Winnipeg Jets Mulligan

Published December 12, 2008 @ 19:29 in My 2 Cents

NHLI sometimes wonder what the poor Winnipeg Jets might have done had they not shared a division with the mighty Edmonton Oilers of the 1980s. The Jets were always an exciting team, and very likable. In 1996, Jets fans were dealt the worst blow imaginable when they saw their team pack up and head south for Phoenix.

Every day it seems there's another article about how bad things are in Phoenix for the Coyotes. Here's one such article from David Shoalts in the Globe and Mail.

"I don't know how they can sustain the losses," one former governor said."The team loses so much money you can't sell it. If I were offered the team for a dollar, I'd say no because you can't fix it."

Let's face it, hockey doesn't work in Phoenix. It's also not working in Florida, Nashville or Atlanta. It worked in Winnipeg, however, where we're born and bred to worship the sport. The fact Phoenix has Winnipeg's franchise is sinful, and this wrong needs to be righted.

Let's call a mulligan and move the Coyotes back to Winnipeg where they belong. Bring back the Jets.

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8 Responses to "Winnipeg Jets Mulligan"

dale
December 12, 2008 / 21:22

Bobby Hull was probably best player to ever wear the Jets jersey & 2nd best was Thomas Steen - Alex's Dad who was great also.

Buffalo Boy Mike
December 13, 2008 / 08:17

Second Best was Dale Hawerchuk, Dale may have been the best period

LEW
December 13, 2008 / 09:41

I vote contraction until we can get hockey people to run the league, so great hockey towns like Winnipeg never lose a franchise to a place like Phoenix again. What these business executives have done to hockey is criminal.
I think Teemu Selanne was the best Jet.

Mike from Lowville
December 13, 2008 / 10:03

I say bring back the Jets and the World Hockey Association. ef Bettman and all his minions.

http://www.garybettmansucks.com/gbp.html

Toronto Mike
December 13, 2008 / 14:23

Hawerchuk is the best Jet I ever saw - but I missed Hull's golden years.

felix
December 13, 2008 / 17:28

I always liked the Jets.. especially after Eddie O. and Mark O. were traded there.

Buffalo Boy Mike
December 13, 2008 / 19:32

Hawerchuk in an Era with Gretzky, Lemeiux and Messier was probably the fourth best of the bunch, who knows where he would have been had he been on a decent team too, Winnepeg and then to Buffalo, granted he played with Mogilny and LaFontaine in Buffalo, he was also a second line center in Buffalo and didnt have anywhere near the caliber wingers he could have had elsewhere. He could have had two or three more 100+ point seasons had he had better linemates here or played with Mogilny consistantly. I never saw a guy pass the puck better than Dale except Gretz and Lemieux

Roshan
December 14, 2008 / 11:29

Get them back to where they should never have left. Coyotes have to move back to Winnipeg and call them the Jets. And while we are on the subject, teams like the Panthers, the Thrashers & the Lightning to move to Canadian cities like Quebec, Hamilton, Halifax or London.

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