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

[Bjornar Moxnes]

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

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

 

[EdJovanovski]

Easy. Buy the Sens, trade partial ownership of the team to the NYR for Kravtsov. NHL doesn't let you sell players anymore, but if no cash changes hands for the player, is it really against the rules?

Kravtsov for 200M is still a steal and you get the new owners to "help finance" your new arena.

 

[NyQuil]

The daughters saw Tage Thompson last night and wanted out

“I need every thread to be about the Buffalo Sabres.”

 

[Sol]

I offer a gumball. Nothing more.

 

[swiftwin]

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

I would love to see a team like this, but not the Sens. Such a team would be by far the worst managed team in the league.

 

[These Are The Days]

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.

 

[Casper The Soy Ghost]

I’ll put in 501. CEO

Only if you make Mulletman head of scouting and Bernmeister GM.

I would love to see a team like this, but not the Sens. Such a team would be by far the worst managed team in the league.

You clearly haven't followed Arizona closely.

 

[tarheelhockey]

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

Imagine being an NHL general manager and attempting to negotiate a trade with HFBoards.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Only if you make Mulletman head of scouting and Bernmeister GM.


You clearly haven't followed Arizona closely.

Done

 

[These Are The Days]

Imagine being an NHL general manager and attempting to negotiate a trade with HFBoards.

To this day I've never actually seen the Oilers or Devils fans accept a proposal. Just a "Well yeah THAT'S not bad" when you offer them some goofy shit like Victor Hedman for a guy they can stand to be rid of

 

[swiftwin]

You clearly haven't followed Arizona closely.

You clearly don't read hfboards enough.

 

[tstracuzza]

Hopefully it’s someone cheap who doesn’t want to spend too much money. I worry deeply about their attendance numbers.

please never take a stab at comedy

 

[Chainshot]

The Sens are so close to breaking through again to being very good, I hope they find someone who is committed to building on what Dorion has done. A new arena that isn't in the middle of nowhere, a fast and exciting team, a dedicated fanbase... seems like a great mix.

 

[Casper The Soy Ghost]

You clearly don't read hfboards enough.

You clearly don't understand a joke, congrats, you won.

Although I wasn't serious - They lost picks for trying to cheat in the draft. They then drafted a racist bully who bullied mentally challenged kids. They then didn't pay their rent and now play in a College barn.

HfB could be just as ''good'' as Arizona, easily.

 

[tarheelhockey]

To this day I've never actually seen the Oilers or Devils fans accept a proposal. Just a "Well yeah THAT'S not bad" when you offer them some goofy shit like Victor Hedman for a guy they can stand to be rid of

This is how I imagine it would go. The GM would be like “how about we trade X for X?” and HF would counter with “X for X + 1st ”. So GM would be like “fine let’s do that” and HF would come back with “no, X + 1st + prospect”

So GM would be like “how about my 1st (29th overall) for X?” and HF would agree and flood the main board with threads about how GM just got ripped off.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

I would love to see a team like this, but not the Sens. Such a team would be by far the worst managed team in the league.

I think it's perfect for the Sens to be owned by the collective

 

[Devil Dancer]

I would love to see a team like this, but not the Sens. Such a team would be by far the worst managed team in the league.

We'd ice a team of 18-25 year olds and still complain the coach favors the vets over the kids.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

I'd buy THAT for a dollar!

sadly hardly anyone will get this.

 

[SoupNazi]

Any of you guys want to loan me a few hundred million?

 

[These Are The Days]

This is how I imagine it would go. The GM would be like “how about we trade X for X?” and HF would counter with “X for X + 1st ”. So GM would be like “fine let’s do that” and HF would come back with “no, X + 1st + prospect”

So GM would be like “how about my 1st (29th overall) for X?” and HF would agree and flood the main board with threads about how GM just got ripped off.

Or this

NHL GM: "HF? Yeah this is NHL GM. How are ya?"

HF GM: "I'm doing great, just busting at the gills with futures"

NHL GM: "That's actually what I wanted to talk to you about it. We talked it over with ownership and we're gonna blow this up. We're gonna try to find the best fit we can for our players who want to win now. How about we trade consensus top 20 defenseman who is 26 years old for that 19 year old defenseman in college who won't be ready for another couple of years? With this guy, you're gonna make a jump"

HF GM: "Whhhaaaa???? He was the 4th overall pick!!!"

NHL GM: "And you won't pick 4th overall again with my guy. You'll probably actually make the playoffs"

HF GM: "Uhh you better throw in a 1st and prospect there bud. My guy is a future #f***inAllStar"

NHL GM: "The trade is player for player. Do you wanna do it or not?"

HF GM: "LOL f*** NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!" *hangs up*

HF GM's team proceeds to finish with the 4th worst record in the league again. The next year, the prospect is not the messiah. HF GM fires coach because it's been 4 years and they can't make progress. HF GM laments that they can't make any progress. NHL GM's player nearly wins the Stanley Cup

 

[tarheelhockey]

Or this

NHL GM: "HF? Yeah this is NHL GM. How are ya?"

HF GM: "I'm doing great, just busting at the gills with futures"

NHL GM: "That's actually what I wanted to talk to you about it. We talked it over with ownership and we're gonna blow this up. We're gonna try to find the best fit we can for our players who want to win now. How about we trade consensus top 20 defenseman who is 26 years old for that 19 year old defenseman in college who won't be ready for another couple of years? With this guy, you're gonna make a jump"

HF GM: "Whhhaaaa???? He was the 4th overall pick!!!"

NHL GM: "And you won't pick 4th overall again with my guy. You'll probably actually make the playoffs"

HF GM: "Uhh you better throw in a 1st and prospect there bud. My guy is a future #f***inAllStar"

NHL GM: "The trade is player for player. Do you wanna do it or not?"

HF GM: "LOL f*** NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!" *hangs up*

HF GM's team proceeds to finish with the 4th worst record in the league again. The next year, the prospect is not the messiah. HF GM fires coach because it's been 4 years and they can't make progress. HF GM laments that they can't make any progress. NHL GM's player nearly wins the Stanley Cup

The best part is where HF has to agree on a draft pick at #4

 

[These Are The Days]

The best part is where HF has to agree on a draft pick at #4

And this is AFTER turning down (on draft day) top 4 pairing defender about as good as the dude they passed on last year, a 1st (8th overall pick for that draft) and B+ prospect that absolutely murdered his overage season in the WHL.

HF GM's new #4 pick is now untouchable short of Victor Hedman.

HF GM pats himself on the back and calls himself the best in the game.



His team still doesn't make the playoffs

 

[A1LeafNation]

Looks like the summer of Dorian was just a ploy to make the team appealing for a sale.

Probably wont hurt a sale when the hockey canada news drops too as two players have been supposedly linked to a scandal.

 

[scorpiorising]

Buying a Canadian team who can't sell out the arena in the playoffs would be a red flag for me.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Am I correct in saying that there's little/no danger of relocation so long as that new downtown arena development goes smoothly?

It all depends on interest from buyers and how long the current owners are willing to hold on to it for I would think. If the only buyers want to move them to Houston or Kansas City or somewhere like that, it might slow up the process, but it also isn't impossible. Similar to how Atlanta ownership basically told the NHL "we're selling to this group who is going to move them to Winnipeg, or we're folding the team".