All four potential buyers of the NHL franchise met with the daughters of late owner Eugene Melnyk.
We’re told all bidders were willing to keep the Melnyks in the fold if they gained control of the franchise.
The belief in NHL circles is that Apostolopoulos came in with the “cleanest” and “highest” binding bid at $1 billion at the May 15 deadline.Article content His only partners are his brothers, Jim and Peter, plus we’re told the bid isn’t heavily leveraged with debt. Apostolopoulos has former NHL forward Nick Kypreos as an adviser.
A week ago we were told Andlauer was “confident” he would win. He remains in the mix with the Kimels, so we’ll see where this goes. Sources said the other three bidders started at $850 million and Sparks put down a $950-million offer that wasn’t fully funded. That’s why he was adding partners as late as last Monday.Article content
No matter which group buys the Senators, they’re expected to try to engage in a partnership with local businessman Jeff York.
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