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Confirmed with Link: Senators are for sale - and it’s a Gong Show
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Sun God Nika
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What a wild time to be a sens fan.
I still can’t believe the Melnyk cloud is lifted doesn’t feel real
I still can’t believe the Melnyk cloud is lifted doesn’t feel real
Blotto71
Okay, maybe the worst is behind us...?
The marketing and exposure he would bring for the entire NHL would be incredible.
Smart move by Reynolds. He puts it out there that he wants to be part of an ownership group, now he just has to sit back and see which group offers him the best deal to be involved
FunkySeeFunkyDoo
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Big shout out to Vanier in there.
A group would be dumb as f*** not to get involved with Reynolds. He’s free advertising. Plaster his face everywhere. Sens merch in movies. (It’s a little more difficult than that). I bet the old rich dudes are jumping at the bit here
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Sale of the franchise will go to the highest bidder, that meets the conditions set out by the current owners and the NHL.
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Pancakes Pancakes
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The way he spoke in the interview makes me think he likely already has all or part of the consortium in place. We've all read the rumours about Bettman preferring to have one majority owner though, so I wonder where that would leave RRs group.
AchtzehnBaby
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Switch Shopify for Desmarais and that’s a dream team.
Not sure if serious. But in case, it’s just east of the core.
Chomping
Crazy that’s two movie stars that grew up down there. Tom cruise spent some years on innis road
Micklebot
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Champ at the bit is actually the correct term
Really? That’s dumb as shit
From being the punchline in a joke on the Simpsons to everybody’s favourite superhero’s favourite sports team.
What a 5 year ride friends.
What a 5 year ride friends.
I think we should stop with mentioning Melnyk in this context. I agree that the new owner(s) are what's needed, however let's not sound like we celebrate the fact that he passed away. Likewise, let's not forget that he did save the team back when he bought it. We had some issues with him, but whatever it was, it's over now. Let the man rest in peace, we didn't agree with some of the stuff that he did, but he was a human being and not really a bad guy. Did we want him out and to have a better suited owner? Yes! However, he did have passion for the game and he did like being a part of a community and Ottawa Senators. There's much more serious crap in this world to bitch about than Melnyk and his stubborn decisions and wild interviews.
It’s like a 2000 year old term referencing horses and the bit they put in their mouths when they are harnessed for a race.
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It's a horse racing thing, basically means the same thing either way, eventually enough people will use chomp that champ will fade away, but it's not yet wrong.
YouGotAStuGoing
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In the same sense as we shouldn't be celebrating his death and we should be acknowledging the good he did, there's also no problem with acknowledging the harm he did to this team and the cloud his unfortunate passing lifted from the team. We're all just dealing in established fact here.
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I mean we have all wanted new owners for a decade,
but this is the most epic possible outcome - could have never imagined
Sens are cool again
but this is the most epic possible outcome - could have never imagined
Sens are cool again
NyQuil
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I'm chaluping at the bit at the idea of getting Reynolds in here.
Matthew Perry as well (most commonly known as Chandler from Friends). Ryan Gosling also spent years in Cornwall (close enough haha).
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bert
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Unfortunately real life accounts say otherwise. I dont think anyone is celebrating his passing or minimizing what he did when he bought the team. Ignoring his behavior and how he treated his employees and the fans who have done nothing but support his team is not the way to go about it either. Ignoring history is dangerous and can lead to it being repeated. Its a massive relief that he is no longer the owner of this team if you care about it.
Reynolds is a dream situation as long as his backers are legit. A partnership with the Desmarais family and Alfie would be the dream scenario.
I know what you're saying, I just don't like the idea of "we're so lucky" attitude after he passed away. If he sold the team, then yes, by all means, but to me the bottom line is he died and I don't really see that as a positive thing. It's not like he was Charles Manson or Bin Laden. We can still talk about the facts, and one of them is that he also saved the team by buying it back in time. And, no, I was not his fan at all in the past 10 years, trust me. I don't know, maybe I am getting soft as I get older :-D
I know bert, it's just we are talking about someone's father here, who relatively recently has passed away. I had family members who were acting stupid and I still never said "it's a relief" when they died.
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