Time-lapse videos of stadium transformations never get old, and this one documenting the preparations for the NHL100 Classic in Ottawa is no different.

Take a look in high speed as the crew at TD Place Stadium in Lansdowne Park assembles the hockey rink at the football facility ahead of Saturday's outdoor game between the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Canadiens.

(Video courtesy: NHL.com)

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After 15 seasons, more than 1,000 games, and 2,522 penalty minutes, longtime Ottawa Senators enforcer Chris Neil officially announced his retirement Thursday via the team.

Neil was a sixth-round pick by the Sens in 1998, and spent his entire career in Canada's capital. He ranks third in franchise history in games played and first in penalty minutes.

During a tearful press conference, he credited his brothers for his toughness, according to Postmedia's Bruce Garrioch.

"One of the things I've always been most proud of is that I've always been an underdog," Neil said.

He hoped to continue his career into this season, but the Senators didn't offer him a contract. The rival Montreal Canadiens did offer the veteran a professional tryout right before training camp, but he declined, according to TSN's Pierre LeBrun.

"Thanks to this amazing city that I now call home," said the Flesherton, Ontario, native.

Neil's best offensive season came in 2005-06, when he notched a career-high 16 goals and 33 points. For his career, he scored 112 goals and tallied 250 points.

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On the same day Senators general manager Pierre Dorion was out to extinguish the rumors surrounding Erik Karlsson and a potential move out of Ottawa, owner Eugene Melnyk was making some statements of his own.

Related - Senators' Dorion: We want Karlsson for life

"I am not selling the team - period," said Melnyk, according to Bruce Garrioch of Postmedia. "My kids (had) first call on the franchise long ago."

"Let me set the record straight. I have no idea how a reporter fabricated a fiction about my selling the team. These stories pop up out of nowhere probably from someone ‘hearing something.'"

Issues with attendance, arena location, and finances have fanned the rumor flames surrounding the Senators and a potential sale. However, the team's owner maintains that's all this is - rumors.

Melnyk also weighed in on the increasingly interesting Erik Karlsson situation and his submission of a non-trade list, which, according to Melnyk, was all part of trying to balance the club's finances.

"This is where the (Karlsson) contract request emanated from," said Melnyk. "All material contracts are reviewed in a process called due diligence - from snow removal to food and beverage to players."

From struggling to string wins together, to trade rumors, to a potential relocation of the team, it's easy to see why things in Ottawa aren't exactly going to plan for Melnyk and Co.

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Make some room, Nikolai Khabibulin and Sean Burke, Henrik Lundqvist is joining you on the list of goalies with 20,000 career saves.

With his fourth stop of the first period Wednesday night against the Ottawa Senators, the New York Rangers netminder registered save No. 20,000 on Sens captain Erik Karlsson's slap shot.

Lundqvist currently sits ninth on the all-time saves list behind Khabibulin and Burke, who have 20, 528 and 21, 009, respectively.

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Everyone take a deep breath, the Ottawa Senators firmly intend on keeping Norris Trophy-winning rearguard Erik Karlsson for a very long time.

Despite rumors starting to swirl around Karlsson and a potential trade out of O-Town, Senators general manager Pierre Dorion is quite clear on how he wants to handle the 2019 unrestricted free agent.

"We love Erik Karlsson. We understand he went through a pretty serious operation ... We love him. We want him to be an Ottawa Senator for life," Dorion said during a media scrum Wednesday, according to Sportsnet's Arash Madani.

Despite making it explicitly clear that he wants to stay and win in Ottawa, speculation around Karlsson builds as the Senators further their slide to the basement of the standings.

Karlsson made headlines earlier this month when he said he wouldn't be taking any hometown discounts during his upcoming contract negotiations. He also submitted a list of potential teams he would not accept a trade to, but later said that was just a formality.

It's a notion Dorion confirmed Wednesday: "We've had everyone's trade list for a while," he said, according to Madani.

If the Senators are serious about keeping Karlsson for the duration of his NHL career, they better be prepared to back the Brinks truck up in front of the Swede's home, as the all-world blue-liner is set for massive pay increase from the rather humble $6.5 million per year that he is currently earning.

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His team may be near the basement of the standings, but Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid finds himself atop the NHL All-Star Fan Vote.

McDavid is currently in the lead to be captain of the Pacific Division's three-on-three squad, earning 24 percent of the vote, followed by Calgary Flames sniper Johnny Gaudreau who owns 17 percent.

Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin leads the Metropolitan, while Nashville Predators defenseman P.K. Subban and Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos lead the Atlantic and Central Divisions, respectively.

The All-Star game is set for Jan. 28 in Tampa Bay.

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Things continue to go from bad to worse for the nose-diving Ottawa Senators, as former Sens pivot Kyle Turris is casting some negative light on the club's ownership.

Turris was dealt to the Nashville Predators in November in a three-way deal that saw Ottawa acquire highly sought-after sniper Matt Duchene. And as Turris sees it, the reason he's now rocking yellow and blue instead of his more familiar black and red is Senators owner Eugene Melnyk.

"It’s tough because I think management did want to sign me, but I think that the owner didn’t. And that was his decision," Turris said Wednesday, according to Josh Clipperton of The Canadian Press.

To this point, the trade is looking fairly one-sided in the Predators' favor, as Turris is gelling nicely in Nashville on a line with Craig Smith and Kevin Fiala, notching 13 points in 14 games. Meanwhile, Duchene has struggled to fit in with his new club, registering two goals and two assists for an Ottawa team that has one win in its last 10 games.

Turris' comments provide a bit of clarity to a messy contract situation that Senators fans are probably wishing played out a lot differently, as Ottawa has gone 3-10-2 since acquiring Duchene.

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Stacia Robitaille shared a story of an unwanted encounter with U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this week:

On Wednesday, the wife of Hockey Hall of Famer Luc Robitaille explained her motivation for sharing it:

More than a dozen women have accused Trump of sexual misconduct in the last year, according to The Associated Press.

Luc Robitaille, who's now the president of the Los Angeles Kings, played for the New York Rangers - who call Madison Square Garden home - for two seasons in the mid-1990s.

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