Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau says the dying of former Ottawa Senators proprietor Eugene Melnyk has ended conversations between the staff and his firm concerning the Senators probably taking part in video games in Quebec Metropolis.
“There have been discussions relating to the potential for having few video games of the Senators in Quebec Metropolis,” mentioned Péladeau, however after the dying of Melynk, Péladeau mentioned he believed it was “not the precise time to contemplate any dialog of this nature.”
La Presse reported in March that the Quebec authorities, the NHL, the Ottawa Senators and Quebecor had held discussions with a view to bringing Senators video games to Quebec Metropolis's for the 2022-2023 season. Quebecor would have supplied the Senators with a monetary bundle in trade for 5 video games performed on the Videotron Heart in Quebec Metropolis.
Péladeau didn't shut the door utterly on probably reviving the talks between the Senators and Quebecor, saying: “We'll discover out sooner or later if this mission is feasible or not.”
Péladeau sidestepped questions on if he had any curiosity in buying the Senators, saying “there isn't any such information about Quebecor shopping for or having an associating” with the Senators.
Quebecor has lengthy sought to return NHL hockey to Quebec. In 2015, the corporate submitted an software for an growth franchise to carry again the Nordiques after a 22-year hockey hiatus within the provincial capital, however the NHL rejected to bid, choosing Las Vegas and Seattle as an alternative.
Earlier this month, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman mentioned the Senators weren't on the market. "The franchise is being professionally run," Bettman advised reporters. "The membership's not in the marketplace. There is not any urgency. The membership's not unstable.”
Melnyk appointed a board of administrators comprising long-time enterprise associates to supervise the day-to-day operations of the staff previous to his dying. The staff is at the moment owned by Melnyk’s two daughters, Anna, 23 and Olivia, 19.
Bettman mentioned that it’s “finally his two daughters are going to must resolve what they wish to do” with the staff.
Regardless of Bettman saying the Senators usually are not on the market, that has not stopped others from exhibiting curiosity in buying the staff.
Roger Greenberg, the manager chairman of Ottawa primarily based actual property firm Minto Group, mentioned his household would “probably take part” in potential new possession if the Melnyk daughters resolve to place the staff up on the market.
With recordsdata from the Canadian Press and CTV’s Michael Woods
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