All the speculation about would it get approved or not is going the wrong direction. Fact is how could the Canadiens not work in Montreal? Or better, how could they work better in say Hamilton, Quebec City or Winnipeg (pre-Jets return)? They couldn't, you'd be a fool to buy this team and relocate them to those places. You could bluster about moving, threaten to do it, go have photo ops with the mayor in another city and everything else you think gets you leverage, but still it makes no sense. This team makes FAR more money for the owner in Montreal than anywhere else. So another owner at best tries to leverage for a better lease, better tax payments, better TV deal, etc. but they aren't picking up and leaving the market.