Confirmed with Link: Senators are for sale - and it’s a Gong Show

[Johnny Hanson]

I don’t know if the Weeknd is popular with anyone over the age of 28.

Snoop Dogg is the most well known, without a doubt. He’s the “most famous”.

Reynolds is the most appealing to a broad set of people. He’s a good looking actor who’s in vanilla movies and has a famous wife. Like Clooney.

I had to Google who the weekend was when I heard he was a potential owner.

Im 38

 

[Senator Stanley]

Dreger on Overdrive says the if Remington is out, so is Reynolds. There’ll be no switching groups.

Also says that any group that ponies up $1B will need answers from the NCC or city about the land. Before they close. Nobody is committing to that amount without knowing what the arena situation will be. Hints that this isn’t the only group that wants to negotiate with the NCC first. If you’re spending that much, you don’t want to get caught up in a multi year battle with government.

This franchise isn’t worth anything close to $1B to an owner who’s keeping it in Kanata. It’ll be interesting to see what happens.

This is the exact quote from Dreger:

"I reported on this several weeks ago, and the messaging I got is if the Remington Group is not the successful bid, then Ryan Reynolds was out. He wasn't going to put his integrity on the line and jump on board with another bidder. And that was a really, really good source there. So now we're going to test that and see what happens"

A Reynolds optimist could argue that the situation we have now and the scenario Dreger's source was describing are different. What I think Dreger is most literally describing is the scenario where Remington/Reynolds submitted a bid, didn't win, and Reynolds tried to partner up with the actual winner. Dreger says that wasn't happening. Another interpretation is a scenario where Reynolds left the Remington bid and joined another group before the bidding. That seems very unlikely, based on Dreger's "integrity" comment. But arguably, what we have now is a third scenario - one that Dreger's souce might not have been speaking to - where Remington isn't going to bid anymore, leaving Reynolds to potentially join another group before the bids are due and without anyone questioning his integrity (i.e. he didn't dump Remington, they were the ones to walk).

Of course, with all that said, I think he's likely out.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Bettman’s dream scenario would be Reynolds/Andlauer, but that would probably take a lot of convincing on both sides.

 

[Senator Stanley]

The sellers and the Remington/Reynolds groups are having a live debate via Garrioch's article. It now reads, with the newest info bolded:

"It’s believed Remington was looking for a 30-day negotiating window for a new rink. The sense among NHL officials was that it didn’t include a guarantee they’d purchase the Senators, but a source insisted Remington was committed to buying the team."

GARRIOCH: Ryan Reynolds and the Remington Group won't bid on Senators

The deadline for bids on the NHL franchise is next Monday.

ottawasun.com

 

[Adrianopolous]

Remington is just trying to strong arm

 

[JungleBeat]

It really bothers you that people like Reynolds. Weird.

? I would be totally ok with Reynolds & Remmington owning the team.

 

[IpsoPostFacto]

No, and that’s precisey why this has become such a mess. GSP could have worked with the NCC and the bidders.

yes GSP could have, but they didn't, and I'm assuming that is their fault and not the NCC saying they would not talk. They said the opposite in fact - at least to the point of saying they could look at a larger parcel.

It's possible this was all run the wrong way, I don't know. too long/too many "bids". Perhaps it should have been more like the original Flats deal - the one where they awarded the preferred bidder and then had X months, or whatever, to make it happen. The current method certainly got the clicks, but here we are.

Anyhow, I mentioned a few weeks back that while 3 bidders are out doing theatre with their celebrity partners, Andlauer - well known in NHL circles, etc. - has been sitting back doing business.

 

[IpsoPostFacto]

note to self. New documentary idea: "Welcome to Rectum"

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Does Andlauer have any aspirations for a downtown arena?

 

[DaveMatthew]

Does Andlauer have any aspirations for a downtown arena?

There were rumours that the Malhotra family (Claridge) were his partners, so hopefully that indicates he would be. I don’t think there’s been anything substantiated though.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Oh well. I'm sure Sparks and Snoop will do amazing things with the Atlanta Senators.

They'll even get a nearly free multi-billion dollar entertainment complex and a free ride from state government to go along with the team.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Oh well. I'm sure Sparks and Snoop will do amazing things with the Atlanta Senators.

They'll even get a nearly free multi-billion dollar entertainment complex and a free ride from state government to go along with the team.

They’re not getting the team. Unless Remington rejoins, it’s going to be Andlaue or the Kimels (Gary loves his former owners), with Astopolous as a distant third (has the deepest pockets).

 

[Ouroboros]

Getting the distinct feeling that the May 15th deadline is about to go up in smoke.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

They’re not getting the team. Unless Remington rejoins, it’s going to be Andlaue or the Kimels (Gary loves his former owners), with Astopolous as a distant third (has the deepest pockets).

