Yukon Joe
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PKP went on record today and is seeking partners to submit a bid and show interest.
Return of the Nordiques: Pierre-Karl Péladeau open to the idea of finding partners - Dose.ca
Last week, François Legault was invited to speak to Paul Arcand about the Quebec Nordiques. The province’s premier shared his wish to see Pierre-Karl Péladeau (Québecor) team up with partners to “make a real offer” to Gary Bettman and the National Hockey League… And his words reached the ears of...
dose.ca
Interesting.
First he says "for once, I'd say the Premiere is right" - I told you they were old political rivals.
But then he seems to blame Bettman, saying the league has been quiet and there are no "clear signals".
So, it's hard to tell. Is this the league going cold on QC? Or PKP coming up with excuses why he doesn't have the money?
My semi-educated guess has always been that PKP doesn't have the money - that if he could have offered $1.2 bil for the Coyotes the league would be quite happy to move the team to QC (after all they have an arena ready to go, unlike SLC).