[cferneyh]

The point is, no matter how much money MLSE may be making today, they have to be dischuffed at the spectre of a really good team moving in down the street and chipping away at their fan base.

Which winning teams tend to do.

Same same if the Preds were moving to Laval, say.

I understand that is the point. I didn't refute it. And I fully expect that, as the NHL's main "tenant", MLSE will do everything in their power to stop a move to Hamilton or KW, privately at least. I don't expect that whatever goes on behind closed doors between Bettman, Basille, and MLSE to ever be made public. I was merely pointing out that the Leafs make MLSE an insane amount of money. Of course the Leafs aren't alone. The Oilers were crying poverty recently yet - strangely - said the team wasn't for sale when a buyer put forth an unsolicited offer. I don't know about you, but if someone wanted to take a "money-losing" venture of my hands, I'd accept. Makes one wonder what the real story is.