I hope the Jets can put some wins together against Detroit.
At this point, it looks like the Coyotes will return to Winnipeg, from whence they came in 1996. None of the governors interviewed were optimistic the municipal bond deal that is supposed to pay for Chicago businessman Matthew Hulsizer's purchase of the Coyotes from the NHL can be saved.
The problem will be, what will the Globe and Mail report on? They'll have to stop slavishly worshipping the Leafs, won't they?
yep its done, just the formality of nhl approval, which will be done, unless no one comes out and
buys a season ticket, and that won't happen.
still curious about the name, but it really doesn't matter, hockey is back, and whatever they name
them is just that, a name.
I just hope that the same thing doesn't happen that has happened in edmonton on occasion, that a
player won't move to winnipeg, because they want a better climate, hockey is for the 'tough', and
those who won't play somewhere because of climate, are wimps, so who would want them anyway.
players in winnipeg will be pure hockey players and not picky little brats.
eg. danny heatly, chris pronger, etc.
congratulations winnipeg, welcome back, love having you back in the NHL, where you belong.
Great day for hockey fans in Winnipeg and Canada. I really can't see that there will be a problem with the ticket sales which are due to start tomorrow according to Mark Chipman.
As far as the name goes, we have had our fun here with picking names but it will be up to the club, I imagine, to name the new team. I doubt it will be the Jets though.
How about the Winnipeg Roughriders?
How about the Winnipeg Roughriders?
It must be the dead of winter where you all live.
This has been beaten to death-US team owners don't want anymore Canadian teams and that's that.
Those of us in the know knew that when when one of the richest men on the planet wants to join the NHL club, it would only be a matter of time. Whether the NHL wanted Winnipeg or not was always irrelevant. They wanted David Thompson. They got David Thompson. TNSE will make the Jets The model franchise.
Go Jets Go!!!
The Jests haven't done anything except move yet, so I wouldn't crow too loud. The way they handled their front office/coaching issues was a joke, not something one expects from "The model franchise"...unless you want create a model of how not to do things (and we already have the Maple Laughs for that, so do we need another?). I still don't see how a small city like Winterpeg will make this happen but I don't wish them ill.
I think I suggested that a couple of weeks ago - I think every sport in Canada needs a team (or two!) called the RoughRiders.
Why is that a Canadian name - wasn't it the name of Teddy Roosevelt's group?
Why is that a Canadian name - wasn't it the name of Teddy Roosevelt's
group?
Nice to see the Jets starting to play better...9 points in their last 7 games and Kyle Wellwood, what's gotten into him?
Sorry to rain on the parade(s) guys but QC and Winnipeg are dreams when it comes to the NHL, not reality.....
And in Quebec city they think the NHL is coming back there too.
FYI-it isn't/it never will and someone has been inhaling their own farts for far too long.
It must be the dead of winter where you all live.
This has been beaten to death-US team owners don't want anymore Canadian teams and that's that.
It's only a matter of time for any NHL team to fail again in Winnipeg because the support just isn't there.
...Will it ever happen? Hell no because Jim Balsillie isn't one of them.
Hell in some ways a team in the Okanagan makes more sense than Winnipeg...
This thread is all about what the Briddish call --
The Jests haven't done anything except move yet, so I wouldn't crow too loud. The way they handled their front office/coaching issues was a joke, not something one expects from "The model franchise"...unless you want create a model of how not to do things (and we already have the Maple Laughs for that, so do we need another?). I still don't see how a small city like Winterpeg will make this happen but I don't wish them ill.
Well, clearly the Jets have been a resounding success. Thought I would refresh this thread so some folks can eat crow. The naysayers were told over and over again that it would work and it would work well in Winnipeg. Yet, they felt they knew more than a successful billionaire businessman. How sweet it is.