Entries with the tag: Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz put up Peter Pocklington’s $1-million bail at the request of former Oilers President Glen Sather, according to the authors of an authorized biography of Pocklington. Katz, who purchased the Oilers in 2008, put up the bail out of his friendship for Sather, the current president of the New York Rangers, according to Terry McConnell, one of the authors of I’d Trade Him Again. Court documents had initially listed Sather as the person responsible for putting down the deposit, but he subsequently requested assistance from Katz, who could provide the security more quickly, said McConnell. “He did it as a favour to Glen Sather,” said McConnell. “Sather called him saying ‘I need some help with this.’ Katz got it done in a day.”
