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Originally Posted by Fire
How would they be costing themselves hundreds of millions of dollars if they sold the Flames for hundred of millions of dollars to an interested party willing to have the team play in Seattle? Sounds like they would make out like bandits. The Flames owners don't own the Flames to make money, you don't really think they would remain the owners of the team if they moved out of town do you?
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If they moved the buyer would have to pay the relocation fee, which pretty much automatically lowers any bid. If prospective buyers know the Flames owners want to sell, they're going to get lowballed obviously. And if they wanna remain owners and move, the relocation fee again cuts into their pockets, plus going from #1 sports choice in a hockey mad market to at best #5 sports choice in a somewhat unknown hockey market (assuming Seattle)...obviously that's not increasing the bottom line.
But all kind of a moot point to me. Unless the Flames owners are CalgaryNEXT or bust, or unless it's the Edmonton deal for an arena only or they move/sell, they'll get a new arena in Vic Park, and most of the comments by King and Burke will be footnotes in a pretty standard negotiation, at least for these things.