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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Relocation with the current ownership group is an empty threat, if they don't want to pay for more in arena costs then they aren't going to want to pay $100 million for a relocation fee, unless it's for a homerun market (of which there are none, outside of Toronto 2). If they are done with Calgary then I imagine they are selling.
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I still think there are huge problems with the idea of selling and moving from the calgary market. Especially when the expansion fee has been set at a very attractive number. If more billionaires want to enter the game, the other billionaires would prefer to get a pound of flesh (500 million) from them.
And again, a guy like Fertitta isn't going to buy a hockey franchise. Allen's group might... but I don't see there being huge upside for them so unless one of the family scions is a big hockey fan it is unlikely.
So, are they going to sell to Quebecor? That seems like an enormously futile decision for the league.