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http://nashvillepost.com/news/2011/7...d_by_september

Finally, it seems, the NHL is close to approving another Predators investor.

At Wednesday's Skate of the Union event at Bridgestone Arena, team chairman Tom Cigarran said he expects the league to give the final approvals to the investment of Canadian billionaire entrepreneur W. Brett Wilson by September.

Wilson made his loonies as an investment banker funding oil and gas exploration before branching off to form Canoe Investments, a private-equity firm reportedly worth $1.5 billion. He co-owns — along with partial Predators owner David Freeman — a minor-league baseball team and an English soccer team and has been seeking approval as a member of Nashville's ownership group for nearly three years.