Habs worth $1Billion dollars according to Forbes..
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Smokey Thompson
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Molson is an evil genius... paying DD $15 million over 4 years and getting $280 million over 4 years from the local TV stations!
Deebs
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Even threads about the financial state of the NHL takes digs at DD...so tiresome.
The league as a whole is so strong right now. Love'em or Hate'em, The Penguin Gary Bettman has done a fairly solid job working to get TV money and selling the game. Is he the best commish in NA major league sports...hard to say no, isn't it. Not sure I like the idea of putting at team in Vegas, but there are smarting people than I making this decision.
ThaDevilGirl
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Smokey Thompson
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So it has nothing to do with the team's great play since MB took over and the fact that they're improving every year?
The team has 1 Quebecois aside from Malhotra... and the local media couldn't care less because the team is winning.
MXD
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First Line
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George Gillet deserves a lot of the credit for the turn around-Lets not forget it was Molson Brewery who messed things up in late 1990s-Molson at time was sold to Miller beer located in colorado
Gillet put in $25M and cashed out $400M!
Gillet was a visionary who realized the value of the Habs brand (and sports brands in general) and was able to turn around the franchise by hiring a smart hockey man as GM... yes, the much maligned, Bob Gainey.
LaP
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Smokey Thompson
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Molson coors-my mistake-but it was not a merger it was a take over just like Labatt is owned by a Belgium company.But my pt about Gillet is valid and habs fans should thank him
LaP
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Agnostic
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I agree wth you about Gillett breaking the team away from the evil Molson empire, Dan O'Neill almost single handedly ran the team into the ground.
However one small correction. Molson Coors was a merger of equals in every sense. It is controlled equally by the Molson and Coors families who own equal voting shares in the company and have equal representation (each family appoints 5 Directors, with an additional 3 directors voted by class B shareholders) on the company's board of directors.
Habs_Apostle
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Wow. Selling the Habs could solve so many problems, like ending homelessness in Canada and finding cures for otherwise intractable diseases. But... uh... not willing to make that sacrifice...
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madhi19
Just the tip!
Did they finish that big condo tower near the Bell Centre? Because that the kind of side business that usually boost a franchise valuation.
no matter who's on the roster, RDS would be on their knees begging for T.V rights to air HABS games with or without québécois..but of course it always helps to have DD and Co.
