While the hockey world is waiting on Coyotes captain Shane Doan to pick a team, The Arizona Republic reports Doan is waiting on potential buyer Greg Jamison to determine the likelihood his bid to purchase the Coyotes will be completed.
"We're waiting to see what Mr. Jamison is going to do, now that it seems like the path has cleared to take ownership of the team," agent Terry Bross said. "It's been a little quiet from that camp."
Bross hopes to hear from the Jamison group by Friday to receive some reassurance that a sale is coming. If that doesn't happen, it's likely that Doan would begin to examine the list of 16 teams that have expressed interest in the 35-year-old winger.
"I hear tidbits back and forth in some of the NHL circles that it's going to get done and it's moving forward," Bross said. "I just haven't heard it from them yet, so I hope to hear something like that sometime before the end of the week."
Doan is in the midst of his third week as an unrestricted free agent, and his patience hasn't scared away suitors. He has received six official offers. Bross anticipates that Doan will explore his options soon.
"Let's narrow this list down and take a hard look at a few of the ones that you really feel like there's a really good fit now that you know who's interested and be fair to the clubs that you might not have as much interest in and let them know that they should go a different direction," Bross said of what he plans to tell Doan. "That's probably the next step, and I'm hopeful that Shane will be open to going down that path by the weekend."
Amid the wrangling in the city of Glendale, Jamison has yet to acquire the team, prolonging Doan's decision.
"I'm concerned that (the Jamison group) hasn't been a little more active," Bross said. "There may be some other moving parts I don't know about."
Doan's No. 1 choice remains the Coyotes. Bross and General Manager Don Maloney have begun negotiating, exchanging proposed terms a few times, Bross said, but much of that process has been stalled because of ownership uncertainty.
"We're just kind of on hold with the Coyotes until we know who exactly we're negotiating with," Bross said.
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