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They misspelled Byfuglien in an article, lol.
Byfuglien excited about NHL's return to Manitoba - Winnipeg NHL - Feature Stories and Articles
First paragraph after the intro sentence. Beginning of second sentence. :facepalm:
Byfuglien excited about NHL's return to Manitoba - Winnipeg NHL - Feature Stories and Articles
First paragraph after the intro sentence. Beginning of second sentence. :facepalm:
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Gees, just happened to look at the stats log on the right side of the page. The Hawks literally gave them their two best players...well, their two best scorers anyway in Ladd and Buff.
WTF
Kinda shows how deep that 2010 club was where the Hawks deemed them expendable.
WTF
Kinda shows how deep that 2010 club was where the Hawks deemed them expendable.
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Considering that they had Kovalchuk, and prior to that had Hossa and Savard --- I don't necessarily think that it shows much other than how gutted that team was because few guys wanted to play in Atlanta - it was like a dead end.
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Site's been up for a while brah.
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Ya, I was late by 3 days.
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Glad to see hockey back where it belongs in Winnipeg.
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Don't take this post as a personal rant against you, HT. I promise that it's not. There are a few others on the site who have been drooling over the Atlanta move up north and who share the same sentiments. My position on the whole Atl/Win has been neutral and remains as such. Well, I suppose I would prefer contraction in all honesty but fully realize that's not going to happen, so I remain neutral. I also understand how awful the AS ownership group was.
Ok, start mini-rant: I still don't understand all the love for the Winnipeg Jets. They failed in Winnipeg years ago because the public didn't want to rebuild an arena and the owners wanted to rid themselves of a team that they didn't want without the new arena. Now, I'm not bitching about the representatives not approving the purchase of a new building or putting forth the money to renovate the old one, but to go on about how this area deserves a team back makes me scratch my head. The support wasn't there in turbulent times. There were no prospective owners who wanted to keep the team in Winnipeg. They really were a lost cause then. Will history repeat itself and the team in the 'Peg only be a fad?
I mean, if they had all of this support they have now, they never would have left in the first place. Way too "frontrunning-ish bandwagoning" going on for my taste nowadays. It's probably my age showing.
And, In a way, I completely understand the NHL extorting the Winnipeg fans forcing them to 3 years of season ticket ownership prior to approving the sale of the team there. Still a shitty way of doing things there, NHL.
Ok, finish mini-rant.
Ok, start mini-rant: I still don't understand all the love for the Winnipeg Jets. They failed in Winnipeg years ago because the public didn't want to rebuild an arena and the owners wanted to rid themselves of a team that they didn't want without the new arena. Now, I'm not bitching about the representatives not approving the purchase of a new building or putting forth the money to renovate the old one, but to go on about how this area deserves a team back makes me scratch my head. The support wasn't there in turbulent times. There were no prospective owners who wanted to keep the team in Winnipeg. They really were a lost cause then. Will history repeat itself and the team in the 'Peg only be a fad?
I mean, if they had all of this support they have now, they never would have left in the first place. Way too "frontrunning-ish bandwagoning" going on for my taste nowadays. It's probably my age showing.
And, In a way, I completely understand the NHL extorting the Winnipeg fans forcing them to 3 years of season ticket ownership prior to approving the sale of the team there. Still a shitty way of doing things there, NHL.
Ok, finish mini-rant.
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Iago--
With all due respect, you make alot of really good points. I guess Manitoba didn't know what they had till it was gone.
But, IMO these southern NHL teams are better off in Canada than where they currently are or being contracted for that matter.
That says alot about the incompetence and stupidity of Bettman and his Governors.
File the advent of southern NHL teams under--"Who in the hell thought this would be a great idea?"
With all due respect, you make alot of really good points. I guess Manitoba didn't know what they had till it was gone.
But, IMO these southern NHL teams are better off in Canada than where they currently are or being contracted for that matter.
That says alot about the incompetence and stupidity of Bettman and his Governors.
File the advent of southern NHL teams under--"Who in the hell thought this would be a great idea?"
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So it sounds like you are more happy that they are back in Canada, rather than the specific location of Winnipeg?
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You're dead on that it was poorly handled by Bettman, but it wasn't necessarily his and his BOG's fault. The team, including Hartford, "had" to go somewhere. There was no support in the Peg and in Hartford.