Winnipeg returns to the NHL

[JFC]

Anyway... think they'll go back to being the Jets? Or will they come up with something new?

How about the Winnipeg Wonders, just for the double W :laugh:

The majority of the local fans here definitely want them to "bring back the Jets", but yeah, there are rumors of numerous other possible names that they may go with. For now, the guys at True North Sports & Entertainment (who are the guys that brokered the deal to buy the team and bring them here in the first place) are keeping their proverbial cards really close to their collective chests. Word is, however, that they'll have a name selected, and that they'll officially reveal the selected name by the time draft day comes later this month.

 

[Undrave]

Are they going to move this year or are they gonna have one last season in Atlanta??

 

[JFC]

The plan is to have the team here, playing in Winnipeg for the 2001-2012 season. There are already plans to move the Moose (the AHL team that we've had here for the last 15 years), since we can't have both teams here at the same time. Most likely they'll move to St.John's, NFLD, where they'll become our AHL farm team. Atlanta's current AHL affiliate would then become linked to the Canucks.

 

[Undrave]

I guess in cases like this its best to move as quickly as possible, if they had stayed an extra year I bet they would have lost a lot of revenue as people would just not bother.