As competitors jockeyed to get an edge over their rivals in the final hours before the Monday bidding deadline — all for the crown jewel of owning the Ottawa Senators — the team’s original owner says the race has blown wide open.
Bruce Firestone, whose group bought the Sens 33 years ago as an expansion franchise for $50 million, guessed last week that the team would end up selling for $1.1 billion.
News then broke that a bid connected to actor Ryan Reynolds reportedly fell through, upending predictions and making Firestone cut back his forecast.
“Now I’m going to reduce that to a round number like a