You have way more faith in the NHL than I do. And Atlanta is starting to push hard for a tenant for the new complex they're going to build. When done, it'll likely be one of the best revenue generating "entertainment areas" going, and that's without an NHL team (at least, that's how it's being proposed).

Atlanta is going to be a definite threat to steal an NHL team in the next few years. Quebec City has nothing on this. And we all know how Gary and the owners are with southern expansion and new markets.

This is going to be a legitimate threat if we get another dud as an owner.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

You have way more faith in the NHL than I do. And Atlanta is starting to push hard for a tenant for the new complex they're going to build. When done, it'll likely be one of the best revenue generating "entertainment areas" going, and that's without an NHL team (at least, that's how it's being proposed).

Atlanta is going to be a definite threat to steal an NHL team in the next few years. Quebec City has nothing on this. And we all know how Gary and the owners are with southern expansion and new markets.

This is going to be a legitimate threat if we get another dud as an owner.

Say what you will about him, but Gary doesn’t like moving teams unless it’s the last resort. Also the league would rather push for expansion and get that money.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

There were rumours that the Malhotra family (Claridge) were his partners, so hopefully that indicates he would be. I don’t think there’s been anything substantiated though.

OHL owners Andlauer, Tullio team up in bid to buy Senators - TSN.ca

Hamilton Bulldogs owner Michael Andlauer and Oshawa Generals owner Rocco Tullio have formed a partnership in an attempt to buy the Ottawa Senators, according to the Postmedia's Bruce Garrioch.

www.tsn.ca

Whatever happened to this? It seems like they have seperate bids now.

 

[PlayItAgain]

If I understand correctly, right now the Senators have negotiated rights to a small parcel of land at Lebreton flats. Just enough to squeeze in an arena.

I’m not shocked at all that the Remington group wants to know how much more land will the ncc give up and how much it’s going to cost. Real estate is a major financial driver of their group. Why couldn’t the Remington group negotiate a memorandum of understanding with the ncc during the past several weeks just like the Senators did a year ago? Were they even allowed to negotiate with them?

 

[starling]

Hahaha wow. We are getting Neko Sparks, aren't we?

I guess they were extending the deadline not because there were lots of serious bids, but because there weren't any.

Bettman oversold the hype and then nobody came to actually bid because $1B was too much.

 

[SpezDispenser]

f*** off, i want reynolds

 

[Masked]

You have way more faith in the NHL than I do. And Atlanta is starting to push hard for a tenant for the new complex they're going to build. When done, it'll likely be one of the best revenue generating "entertainment areas" going, and that's without an NHL team (at least, that's how it's being proposed).

You mean the complex that is being built in the Atlanta equivalent of Stittsville?

Assen na yo!

 

[Ice-Tray]

It’s actually the only group with NHL names you would recognize

You deadpool fanboys are so fickle. I don’t want anybody to be alarmed, by Reynolds’s doesn’t actually have superpowers

I think most people are interested in the potential for a TV show about our favourite team not in RR promoting himself. That’s what RR brings to the table.

Snoop brings snoop…. Not really a comparable.

 

[Sensinitis]

Nobody knows anything, this is all bullshit

I'm sick and tired of waiting for legit final news, just announce the winner finally!

 

[Emerica]

OHL owners Andlauer, Tullio team up in bid to buy Senators - TSN.ca

Hamilton Bulldogs owner Michael Andlauer and Oshawa Generals owner Rocco Tullio have formed a partnership in an attempt to buy the Ottawa Senators, according to the Postmedia's Bruce Garrioch.

www.tsn.ca

Whatever happened to this? It seems like they have seperate bids now.

I don’t even know if Tullio is still in this. Was it ever reported that he visited the CTC and met with the organization? He’s not listed as one of the groups in Garrioch latest article.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

You mean the complex that is being built in the Atlanta equivalent of Stittsville?

Assen na yo!

A Stittsville in a major highway system/interchange where you don't have to worry about snow and where there's soon to be a ton of development in a a quickly growing area.

In 10 years, that place is going to be a destination.

 

[Senator Stanley]

If I understand correctly, right now the Senators have negotiated rights to a small parcel of land at Lebreton flats. Just enough to squeeze in an arena.

I’m not shocked at all that the Remington group wants to know how much more land will the ncc give up and how much it’s going to cost. Real estate is a major financial driver of their group. Why couldn’t the Remington group negotiate a memorandum of understanding with the ncc during the past several weeks just like the Senators did a year ago? Were they even allowed to negotiate with them?

This seems to be the issue. Remington wanted an exclusive right to negotiate with the NCC and the Senators said no. If the NCC and the Senators have an agreement in place where the Senators have an exclusive right to certain Lebreton land, the NCC can't negotiate (or renegotiate) a deal with another party that would include that land (presumably Remington wants the small parcel, plus more). They would have needed the Senators to consent, and the Senators didn't (for reasons that totally make sense).