Senators owner Melnyk awaits liver transplant: report

Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk could receive a liver transplant in a matter of days after more than 2,000 people responded to his plea for a donor made Thursday.

The Senators on Friday updated Melnyk's condition and were optimistic.

"If people continue to respond like this, we definitely will find a donor," Senators president Cyril Leeder told the Ottawa Sun.

Melnyk, 55, could have surgery as soon as this weekend, the Ottawa Citizen reported.

"It could happen as early as [Saturday] if the conditions were met, or it could be next week," Dr. Gary Levy, medical director of the live donor liver transplant program at Toronto General Hospital, told the Citizen. "We don't have weeks to conclude…