Winnipeg [insert name here]

lukins.lawyer

So I was thinking to myself, from a business standpoint, naming the team the Jets makes the most sense because of the brand that exists. The "Jets" would result in a greater amount of ticket sales, increased value of tv contracts, merchandizing, and fan support. I mean, I'm a leafs fan, but hearing about the return of winnipeg has made me excited - but I for one know for sure that the excitement is a result of the return of the Jets, not some new team (like Winnipeg Northerners or Moose or something like that).

So, unless the NHL (assuming they own the naming rights to the Jets) is asking an obscene amount of compensation in exchange for assigning their rights to True North S & E, why in the world would the new owners NOT want to call their new team the Winnipeg Jets????

Thoughts?

PJ20

Slap upside the head

Because the name sucks.

lukins.lawyer

Slap upside the head wrote:

Because the name sucks.

Well thought-out and eloquently articulated. To each his own.

jackrabbit slim

I hope they keep Jets as well. And the color scheme. It's just too easy so it probably won't happen.
And the NHL hasn't had much success with names lately. wild,bluejackets,thrashers...blah.

Slap upside the head

lukins.lawyer wrote:

Slap upside the head wrote:

Because the name sucks.

Well thought-out and eloquently articulated. To each his own.

What did you want pal?

A fucking 300 word essay on why they shouldn't use that god awful name again?

Sorry if your special thread didn't get the attention you were seeking.

81

I like the Jets. I think they will go with that because that's what the fans want. however, i don't think it will do much for home ticket sales and would only have a marginal impact on road sales.

the real question is, what happens with hockey day in canada. one team won't be playing, at least not until the yotes move to quebec

Cree Nations

jets.....jets....jets....jets.....JETS!

Cree Nations

I thought this was funny as hell

SatansFuton wrote:

The Winnipeg Kotter's



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Here's your jersey

voidofman

Winnipeg Wendigos

Then we can call them the Winnie Wendy's.

Cree Nations

VoidOfMan wrote:

Winnipeg Wendigos

Then we can call them the Winnie Wendy's.

I like the use of the Cree Story

lukins.lawyer

Slap upside the head wrote:

lukins.lawyer wrote:

Slap upside the head wrote:

Because the name sucks.

Well thought-out and eloquently articulated. To each his own.

What did you want pal?

A fucking 300 word essay on why they shouldn't use that god awful name again?

Sorry if your special thread didn't get the attention you were seeking.

Whoa..someone forgot to take their meds this morning

Slap upside the head

"lukins.lawyer wrote:

Whoa..someone forgot to take their meds this morning

:roll:

I Cant Believe Its Ledbetter

I hope it's the Jets also. I have heard some really bad other names that are a possibility:
Manatoba Polar Bears
Manatoba Bears
Winnipeg Rebels
Manatoba Winter
Manatoba Moose

Please make it right and name them the Jets.

Cree Nations

Funny enough the only one I really like (Other than the Winnepeg Kotters..thats shits classy) is the Manitoba Moose....that one could work. This is all moot....theyre gonna name them the JETS and if they dont, Peggers will kick them back out of town

Hawkshore

81 wrote:

I like the Jets. I think they will go with that because that's what the fans want. however, i don't think it will do much for home ticket sales and would only have a marginal impact on road sales.

the real question is, what happens with hockey day in canada. one team won't be playing, at least not until the yotes move to quebec

Yeah it has to be the Jets ......as for hockey day in Canada we will have to invite an American team to the party

Trigger

I really hope they go with Winnipeg Jets... Not Manitoba Jets... If they for whatever reason can't use the Jets my second choice would be the Winnipeg Falcons. Some historical ties with that name as it was the first Canadian men's hockey team to win Olympic Gold and every year a pair of peregrine falcons nest up on the Radisson hotel next door to the MTS Centre.

Empty Glass

Anything other than Jets would be asinine, but it is the NHL and Bettman is still in charge so...

he still stands

I don't follow hockey... but why in the f'ing world do they put hockey teams in Atlanta, Phoenix, Florida, Dallas, etc??? I think it'd make more sense for Saskatoon to have a team then those cities... even if there are only like 200,000 people living there I think they could fill the seats there.

