Montreal Canadiens
Description
Franchise value and ownership history
Franchise name/location history (most to least recent):- Montreal Canadiens
| Franchise Valuation and Ownership History All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Value (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Hockey Franchise Valuation Rank |
| 1910-11 | $7,500 | $222,191 | |
| Value in Canadian currency: $7,500. Ambrose O'Brien sold the team to George Kendall (aka George Kennedy) and 115 shareholders for $C 7,500. | |||
| Source(s): Maclean's / Book: The Lively World of Hockey / Book: Deceptions and Doublecross / Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey / Book: Georges Vezina, l'habitant silencieux | |||
| 1921-22 | $9,900 | $162,338 | |
| Value in Canadian currency: $11,000. After the death of George Kendall (aka George Kennedy), the team was auctionned off. On November 4, 1921, Leo Dandurand, Louis Letourneau, and Joe Cattarinich bought it for $C 11,000. (Sold by Kennedy's widow for $11,500, according to the book Deceptions and Deblecross) | |||
| Source(s): Book: La glorieuse histoire des Canadiens / Maclean's / Book: The Lively World of Hockey / Book: 99 Stories of the Game / Book: The Lives of Conn Smythe / Book: Georges Vezina, l'habitant silencieux / The Sporting News / The Hockey Research Journal | |||
| 1935-36 | $175,000 | $3,733,418 | |
| Value in Canadian currency: $175,000. Leo Dandurand and Joe Cattarinich, who purchased the shares of Louis Letourneau for $150,000 fours years before, sold the team to the Canadian Arena Company, headed by Senator Raymond, for $C 175,000. (It was for $165,000 according to McLean's and The Sporting News.) | |||
| Source(s): Book: La glorieuse histoire des Canadiens | |||
| 1957-58 | $1,043,000 | $10,868,142 | |
| Value in Canadian currency: $1,000,000. The Canadian Arena Company sold the team to Senator Hartland Molson for $C 1M. | |||
| Source(s): Maclean's / The Sporting News | |||
| 1971-72 | $15,246,000 | $110,212,502 | |
| Value in Canadian currency: $15,400,000. During the season, the Canadian Arena Company sold the Canadiens and the Montreal Forum to Edward and Peter Bronfman, the Bank of Nova Scotia and Baton Broadcasting, Inc. for a reported $15.4M plus assorted fringe benefits including $2.5M savings because the sale took place just before the implementation of a new capital gains tax. | |||
| Source(s): Book: La glorieuse histoire des Canadiens / La Presse / Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey / Book: American Sports Empire: How the Leagues Breed Success. | |||
| 1978-79 | $17,540,000 | $78,705,473 | |
| Value in Canadian currency: $20,000,000. In August 1978, the Canadian Arena Banking Corporation (owned by the Bronfman family) sold the team to the Molson Brewery for $C 20M. (It was sold for $C23M according to The Sporting news and $C 40M according to Book: Guy Lafleur - L'ombre et la lumiere) | |||
| Source(s): Book: La glorieuse histoire des Canadiens / Book: Serge Savard - Canadien jusqu'au bout / Book: Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey / Forbes | |||
| 1996-97 | $86,000,000 | $160,485,814 | 3 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1997-98 | $95,000,000 | $173,227,635 | 3 |
| Source(s): Financial World | |||
| 1998-99 | $167,000,000 | $299,864,425 | 6 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 1999-00 | $175,000,000 | $307,494,897 | 7 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2000-01 | $191,000,000 | $324,655,633 | 8 |
| According to the book Back to Beer...and Hockey: The Story of Eric Molson, in late January 2001, George Gillet purchased 80.1% of the Montreal Canadien and 100% of the Molson Center, from the Molson brewery, for $275M. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2001-02 | $182,000,000 | $300,849,382 | 10 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2002-03 | $187,000,000 | $304,285,635 | 10 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2003-04 | $170,000,000 | $270,488,150 | 10 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2004-05 | $195,000,000 | $302,183,926 | 9 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2006-07 | $230,000,000 | $333,950,097 | 7 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2007-08 | $283,000,000 | $399,508,537 | 4 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2008-09 | $334,000,000 | $454,072,457 | 3 |
| The Molson brothers (Geoffrey, Andrew and Justin) buy the Montreal Canadiens, Bell Center and Groupe Spectacles Gillett from George Gillett for $575M. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes / Book: La glorieuse histoire des Canadiens / Book: Beyond the Scoreboard | |||
| 2009-10 | $339,000,000 | $462,502,564 | 3 |
| Source(s): Forbes / Book: Sports Economics | |||
| 2010-11 | $408,000,000 | $547,654,774 | 3 |
| Source(s): Forbes / Book: Sports Economics | |||
| 2011-12 | $445,000,000 | $579,049,969 | 3 |
| (The franchise was worth $575M according to the book Sports and Labor in the United States.) | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2012-13 | $575,000,000 | $733,056,753 | 3 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2013-14 | $775,000,000 | $973,740,127 | 3 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2014-15 | $1,000,000,000 | $1,236,377,461 | 3 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2015-16 | $1,180,000,000 | $1,457,201,924 | 2 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2016-17 | $1,120,000,000 | $1,365,876,422 | 2 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2017-18 | $1,250,000,000 | $1,492,636,260 | 3 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2018-19 | $1,300,000,000 | $1,515,312,015 | 3 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2019-20 | $1,340,000,000 | $1,534,139,091 | 3 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2020-21 | $1,340,000,000 | $1,515,525,502 | 3 |
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2021-22 | $1,600,000,000 | $1,728,118,081 | 3 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was between $1.5B and $2B. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||
| 2022-23 | $1,850,000,000 | $1,850,000,000 | 3 |
| According to Graeme Roustan, in The Hockey News, the value of the franchise without the arena was $1.8B. It was $1.7B according to Sportico. | |||
| Source(s): Forbes | |||