You think Cirque de Soleil and the Desmarais family gave Alfie a call and asked him to help them be a part of their ownership group and that's why Alfie left the Sens - conflict of interest?
Alfie said he'd like to be an owner and it seems to be on his mind in Sweden, the Desmarais family is all about blue blood ties so bringing Alfie into the fold would be the first step into creating a bid that the NHL would find hard to resist, that and having $10 Billion dollars.
Melnyck might not want to sell, but you put $700 million and the attendance and thr Breton problems in front of him, the employee lawsuits, fan despise, financial hardships, basically no real money to fund Lebreton and maybe he cashes in his chips.
Alfie's revenge. You won't pay me, I'll buy the mofo from you and do it right.