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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Former Montreal Canadiens general manager Serge Savard says he and a group of partners are prepared to buy the NHL franchise if it is put up for sale.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Canadiens majority shareholder George Gillett is seeking advice from financial firms in Canada and elsewhere about how he might maximize his holdings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gillett owns the Bell Centre, where the Canadiens play, as well as 80 percent of the team.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Savard doesn't know if the Canadiens will go on the block, but he has told various Quebec media he would be part of a consortium that would bid for the team.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gillett also owns 50 percent of the Liverpool English soccer team and has interests in the Richard Petty Motorsports NASCAR team and other sports entities.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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