Comments on: Leafs Up For Sale???

By: habsrock99

habsrock99 — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:43:27 +0000

I'm pretty sure the reason it's not on the Home Page is because I mistakenly thought Abramovich was trying to buy them when it was really Alexander Schnaider.

By: PaulK123

PaulK123 — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:06:40 +0000

God I hope this sale happens!!!! MLSE needs to realize that this team is a ticking time bomb, eventually we as the fans will get fed up and stop selling out the building. I am on the verge of boycotting the Leafs out of disgust. And I'm sure I'm not the only one. New ownership will shake up the team and we will be able to hire a GM who doesn't get ass raped in every trade, and fire those two idiots who run the organization (peddie and tanenbaum). New ownership is what this team needs, hope MLSE seriously considers this

By: leafy

leafy — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:33:27 +0000

Why wasn't this article posted in the main HTR page? This story is huge.

Anyway, I agree with you habsrock. New ownership is exactly what this team needs. Clearly the current ownership is totally dysfunctional.

By: habsrock99

habsrock99 — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:48:21 +0000

Goddamnit I was hoping this wouldn't get posted. It turned out that what I did see was just half of the segment about this topic on The Spin, which happend to be talking about Abramovich.

Only after I had written this and went into detail about everything, did I find out that their was another half, which was talking about the real perspective Russian-Canadian buyer, Alexander Schnaider.

http://www.thescore.ca/sixpack/index.asp?name=/2008/01/breaking_news_s.html&catID=Leafs

Schnaider owns a soccer team as well, but an Israeli soccer team. His net worth is about 1.8 billion and it is believed by Strachan, Ludzik and Kouleas that it would take around 1.3 billion for Schnaider to purchase the entire MLSE.

Sorry about getting my facts all confused.

But as far as the Leafs needing a more stable ownership situation, I believe Schnaider would in fact stabalize the franchise.

Also, according to Strachan's sources it is believed Tanenbaum did in fact give Schnaider a price for at least his share in MLSE.