Congrats to Winnipeg!!!
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The sale of the Atlanta Thrashers to True North is to be announced at a press conference in about 20 minutes.
The only obstacle would be a slam dunk vote to take place on June 21st to approve the sale of the team and the relocation to Winnipeg.
Its been a long road, but it looks like Winnipeg is getting the NHL back.
I really hope they are the Jets though. I have heard: Manitoba Moose, Manitoba Polar Bears (powder blue uniforms), and the Manitoba Bears
The only obstacle would be a slam dunk vote to take place on June 21st to approve the sale of the team and the relocation to Winnipeg.
Its been a long road, but it looks like Winnipeg is getting the NHL back.
I really hope they are the Jets though. I have heard: Manitoba Moose, Manitoba Polar Bears (powder blue uniforms), and the Manitoba Bears
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And I'm not crazy about naming them anything that starts with Manitoba either. (Moose, Polar Bears, whatever)
The name should be Winnipeg something.......
With a couple of exceptions, most of the NHL teams names are based on the cities that they play in. It's not the British Columbia Canucks vs the Massachusetts Bruins in this years Stanley Cup. (go bruins by the way)
Winnipeg Warriors or Winnipeg Winterhawks, or something like that....
But for sure, this is awesome news for Canadian hockey fans.
Congrats to the Peg! .......Now get rid of that douche Byfuglin so we don't have to see him five times a year when they relocate to the North West
Yeah I heard somebody say joke the other day .......what is the best way to get more teams in Canada .......Award more expansion franchises to Atlanta!
winnipeg voyageurs?
The Cleveland Browns became the Baltimore Ravens. But then Cleveland got a team back and renamed them the Browns. I think Winnipeg should do the same.
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Apparently the scheduling for next year is largely set. It looks like in 2012 / 2013 will be when the realignment will happen
I would like to see
Winnipeg move to the NW
Nashville move to the SE
Minnesota move to the central
With Winnipeg in the NW you virtually have the old Smythe division intact, and with Minny in the central you pretty much have the old Norris division back together!
Cleveland cut a deal with the NFL to keep the Browns name and history. So it was like the Ravens were a new team. I don't think Winnipeg did any such thing.
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I kinda hope they go back to being the Jets.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
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as long as they can sing and dance..no problem
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Right, but they got all the Browns players with their contracts. I hope the distinction does not matter and they can be the Jets again. I think that would be pretty cool.
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
One of my all time favorite players
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
Dancin' Gabe!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqcwWTVLvWo&feature=player_embedded#at=31
They left years ago..I thought you were messing around with West Side Story and the Jets
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
Also, as a Colt's fan, I find it very ironic that all those Baltimore fans that gave me crap for Indy stealing their team now have no problems loving a team their city stole ... while still harboring resentment towards Indy!
i was half kidding because i'm not sure where they moved to.
hockey should just stay up north. hartford doesn't have the whalers anymore right? they should get their team back too.
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1996??!!??!!?
that cannot be right.
who did the north stars used to be?
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But didn't the Browns become the Ravens and when Cleveland got a new franchise they called them the Browns again.
Arena league I think.
That's swell, what about Phoenix, cause they won't be there next year? It's too early to speculate about realignment until that team has a home for 12-13. And if you believe what LeBrun from ESPN says, they might take a look at revamping the whole setup and might do away with divisions entirely.
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"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
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