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

[Golden_Jet]

As annoying as it may be, it only really matters that they get this right, no matter how long it takes.

That’s where I’m at as well.

 

[Emerica]

Hearing this will be "wrapped up by the end of the week" for the 3rd or 4th week in a row now

Hearing the same. And if it doesn’t get wrapped up by Friday, decision could be made next week. #insider

 

[Golden_Jet]

Hearing the same. And if it doesn’t get wrapped up by Friday, decision could be made next week. #insider

Lalimes martian also hearing the same from the streets.

 

[Emerica]

Don’t know if it was posted already or not but… lol

 

[BondraTime]

Don’t know if it was posted already or not but… lol

Just died listening to that.

Seravalli definitely doesn’t seem to be a Neko fan

Funny to hear that the perspective investors asking where the money is coming from get ghosted.

 

[Speatleysson]

Don’t know if it was posted already or not but… lol

It's refreshing to see someone in the media finally asking these questions. You can rest assured that if fans on reddit and twitter, and media ppl like Seravalli are asking these questions, that the finance people at GSP are all over this. Neko Sparks bid is dead in the water; they'll be advising the Melnyk daughters to stay far away from this clown show.

 

[Golden_Jet]

It's refreshing to see someone in the media finally asking these questions. You can rest assured that if fans on reddit and twitter, and media ppl like Seravalli are asking these questions, that the finance people at GSP are all over this. Neko Sparks bid is dead in the water; they'll be advising the Melnyk daughters to stay far away from this clown show.

Yes GSP et Al would be way ahead on Neko than any fan, media or Reddit user….

 

[Cosmix]

I suspect that some bidders might be scrambling to acquire the cash required to seal the deal. Hopefully there is at least one bidder with the financing already arranged and in-place.

 

[Loach]

I suspect that some bidders might be scrambling to acquire the cash required to seal the deal. Hopefully there is at least one bidder with the financing already arranged and in-place.

Steve Snuffalopagus isn't scrambling. He be waiting.

 

[Sun God Nika]

Steve Snuffalopagus isn't scrambling. He be waiting.

Honestly i would understand if this guy has hard feelings right now , he offered more for the team than any club has ever sold for and has the funds yet they are still trying to squeeze

 

[JaredCowen4Norris]

Yes GSP et Al would be way ahead on Neko than any fan, media or Reddit user….

I mean, this could be why the other bidders are getting upset. If the Sparks bid was one of/the highest bid made despite the questions about where the money is coming from, you start to wonder why GSP allowed the bid to move forward.

If they had no intention of selling the team to Sparks but allowed him to proceed in an attempt to drive up the purchase price, that's shady.

I don't know what we expected though. Good chance Melnyk cronies are involved in the sale so there was bound to be stuff like this coming up lol.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Don’t know if it was posted already or not but… lol

Frank really took being called a hater personally.

 

[DaveMatthew]

I mean, this could be why the other bidders are getting upset. If the Sparks bid was one of/the highest bid made despite the questions about where the money is coming from, you start to wonder why GSP allowed the bid to move forward.

This could be why we're hearing (from Friedman today, for example) that other groups are frustrated and feel the process is becoming unreasonable.

If, for example, GSP is going to Andlauer and saying, "Can you get your bid to $1B because Sparks is offering $975M" and he's thinking that $975M isn't a real bid... you can see where there'd be frustration.

The first inkling that this whole thing was becoming a mess was when Garrioch reported that Remington felt that GSP was trying to get them to "bid against themselves".

We didn't really didn't get many leaks from the Apostolopolous/Andlauer/Kimel bids for the last few weeks, whereas there has been all sorts of stuff coming out about Sparks (mostly from Mendes). Seems like some of the other groups are starting to talk to insiders about how things are going...

 

[MMC]

 

[jhutter]

Boo Boo's new article seems to give Apostolopolous the nod.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Boo Boo's new article seems to give Apostolopolous the nod.

I thought it gave Andlauer the nod. Even he he comes in with a slightly lower bid, he’s probably the prefered bid, especially after Jeff York comes in.

 

[Hale The Villain]

Boo Boo's new article seems to give Apostolopolous the nod.

Apostolopolous appears to be the top bid, but if Andlauer gets close to his bid I think his connections will put him over the finish line.

 

[jhutter]

I thought it gave Andlauer the nod. Even he he comes in with a slightly lower bid, he’s probably the prefered bid, especially after Jeff York comes in.

I can see why you felt that way. At the end of the day, this is Boo Boo we're talking about here, lol.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Unfortunately I’m thinking the Kimels are the other bid that had to do some restrcturing. Their plans and the Weeknd on board would have been nice.

 

[Sun God Nika]

The indications are Andlauer, 57, and the Kimel family discussed a partnership deal in the last 10 days to try to make the purchase of the Senators together, but couldn’t find common ground to make it happen.

Both decided they’d let their bids stand on their own and, in the end, it didn’t make sense for them to join forces. Both felt they were “overpaying” for the franchise and likely couldn’t agree on a 50/50 split scenario if they did try to form a partnership.

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Just give the team to Steve Apostolopoulos

 

[Flamingo]

All we need is for the preferred bid to fall apart under scrutiny, like maybe the principal boos Bettman, and we go back to sorting the remaining bids.

 

[Tnuoc Alucard]

still not imminent

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

To me it read that it’s Steve’s team to lose from that Bruce article.

 

[CornerStone61]

Would be super happy with Steve as the owner. Deep pockets.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Steve’s only partners are his brothers. With the Melnyks getting 10%, I wonder if he’ll fit in Jeff York’s local consortium for another 10%.