National Hockey League deputy commissioner Bill Daly dismissed a report on Thursday that Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk is discussing a sale of the club.

"It is not accurate to suggest that Eugene Melnyk is on active discussions to sell the club," Daly told TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun. "He is the owner of the club and I believe he wants to remain the owner going forward."

The report - from Dave Pagnotta of The Fourth Period - came on the heels of Wednesday's announcement that the Senators had completed a $135 million refinancing of the club's debt over a six-year term.

"The use of proceeds is to pursue growth, serve general corporate purposes and to replace existing debt," the club said in a statement on Wednesday afternoon. "This allows the Senators to continue to provide even more entertainment value for our fans and it places us in an even more solid position with financing in place for the foreseeable (six years) future at better terms and rates than ever before."

The team had previously agreed to a $150 million refinancing agreement in 2013.

According to the Ottawa Sun's Bruce Garrioch, Nicolas Ruszkowski, the Senators COO, released the following statement: "On behalf of the Ottawa Senators and our owner Eugene Melnyk, let me keep it very simple: the team is not for sale, nor are we negotiating any offer. We made public our 135 million dollar financing yesterday to signal our intent to invest in the team, the fan experience, and in our community. At no time has the Club or any of its executives interacted with Mr. Laliberte on our business, and certainly he had no involvement in our recent financing. Our owner has never worked with him, in any capacity.”

Last December, Melnyk told Garrioch that he had no intentions of selling the franchise.

"I am NOT selling the team - period” Melnyk wrote in an email. "My kids (had) first call on the franchise long ago."

A Toronto native, Melnyk has owned the Senators since the summer of 2003.