Modano responds to ownership reports

I warned you there will be a lot to come out on this story. Anytime you link Wayne Gretzky, Brett Hull and Mike Modano together as a potential ownership group there’s bound to be some juicy tidbits to come out surrounding the reports. We have the official statement from Modano, but here’s some more quotes that are a bit more revealing.

Mike Fisher of DallasBasketball.com, is a Dallas-area reporter who is about as reliable as they come. He’s known for being to get great interviews with local players and has forged friendships with many of them. Mike Modano is one. So it’s no surprise he was able to get this great quote from Modano on today’s report:

“That just sounds like somebody speculating by sticking (Gretzky’s name) in there,’' Modano tells me. “I’ve never said that, never had that conversation, never heard of anything like that until this bullshit story. It’s no big deal; I’m sure somebody (media) is just trying to do their job. But it’s bull****.’'

Fisher says in his story that he’s in a bit of a tough spot since Richie Whitt, who ‘broke the story’ is a good friend of his. Truth be told, Whitt is known to be a decent are reporter, but this story has too many holes and too many flat denials to hold up. Fisher states that he believes Whitt’s sources are anticipating a connection, one that could possibly be coming from Brett Hull.

Who knows exactly what’s going on, but it’s pretty clear at this point that Modano has had no interaction with Wayne Gretzky.