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

[Golden_Jet]

Is it just me or does anyone else find it odd you’d bid $900 million for something but not actually go to the city to see the thing is there. Bizarre

its just you I guess, it’s been reported multiple times the 6 groups in Round 2 are all visiting in the binding round of bids. Groups this week and one has already been.

 

[Tuna99]

its just you I guess, it’s been reported multiple times the 6 groups in Round 2 are all visiting in the binding round of bids. Groups this week and one has already been.

Just want to avoid the post-purchase blues Melnyck had when he realized the government town didn’t allow public ticket purchases or how gross and dangerous he thought the race track was

For real though, Ottawa should send 7000 cars to the CTC and all ownership groups should pile inside their cars and we can re-make a post game stadium drive away and we can see how much they want to buy the team after that.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Just want to avoid the post-purchase blues Melnyck had when he realized the government town didn’t allow public ticket purchases or how gross and dangerous he thought the race track was

For real though, Ottawa should send 7000 cars to the CTC and all ownership groups should pile inside their cars and we can re-make a post game stadium drive away and we can see how much they want to buy the team after that.

Don’t even know what that means, but sure if you like go do it.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

 

[Masked]

Sounds like The Rock!

Assen na yo!

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Garrioch is the new John Shannon. As soon as someone tweets something out... Brue grabs the message and tweets it out again

 

[Ice-Tray]

Why does Bettman keep talking about this, he has nothing to doooooooo with this process….

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

Garrioch is the new John Shannon. As soon as someone tweets something out... Brue grabs the message and tweets it out again

Oh… I thought they were all at the press conference…. Ohhhhh!

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Oh… I thought they were all at the press conference…. Ohhhhh!

Oh he probably was just something I've noticed lately

 

[Yak]

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

 

[Burrowsaurus]

I’m part of one of the bids hope I win

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

Man, what a time to be a Senators fan. I've never been this excited for the future of the team.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

Oh he probably was just something I've noticed lately

Furiously fat stubby fingers tweeting away…

 

[Knave]

Didn’t think of that but yes, the Senators existence certainly Could be the work of a Nigerian Prince

But in a more realistic sense could be a crack down the middle of the CTC that will cost $90 million To repair before next season or the Zamboni is leaking oil - but what do I know.

It's pro sports. The values of these organizations including the NHL have only ever gone up.

Think about it like the housing market and remember how many people over the last 2 years bought properties without even going to see them.

Except the market for pro sports teams is much more exclusive, sales are more rare and longterm growth has been much more steady.

We've been through two owners that were 'involved' in the community to varying degrees and both had successes but big failures and ultimately flamed out. We'll see how a bigger investment group looks and if they stick a safe public face like Ryan Reynolds on it... hey, maybe we get some new fans to further solidify the team and fanbase.

Personally I do wonder when we see things start to crack for professional sports. The viewership continues to skew older and older. You look at the average viewer of lets say the NBA, NHL and MLB... and your typical viewer of the NBA is early-mid 40s, late-mid 40s for NHL and early-mid 50s for MLB. Part of that is demographics and younger people being a smaller share of the population but that is compounding the problem of less viewership and engagement. For example this forum is mostly millennials. Roughly 70% of millennials would say they are a sports fan. Gen Z it's 50%. And just to be clear this isn't a case of "I don't like labels"... Gen Z is much less likely to go watch a sports event live, watch it on TV or online or watch a recording/replay of it.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Not much to go on but I like how Mayor Sutcliffe presents himself. I especially like how he shutdown Garrioch insinuating that talking about other locations was not wise.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

Lmao

 

[GCK]

Lmao

How is it possible that Bruce gets more useless and unlikeable every week.

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

How is it possible that Bruce gets more useless and unlikeable every week.

Take a deep breath

 

[Wondercarrot]

How is it possible that Bruce gets more useless and unlikeable every week.

“I know some of the media hasn’t done their homework”

I mean really?! His columns might as well be written in crayon. Half the posters on this board are 1. Better writers 2. More informative 3. More interesting.

 

[DueDiligence]

Why does Bettman keep talking about this, he has nothing to doooooooo with this process….

No deal will go through without input from Bettman and the other owners. He could be instrumental in bringing two groups together to form a winning bid.

 

[Larionov]

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I was just thinking exactly this - the delay on the completion of the sale until July makes it much more likely that the Coach and GM get another year. By the time July rolls around the hiring cycle is done for another year, and they would be picking through the remainder bin for coach or GM candidates. Amongst Assistant GMs and Assistant Coaches around the league, for instance, many have a designated window in their contracts to talk to teams about promotions, but that window typically only lasts for a few weeks in May/June.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

I mean this season has been a success despite the awful start.

I'm totally fine with giving Dorion and Smith a chance to impress the new owners.