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The president of the Vancouver Canucks has denied reports that Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is negotiating to buy the NHL team. Stan McCammon told reporters yesterday that he hasn't had any contact with Abramovich. Despite the denial, reports on a possible NHL purchase by Abramovich were carried Thursday in the London Evening Standard, Toronto Sun and Vancouver Province. Worth an estimated 18.3 billion Canadian, Abramovich rocked the soccer world recently by purchasing English Premier League soccer club Chelsea and spending more than $220 million on star players. Reports this summer had the billionaire looking to purchase an NHL team, and then stock it entirely with Russian star players, on advice from NHL Hall of Famer Viacheslav Fetisov.
