Anthony Sansone Jr. would not say when he will decide whether to try to join Len Barrie as an owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning. He also declined to identify the “very substantial” financial investment entity he would bring with him. But the St. Louis real estate mogul offered this Friday:

“We’re certainly in the advance stages of due diligence. There’s a lot that has to be done and a lot that has to be handicapped.”

The process can’t move fast enough for Barrie, in the midst of a league-mandated 60-day window to buy out co-owner Oren Koules, with whom he has been squabbling…(read more below)

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