Ryan Reynolds, Snoop Dogg and The Weeknd Battle to Buy Ottawa Senators Hockey Team

Whoever wins the auction to win the Senators will have to get used to traveling to Ottawa

Business. What do Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds, American rapper Snoop Dogg and Canadian musician The Weeknd have in common? That the three want to be the owners of the Ottawa Senators, the professional ice hockey team from the capital of Canada, which is valued at about 700 million dollars.

The interest of three celebrities from the world of entertainment in the Senators, a team that has never won the Stanley Cup, the championship of the National Hockey League (NHL), the professional ice hockey league in North America, is not exactly because of their passion. for the sport.

Sports teams have become a coveted possession because, as industry experts point out, professional leagues function like “a cartel system” or an exclusive club to which only a handful of people belong.

Whoever wins the auction to get the Senators will have to get used to traveling to Ottawa, because the family of Eugene Melnyk, the owner of the Senators who died in March 2022, has already said it will only sell the franchise to who guarantees that he will keep her in the Canadian capital.

In this respect, at least, Reynolds and The Weeknd have an advantage over Snoop Dogg: the former two grew up in Canada and know what Canadian winters mean.