Quebec bid team not worried about weak Canadian dollar

General outdoor view of the newly built Videotron Centre during the NHL pre-season game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sept. 28, 2015. (Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images/AFP)NEW YORK - Even with the sagging Canadian dollar, the men spearheading the bid to bring an NHL expansion team to Quebec City are confident that a franchise can survive there.

So said Quebecor chairman of the board Brian Mulroney on Tuesday afternoon, just minutes after his group had made its sales pitch to the NHL’s executive committee at the league’s downtown offices in mid-town Manhattan.

“It’s an important factor but we can, even with the exchange rate, handle the team,” said Mulroney, part…