Senators about to be put up for Sale: Ryan Reynolds interested?

[SpezDispenser]

"It's a Farm Boy day...."

 

[Gil Gunderson]

It could be fluff, but the Devcore group (backed by Andre Desmarais) that rivaled Melnyk’s original Lebreton bid did say they’d be willing to pay for the arena with limited or no public funds after the Melnyk/Ruddy fallout. Considering Desmarais’ relationship with Bettman, it wouldn’t surprise me to see him come out of this with the majority stake in the team.

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Drake because Drake

 

[izzy]

I pray that Ryan Reynolds buys them and they make a show about it like Welcome to Wrexham

That would do wonders for the game and the sens have a good roster makeup for it

 

[JTToilinginToronto]

We should all pool our money together and buy them, do all our trades, drafting & signings via polls.

Team will be in last place each season with HFBoards GMs at the helm.

 

[Voight]

The NHL will not allow the team to be moved, There is a prestige in having a sports team in the countries capitol.

Don't know if I agree with this one.

Washington I get cause its one of the most important cities in the world & a in a major metro area, but Ottawa does not have the same luster.

 

[Hasbro]

YES EXACTLY WHAT I ADVOCATE. COLLECTIVE OWNERSHIP! WE THE PEOPLE WILL BE HEARD!

 

[AintLifeGrand]

The team isn't being moved. They are building a downtown arena. Melynk daughters don't want to own a hockey team like their father.

thats what we said in 2011....

Canada has too many teams as well... the South needs more teams. Redistribute the Canadian Teams to Dixie

 

[TeamRenzo]

It's been 30 years and I can't think of a time when the Sens WERE NOT on some kind of budget. Please let them get a good owner.

Well, there is a salary cap so...

 

[Golden_Jet]

It's been 30 years and I can't think of a time when the Sens WERE NOT on some kind of budget. Please let them get a good owner.

Guess you forgot , they were the first team affected by Salary cap, and had to let Chara and Havlat go, didn’t have room to fit them in

 

[These Are The Days]

To all: even in the 90's the Send were on a budget

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

I mean why would you be against a collective and fair ownership?

 

[Hasbro]

I mean why would you be against a collective and fair ownership?

I'd lose the vicarious thrill of seeing an incompetent plutocrat live a consequence free existence.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

I'd lose the vicarious thrill of seeing an incompetent plutocrat live a consequence free existence.

Eh I'll agree to disagree have a nice day.

 

[Speatleysson]

I pray that Ryan Reynolds buys them and they make a show about it like Welcome to Wrexham

That would do wonders for the game and the sens have a good roster makeup for it

Ryan Reynolds could maybe afford 5-10% of the ownership if he liquidated all of his assets, and even then, why would any serious ownership group want him involved?

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Ryan Reynolds could maybe afford 5-10% of the ownership if he liquidated all of his assets, and even then, why would any serious ownership group want him involved?

It creates buzz and would be fun. I don't really see a downside of him having a minority stake in the team.

 

[NorthCoast]

To all: even in the 90's the Send were on a budget

The structure of the NHL means that there will always be small market teams that are either on a budget or losing money. This is because the 50% cap is based on the revenue of all teams and the large markets pull the number way beyond 50% of small market revenue. ie: the cap is at 80 mil and the Sens do not make 160 mil, and therefore for the Sens (and most other small market teams) the budget is not the 50% of the revenue that is agreed to by the players, it is closer to 60-70% of the Sens revenue, and therefore they impose an internal budget to ensure they break-even.

There is no way to avoid small market teams having to budget when they are not making the playoffs unless you dramatically increased revenue sharing so that every team actually got to spend 50% (ex: the NFL) of the revenue as opposed to some teams having to spend 65% and others 35%.

No matter how many teams you relocate you are not going to find 32 markets in NA that can generate the exact same amount of revenue. Therefore, without a higher % of revenue sharing the "budget" issue is not going to go away, and is not something that the small markets or new ownership or relocation...can really fix.

 

[Spirits]

Odds the new owners to move the team to America?

 

[Golden_Jet]

Odds the new owners to move the team to America?

Zero percent

 

[SPF6ty9]

It creates buzz and would be fun. I don't really see a downside of him having a minority stake in the team.

Must be the avatars, because it looks like you're having a split personality convo with yourself haha

 

[Breakers]

I mean it has to be one of the cheaper entries into professional sports in North America.

I can imagine quite a few bidders

 

[Emerica]

Must be the avatars, because it looks like you're having a split personality convo with yourself haha

I thought i was tripping

 

[TheFinalWord]

Odds the new owners to move the team to America?

Close to 0.

 

[King Karl]

thats what we said in 2011....

Canada has too many teams as well... the South needs more teams. Redistribute the Canadian Teams to Dixie

Do we get NFL teams in return?

 

[PunchImlach is Alive]

Do we get NFL teams in return?

Can we interest you in a team from Ohio?