Saputo, Bronfmans Team Up To Make Bid For Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens captain Saku Koivu rejoices after scoring game-winning overtime goal against Tampa Bay Lightning at Bell Centre last month. Photograph by: John Kenney, The Gazette

From The Montreal Gazette:

MONTREAL - Life keeps getting rosier for George Gillett.

Le Journal de Montréal reports that Stephen Bronfman and Joey Saputo, members of two of Montreal's wealthiest families, together have tabled a bid of $450 million, the richest to date, to purchase the Canadiens and the Bell Centre.

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