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Come Out, Come Out...Wherever You Are UPDATE |
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I'm beginning to wonder if Daryl Katz exists or if he's just the Keyser Soze figment of someone's imagination. He's apparently whispered to a reporter that his offer on the Oilers has been upped to $190 million. Thing is, the Oilers have never received any formal offer from Katz to buy the team. It all seems like napking-written numbers and whispers to the odd reporter. To my knowledge, Katz hasn't done a quoted interview with television, newspaper or radio throughout this whole ordeal.
Last week, Katz purchased the title sponsorship for the Grand Prix of Edmonton. He wasn't at the press conference. He didn't do any interviews. He ducked out of the gym when the media wanted a few minutes of his time. Is anybody else wondering if this is an indication of how he'd be as an owner? Asking for blind faith from ticket holders and sponsors without ever being available to answer questions?
If he really wants this team, it's time to step up publically and make a formal offer. Why should the Oilers organization keep having to comment on informal offers on a team that isn't for sale? Katz needs to stop negotiating through the media and show himself.
***Update: Katz's spokesman Josh Pekarsky was good enough to have a nice chat with me this afternoon. I don't like what he had to say, but he gets all the kudos in the world for putting up with my barrage of questions. It was a whole bunch of 'no comment' and he said that it's typical not to speak with the media during negotiations. That being said, he wouldn't confirm that there were any negotiations going on. He wouldn't confirm or deny that a formal offer had or had not been made. He wouldn't confirm or deny the $190 million offer. "If there was something to talk about, I'm sure Mr. Katz would be available." Hmmm...I guess there wasn't much to talk about last week when he purchased the title sponsorship for a major international sporting event being held in our city.
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Matt Greene has signed on for 2 more seasons. I'm glad to have him back on the blue-line...he improved so much last season and I'm excited to see if he keeps heading on an upward plane. I'm also glad to have his jovial presence back in the locker room; great guy.
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