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

[Tnuoc Alucard]

No chance of him teaming up last second with leading bidder?

Bruce Garrioch: Ryan Reynolds has shut the door on owning the Senators

Sources say the Vancouver actor has told anybody who has called in the last two weeks that he’s simply not interested in joining another bid.

calgaryherald.com

 

[Sun God Nika]

Ya Reynolds ship has sailed and I moved on.

Regardless tho I think we got three really good options on the table

 

[HF Reader]

Bets are open on who is the next to announce they joined the Neko Sparks bid

I’m going with Steve Harvey

I'll go with Elvis.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

 

[Wondercarrot]

The last guy I want is Steve Apostolopoulos, I don’t care if he’s the richest.
I don’t want Nick Kypreos anywhere near this franchise.

 

[Masked]

The last guy I want is Steve Apostolopoulos, I don’t care if he’s the richest.
I don’t want Nick Kypreos anywhere near this franchise.

Wouldn't it be funny for him to do a complete 180 on his hated Sens and beloved Leafers?

Assen na yo!

 

[Gil Gunderson]

The last guy I want is Steve Apostolopoulos, I don’t care if he’s the richest.
I don’t want Nick Kypreos anywhere near this franchise.

Introducing new Senators GM, Doug MacLean.

 

[JimmySpaetzle]

How has Neko’s bid not been ditched yet if they don’t have the capital?

 

[Mingus Dew]

How has Neko’s bid not been ditched yet if they don’t have the capital?

Seriously. How was he even able to submit a final bid lol?

 

[Emerica]

I swear if they are dragging this on just to let Sparks scrape up as much cash as he can find to hang with the other bids… Just cut him out already

 

[Gil Gunderson]

TSN 1200 bringing up the idea of Kypreos as a POHO under Steve A. was truly frightening this morning.

 

[Flamingo]

TSN 1200 bringing up the idea of Kypreos as a POHO under Steve A. was truly frightening this morning.

Hopefully the Melnyk sisters prioritize having a piece of a winning team, and reject any bid that would have that dummy in the front office.

 

[Nova Stutzlia]

TSN 1200 bringing up the idea of Kypreos as a POHO under Steve A. was truly frightening this morning.

Double agent planted by the Leafs (unbeknownst to Kyp himself).

 

[Senator Stanley]

Seriously. How was he even able to submit a final bid lol?

My guess is the number he submitted on his final bid was the number he was able to raise. When a bidding war started, he had to seek more investors to stay in the game because (1) he's probably already put up all the money he can, personally, and (2) having the Reubens as billionaire backers does not mean he can endlessly draw upon them - they might be in for a set amount and no more.

 

[hockeywiz542]

Here is an Ottawa Sun news article from April 2023 which mentions former NHLer Nick Kypreos' potential involvement with Steve Apostolopoulos and his group.

Senators' suitor Steve Apostolopoulos visits CTC with former NHLer Nick Kypreos on hand

Senators' suitor Steve Apostolopoulos visits CTC with former NHLer Nick Kypreos

ottawasun.com

Broadcaster and former NHLer Nick Kypreos was at Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday. It's not known what role the 56-year-old Kypreos would have in a purchase bid, but he would bring a strong wealth of knowledge.(Nick Kypreos/Instagram) PHOTO BY NICK KYPREOS /Instagram

Published Apr 03, 2023 • Last updated Apr 04, 2023

There’s a new twist to the sale of the Ottawa Senators, and it includes a former NHL heavyweight.

League sources confirmed to Postmedia Monday that Toronto-based billionaire Steve Apostolopoulos and representatives of his group were at the Canadian Tire Centre Saturday night to watch the club’s 3-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs in front of a sellout crowd of 20,057.

A familiar face that didn’t go unnoticed at the rink Saturday was former NHLer Nick Kypreos. The former Hockey Night in Canada analyst sat in a 100-level box with Apostolopoulos’ group, and was seen touring the building with them during the day.

It’s not known what role the 56-year-old Kypreos has, but he would bring a strong wealth of knowledge to the table. He played 11 years in the league, won a Stanley Cup in 1994 with the New York Rangers, had a role in the NHL Players’ Association and is a respected analyst.

Kypreos is missed on Saturday’s HNIC panel with host Ron MacLean, but has a daily podcast on the Leafs with Justin Bourne on the sports-radio station The Fan 590.

Apostolopoulos is the managing partner of the Triple Group of Companies, a commercial real estate firm located in Toronto. He also is the founder of Six Ventures, a private equity fund that manages more than $5 billion, and attended Harvard University.

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

TSN 1200 bringing up the idea of Kypreos as a POHO under Steve A. was truly frightening this morning.

