Brokin
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You talk like you are Canadian. Just a thought, if someday Quebec is allowed to secede, do you think the Molson's will sell the team to an ethnic French Speaking ownership group and they will call it the Montreal Quebekee's? I always thought Jim wanted a club in Hamilton and there was no way that would ever happen because of the proximity to Toronto and Buffalo. So you believe it's because they just don't like Jim and wouldn't allow him to be an owner in any city?What does this have to do with anything? The Canadiens aren't owned by someone who heads a separatist political party, which is one of the main roadblocks preventing Paladeau from owning a team. The NHL BOG are a good 'ol boys club and they have the final say on who they want in their inner circle or not (ie Jim Balsallie)
What does that have to do with anything? The team was staying in South Florida at that time, period. So there was never a chance Bettman or the BOG would facilitate the sale to anyone who wanted to move the franchise then or in the future.No, they won't. It doesn't matter how many people he has to be "buffers" The NHL ain't gonna want to deal with that guy, period. Plus, the league could have allowed him into the fold when the Panthers were for sale, instead Bettman facilitated the sale to Viola.
As far as dealing with Quebecor, the NHL is already dealing with them in a big way as part of the Rogers Communications coup of broadcasting NHL games for the next 12 years. Quebecor is paying $125M per year (which is close to 25% of the total deal with the NHL) to broadcast those games in French throughout Canada, and Bettman and the BOG really don't give a crap whether Paladeau sits on the board. As they say, $$$ talks and BS walks. As far as ownership of the franchise by Quebecor, that agreement will probably include a caveat that Pierre Karl Paladeau will not be able to represent Quebecor at any NHL ownership meetings.
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