Jason P

he still stands wrote:

I don't follow hockey... but why in the f'ing world do they put hockey teams in Atlanta, Phoenix, Florida, Dallas, etc??? I think it'd make more sense for Saskatoon to have a team then those cities... even if there are only like 200,000 people living there I think they could fill the seats there.

Easy ... Corporate money and increased exposure of their product.

Atlanta should have had it made, but it sounds like their owners were really bad at running a hockey club.

81

Jason P wrote:

he still stands wrote:

I don't follow hockey... but why in the f'ing world do they put hockey teams in Atlanta, Phoenix, Florida, Dallas, etc??? I think it'd make more sense for Saskatoon to have a team then those cities... even if there are only like 200,000 people living there I think they could fill the seats there.

Easy ... Corporate money and increased exposure of their product.

Atlanta should have had it made, but it sounds like their owners were really bad at running a hockey club.

Atlanta is a bad sports market.

PureandEasy

81 wrote:

Jason P wrote:

he still stands wrote:

I don't follow hockey... but why in the f'ing world do they put hockey teams in Atlanta, Phoenix, Florida, Dallas, etc??? I think it'd make more sense for Saskatoon to have a team then those cities... even if there are only like 200,000 people living there I think they could fill the seats there.

Easy ... Corporate money and increased exposure of their product.

Atlanta should have had it made, but it sounds like their owners were really bad at running a hockey club.

Atlanta is a bad sports market.

what he said

SatansFuton

Jason P wrote:

he still stands wrote:

I don't follow hockey... but why in the f'ing world do they put hockey teams in Atlanta, Phoenix, Florida, Dallas, etc??? I think it'd make more sense for Saskatoon to have a team then those cities... even if there are only like 200,000 people living there I think they could fill the seats there.

Easy ... Corporate money and increased exposure of their product.

Atlanta should have had it made, but it sounds like their owners were really bad at running a hockey club.

Just about every sports league wants to expand their product, but it doesn't always work. NFL Europe is a good example. The NHL has been trying to expand into the Southern U.S. for quite a while, but it just doesn't work. There's not a lot of interest.

I think here in Dallas the Stars have managed to do OK, but it is still a niche sport that will always be overshadowed by the Cowboys, Rangers and Mavericks. Even though the Stars have won a championship (1999) and the Rangers/Mavericks have never won, and the Cowboys haven't since since the '95-'96 season.

I guess they do it in hopes it will catch on, or at the very least sell tickets to the snowbirds. But I don't think hockey will every really catch on in the U.S. except for Northern and Northeastern states, with a few exceptions. And I think they should stick to those areas, and Canada of course, even if it means downsizing the league.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Empty Glass wrote:

Anything other than Jets would be asinine, but it is the NHL and Bettman is still in charge so...

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=159383

it has nothing to do with Bettman. he already gave True North the green light for using the Jets name, for FREE. (NHL owns the rights, so they could have charged a licensing fee).

Hugh Freaking Dillon

it doesn't work because it's a cultural thing. kids in texas don't grow up going to the local hockey rink at 5am on a saturday morning. because there's no fucking ice! sports enthusiasm starts at a young age, not 35 when a team finally arrives.

the only way Phoenix could have survived, hypthetically, is that so many Canadian old people vacation down there in the winter. But you can't count on tourists to fill a 15,000 seat building 45 times a year.

restlesssoul

manitoba falcons?

brianlux

Seeing as it's Winnipeg, I'd ask Bernard Shakey his opinion.

SatansFuton

Cree Nations wrote:

I thought this was funny as hell

SatansFuton wrote:

The Winnipeg Kotter's



Welcome back.

Here's your jersey

Ah, you found my Kotter idea!!! This works people. Tell me you wouldn't buy that jersey. I dare you. I'd wear that to a job interview. Forget the fact that I pasted a photo from the cover of Gabe Kaplan's book onto the Penguins third jersey and imagine the possibilities.

genevieve

Has to be Jets. Its just not right for it to be something else. :roll:

haffajappa

My vote is for Jets as well

Jason P

What's the Mr. Kotter association to the Winnipeg?

SatansFuton

Jason P wrote:

What's the Mr. Kotter association to the Winnipeg?

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