"Eugene Melnyk has plenty to be happy about.

The Senators are flying high and the best of the best are in town this weekend for the NHL all-star festivities at Scotiabank Place.

But even with his team's unexpected success, the owner cautions that the Senators may not go deal crazy at the trade deadline.

"Nobody expected us to be where we are," said Melnyk in a telephone interview with the Sun on Monday, before the Senators faced the Los Angeles Kings. "We're 27-17-6, when people thought we'd be 17-27-6. We went through a rebuild and it was very, very, very tough."