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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Pretty sure if they moved it would be as a sale, not with present ownership. I know they haven’t threatened it yet in this go ‘round, but that’s probably because they aren’t at that stage in the pressure yet. And it didn’t go over too well last time.
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And as we all know, priority 1 on a sale would be an owner looking to keep the team local. It is harder to imagine someone willing to front the cash for both the team and their share of the arena (unless maybe it is someone whose core business is actually real estate development, like the Pattison Group...who previously owned the Calgary Cowboys in the WHA).
It is more plausible that other billionaires could be interested in joining the NHL club, and don't mind doing so under a more traditional fair-market-value tenancy situation.
There is nothing to suggest Murray has any interest in selling or relocating though. I would continue to call his implied bluff.