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Originally Posted by Beatle17
Every single one has been asked in the past and turned down owning and NHL team, try again.
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LOL...anything to back that up?
The last times Canadian franchises changed owners:
EDM - 2008
VAN - 2004
OTT - 2003
Kinda weird that Chip and Camp have amassed their fortunes since then.
I'll never understand the sentiment that owning a team is some sort of headache/hardship and there is nobody out there who would be remotely interested.
All hobbies require investment...very few deliver a big ROI
All investments carry risk...very few come with the same perks as owning a team.
There is also no reason an owner has to be particularly local. Murray is barely local now. Some owners have multiple franchises in different leagues and different cities.
Also consider the scarcity of franchises in eastern Canada...TOR and MTL are essentially out of reach, leaving only OTT as the only plausible option. Step 1 can be to just get into the club (Leipold, Spano lol, etc.).