational thing, I think, and Im not an AFL doctor, Im not a doctor, so I have absolutely no idea; I think the two AFL docs who monitor the policy are doing a great job. ' ' '