A worst outcome than the Sparks bid. Everyone should be praying that of all bids, this one doesn’t take it.

Friedman basically confirmed it here.

For context, Bourne and Kyperios have a 2 hour Leafs talk radio show everyday on Sportsnet.

 

[IpsoPostFacto]

My guess is the number he submitted on his final bid was the number he was able to raise. When a bidding war started, he had to seek more investors to stay in the game because (1) he's probably already put up all the money he can, personally, and (2) having the Reubens as billionaire backers does not mean he can endlessly draw upon them - they might be in for a set amount and no more.

Agreed. I seem to recall that very early in the process it was reported that Sparks could go as high as 950m. Everybody fell over.

That may be the limit of the UK backing and now that bidding is apparently above that he's scrambling and we end up adding the Dragons. I'm waiting for Shaun Majumder.

Further to this, the NHL must be wondering what happens next with a new arena build. If there's a group that would be guaranteed to go cap in hand to the city, province, feds, it would be this group.

I figure the main reason to keep a group like that around is to raise the price and getting some press. It feels like the extra bidder has achieved its goal and the press is turning from "wow, look at this group and all the interest" to "wow, look at this group. I've lost interest"

 

[Gil Gunderson]

A worst outcome than the Sparks bid. Everyone should be praying that of all bids, this one doesn’t take it.

Friedman basically confirmed it here.

For context, Bourne and Kyperios have a 2 hour Leafs talk radio show everyday on Sportsnet.

It'll make Philly hiring Kieth Jones look great.

 

[IpsoPostFacto]

Never say never buttttt

Probably not happening

if it was to happen, I think it would be after the bid has been awarded the franchise. I don't imagine he would want to have another group give up the chase at the last minute. It could also be 'sold' as him being invited in to shore up the financing increase the charm per owner quotient.

Welcome to Ottawa. Episode 1 pre opening title scene:

A man, is walking around his house. We only see him from behind, but he is clearly carrying a baby. On the wall, you can see a Wrexham Football Club scarf and on the credenza is a bottle of Aviation Gin.

His cell phone rings. He struggles to get the phone out of his pocket while balancing the baby. The camera catches the Mint Mobile logo on the phone. It's not a known caller. The area code indicates a number from Ontario.

The camera pulls back; the call his answered. He looks straight into the camera.

"Hello, this is Ryan"

freeze and opening title "Welcome to Ottawa. Never say Never again"

 

[BondraTime]

It would be a typical Sens moment to have a very poor TV personality with 0 experience in any managerial, coaching, analytic, scouting or any organized hockey team role, in a C-level position with an NHL team.​

 

[UglyPuckling]

There has to be some reason for the delay.

Here's a guess (that's all it is, speculation). A couple of bids are below a level, let's say $900 m (arbitrary number to advance the hypothesis, pure guess). They are the Andaluer & Kimel bids. GSP would like to drag the Andaluer & Kimel bids above the $900 m mark, so it behooves them to keep the Sparks group in the mix (and the Apostolopoulos bid) to create pressure to move the other bids above the target they've set. This isn't an attempt to rule out Apostolopoulos either although the connection to Kypreos is pungent.

Anyhow, it's just a guess & an attempt to make sense of the situation with very little info available. It wouldn't be too surprising that this drags into next week.

 

[BUCKLE UP]

oh god the darkest timeline. Kyper as POHO

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

Apostolopoulos and his money bags would be nice and I don't think just because Kyperos is hanging around with him he's going to get a POHO job when everyone in hockey might want to interview for the job.

f*** you money is nice.

 

[jhutter]

There has to be some reason for the delay.

Here's a guess (that's all it is, speculation). A couple of bids are below a level, let's say $900 m (arbitrary number to advance the hypothesis, pure guess). They are the Andaluer & Kimel bids. GSP would like to drag the Andaluer & Kimel bids above the $900 m mark, so it behooves them to keep the Sparks group in the mix (and the Apostolopoulos bid) to create pressure to move the other bids above the target they've set. This isn't an attempt to rule out Apostolopoulos either although the connection to Kypreos is pungent.

Anyhow, it's just a guess & an attempt to make sense of the situation with very little info available. It wouldn't be too surprising that this drags into next week.

Or they're doing everything they can to prevent the Sparks group from winning, lol.

 

[Mingus Dew]

Apostolopoulos and his money bags would be nice and I don't think just because Kyperos is hanging around with him he's going to get a POHO job when everyone in hockey might want to interview for the job.

f*** you money is nice.

My view as well but obviously Kipper as POHO is worst case scenario.