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Fans chant ‘buy the team’ at Ryan Reynolds as he shows up to watch Ottawa Senators – in a Wrexham cap! – after telling Jimmy Fallon he DOES want to take over the franchise… and being trolled by the Vancouver Canucks after they win 6-4!
Vancouver-born actor Ryan Reynolds is considering buying another professional sports team — he’s turning away from the soccer field to a sheet of ice.
His hometown of Vancouver Canucks took on the Ottawa senators on Tuesday night — after Reynolds publicly announced he wanted to buy the senators.
The ‘Deadpool’ actor and Wrexham AFC owner appeared at the Canadian Tire Center in the Ottawa suburb of Kanata, where he was greeted with cheers and appreciation from the public.
At one point, Reynolds was shown on screen. He got up and waved to the crowd, with a few “Buy the Team” chants breaking out as players saluted him.
Wrexham Owner and Actor Ryan Reynolds Considers Buying Another Sports Franchise
Reynolds appeared at a Senatorial game, waved to the crowd and showed his appreciation
Reynolds appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and said he was “trying” to buy the team just days after Senators Sports & Entertainment said they were open to potential offers.
“It’s very expensive, I need a partner with really deep pockets,” Reynolds said on the show.
“It’s called a consortium when you form a group together to buy an entity. It’s just a fancy way of saying I need a sugar mommy or a sugar daddy.”
The franchise is one of the cheapest in the league, currently valued at $655 million.
SS&E is the parent company of the team, which was owned by Eugene Melnyk from 2003 until his death in March this year.
Senators are trying to make it to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2017
“I love Ottawa. I grew up in Vancouver, which always has my heart, but also grew up in Ottawa. I spent a long time in Vanier, a small town,” he continued on the show.
Ottawa is currently in a transition phase, trying to make it to the playoffs for the first time since 2017 – when they advanced to the Eastern Conference finals.
The Canucks defeated the Senators 6-4 in Tuesday night’s game, with the victorious team using it as a moment to poke fun at their out-of-town son – tweeting “Ryan Reynolds approves of this W.”