After conquering the world of soccer, Ryan Reynolds has set his sights on hockey.
With hypothesis operating rampant, the Canadian actor confirmed Monday night time, in an look on “The Tonight Present”, that he’s considering shopping for the NHL’s Ottawa Senators.
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“Sure, that’s true,” he advised host Jimmy Fallon. “I’m attempting to try this. It’s very costly.”
He laughed, including, “I want a associate with actually deep pockets.”
Reynolds is at present the proprietor of the Welsh soccer membership Wrexham, which he purchased with buddy and fellow actor Rob McElhenney.
To buy the NHL crew, although, he’ll have to go greater by assembling and main a consortium of traders, which he joked is “a flowery means of claiming I want a sugar mommy or a sugar daddy.”
And regardless of being from Vancouver, Reynolds confirmed loads of love for Canada’s capital.
“I like Ottawa. I grew up in Vancouver, which has my coronary heart all the time, however I additionally grew up in Ottawa,” he defined. “I spent a very long time in Vanier, which is just a little city proper inside Ottawa.”
At present, the Senators are with out an proprietor, being led by the board of administrators following the loss of life of former proprietor Eugene Melnyk in December 2021.
There are additionally plans being floated to maneuver the crew to a brand new enviornment to be constructed, doubtlessly in LeBreton Flats in central Ottawa. Melnyk’s property has mentioned they’ll solely promote to a purchaser considering retaining the crew inside the metropolis limits.
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At a press convention on Tuesday, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman addressed Reynolds’ curiosity in shopping for the crew.
“He was fairly articulate on ‘The Tonight Present’ final night time with Jimmy Fallon that he’d be very and he wants both a sugar mommy or a sugar daddy with some huge cash to assist him,” Bettman mentioned. “I feel these have been his actual phrases that I’m quoting. Hear, something that engages the fan base, that brings loads of consideration to the franchise and the crew is a plus. He’s a very fashionable and well-respected particular person.”
He added, “The formal course of hasn’t begun but and it’ll. One factor that’s been made completely clear … is the membership has made completely clear that any sale shall be depending on the membership staying in Ottawa, and hopefully transferring downtown to LeBreton Flats.”
Melnyk initially bought the Senators for $92 million in 2003, when the crew was dealing with doable chapter.