Sale prices of NHL franchises
Created: Thursday, August 28, 2008 | Total records: 91
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| id | Year | Team | Price | Buyer | Other |
| 1 | 1920 | Quebec Bulldogs | 0.005 | Percy Thompson | Moved to Hamilton Tigers |
| 2 | 1921 | Montreal Canadians | 0.011 | Louis Letourneau, Joe Catterinich & Leo Dandurand | |
| 3 | 1924 | Boston Bruins | 0.015 | Charles Adams | Expansion Fee |
| 4 | 1924 | Montreal Maroons | 0.015 | Thomas Strachan & Donat Raymond | Expansion Fee; owners of Montreal Forum |
| 5 | 1925 | Hamilton Tigers | 0.075 | Bill Dwyer | Moved to New York Americans |
| 6 | 1925 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0.012 | Odie Cleghorn | Expansion Fee |
| 7 | 1926 | Chicago Blackhawks | 0.012 | Frederic McLaughlin | Expansion Fee |
| 8 | 1926 | Detroit Cougars | 0.012 | Charles Hughes/Syndicate | |
| 9 | 1926 | New York Rangers | 0.012 | Madison Square Garden Corp. | Expansion Fee |
| 10 | 1926 | Toronto St. Patricks | 0.16 | Conn Smythe/Syndicate | Name changed to Maple Leafs |
| 11 | 1933 | Detroit Falcons | 0.1 | Norris Bros and Art Wirtz | Also bought Olympic stadium for $250,000 |
| 12 | 1935 | Montreal Canadians | 0.165 | Ernest Savard, Louis Gelinas & Maurice Forget/Can. Arena Co. | |
| 13 | 1951 | Boston Bruins | 0.187 | Weston Adams/Boston Garden Arena Co. | Adams holds 40% of Co. |
| 14 | 1954 | Chicago Blackhawks | 1 | William Wirtz | |
| 15 | 1957 | Montreal Canadians | 5 | Hartland & Thomas Molson | Incl Montreal Forum |
| 16 | 1961 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | C. Stafford Smythe, Harold Ballard & John Bassett | |
| 17 | 1967 | Oakland Seals | 2 | Barry Van Gerbig & George Fleharty | Expansion Fee |
| 18 | 1967 | Los Angeles Kings | 2 | Jack Kent Cooke | Expansion Fee |
| 19 | 1967 | Minnesota North Stars | 2 | Walter Busch, Jr./Syndicate | Expansion Fee; Weyerhauser family owns majority of the stock |
| 20 | 1967 | Philadelphia Flyers | 2 | Ed Snider | Expansion Fee |
| 21 | 1967 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2 | Jack McGregor & W. Russell Byers/Syndicate | |
| 22 | 1967 | St. Louis Blues | 2 | Sidney Salmon and Son | Also bought St. Louis Arena $4.5 mil |
| 23 | 1969 | Oakland Seals | 4.5 | Whitey Ford and 4 others/Transnatl Corp | Ford + 2 hold 80%; Knox Bros hold 20% |
| 24 | 1970 | Buffalo Sabres | 6 | Seymour & Northrup Knox/Niagra Frontier Hockey | Expansion Fee |
| 25 | 1970 | Oakland Seals | 4.5 | Charles Finley | renamed California Seals |