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Top 10 reasons why the NHL will come back to the 'Peg  A rant by: Anonymous There are thousands of reasons why the NHL will return to Winnipeg in the near future, but here are my "Top 10": 10. Hockey is Canada. Hockey is Winnipeg. The NHL knows this. 9. Gary Doer and Sam Katz are determined to see it happen 8. New CBA, which includes a salary cap. 7. NHL hockey is front page material here even WITHOUT a team. 6. Winnipeg of 2005 is a VERY different Winnipeg of 1996. 5. David Asper (who's stated he wants to be part of an ownership group) 4. At least 6 U.S. teams that desperately want to sell their teams 3. Winnipeg Enterprises: Dead and buried forever! 2. The MTS Centre: 100% NHL quality 1. TONS OF GREAT, DIE-HARD HOCKEY FANS IN WPG AND SURROUNDING AREAS! ... you're all welcome to add to this list! It's going to happen, it's only a matter of "when". =o) << Back Add a Comment Comments ( Add a Comment ) THETRUTH says: 2005-10-16 00:04:46 You know what people tyhat did not support the jets are to blame. When the jets did s***ty you were not there for them and money talks.Firstly winnipeg can not afford it's medical system, which I am sure you will not care about untill you have a heart attack and have to wait 3 to 4 hours to get treatment. Secondly we could only afford a welfare team like we had in the past, assholes like you will not post a 100$ a game for a seat to watch a team that loses, and we will waste tons of taxes on a team just like we did before when the jets were here. so keep on dreamin DisgruntledUSCitizen says: 2005-10-16 00:39:46 First of all if your s****y attitude is directed at me let me say that since I have been in this city which hasn't even been a year, I have yet to find someone with as much rage and passion as you have. That tells me you are impulsive, erratic, and could potentially be criminal. Second of all, because I think it would be fun to have a hockey team here you are going to get your panties in a twist. You are a miserable person and need to be put out like rotten trash. I think that there are a lot of good things in this country and I have lived on the southern side of these Americas and I can tell you the grass isn't greener. Grow up and don't you dare judge me. You think I am rich....you are sorely mistaken. I can't even get a job here because I am a visitor that leaves just my husband and I never not worked since I was fourteen. You think I like being here with no family, and trying to start a new life from scratch. Have a little compassion idiot. All this because I thought Hockey would be fun. Anonymous says: 2005-10-16 00:42:12 (laughing at "THETRUTH")....You sound like a bitter old Winnipegger who has a very poor opinion of this city. Winnipeg needs less guys like you!.. 1. It wasn't the fans fault the Jets left. They left because Wpg. needed a new arena with new revenue sources (ie. luxury suites).... 2. We could have a team today with a payroll of around $28 million, which is among where most NHL teams are. We will be very competitive!... 3. Tickets will not average $100. (*NO* NHL team has an average ticket price of $100.00- where are you getting your figures from?!). Tickets will likely cost from $25-$100. If you can't afford a ticket, then stay home and whine about it..... 4. What does our TAX MONEY have to do with a new NHL team? News Flash: Our tax money went into helping build the MTS Centre. And we curtain off half the seats for its prime tenant!... You don't think the NHL is coming back to Winnipeg? Buddy- *YOU* keep dreamin'. Anonymous says: 2005-10-16 00:56:29 On a related note, I encourage all of you to visit www.JetsOwner.com ... it's a great site! And run by someone who is very rare in these parts- an ambitious Winnipegger with VISION who wants the best for our city and has faith we can support it. THETRUTH says: 2005-10-16 03:44:44 Actually the jets DID require funding from the city to maintain the arena and other expenses. LOOK at the stats on when the jets ever made money, made it past the first round of play-offs, or could compeat salery-wise with ANY other team. You say salery cap? I say what kind of endorsements can the teams with the TALENT attract to SUPPLEMENT earnings with advertising and promo packs for players winnipegt will never get. Also Yankee, go home as you were not here , you know nothing of our medicare system, our hokey team in the past. FACT : if we were anywhere close to being american our medicare system would be bone dry from picking out bullets from casualties caused by "our right to carry a weapon". An american is the last person to be calling anyone a criminal. So why don't you go off and shot some more unsuspecting arrabs so you can feel safe at night okay? thanks THETRUTH says: 2005-10-16 03:48:28 Also You agrred with my last comments on welfare which you also know nothing about either. Just like an American Talking like they know everything. Arrogant bush loving freek!!!! Where is your gun? had to leave it at home in the stupisest country ever???? AHHHHH. Now you must think to resolve differences....good luck THETRUTH says: 2005-10-16 04:34:11 Yes by the way,i am a s***ty typest, I don't look at the keys, and I was not refering to you when i wrote my origonal comment U.S citzen. i was speaking to the person that wrote the origional rant. REASEARCH who kept the Jets afloat all those years, not fan money my friend. Who said I was not a fan or did not want hockey here. Not me!!! i would love to have a team here, i just don't think it is viable. I am sorry for insulting you people. my bad DisgruntledUSCitizen says: 2005-10-16 09:49:09 Again idiot you are sorely mistaken. I hate George Bush and everything his sorry little persona identifies with. If you had read any of my posts before you would know that. On top of that I am terribly embarrassed about the atrocities of the War in Iraq. All for oil. You need to not be so quick to jump the gun and not act like you know people, because if there is anything I know quite well it is people and the goodness of people. I know that I am the one that responded to your post on welfare. I have a husband that use to work in the system here so yes I actually do know a little about the system. It is just about the same in the States to be honest. You just have such a bitterness about you. I am not going to let you ruin my day. All I can say is that you have a lot to get off your chest but you are not going to run me over to acomplish your goal. Anonymous says: 2005-10-16 14:56:43 Stop fighting! Can't we all be friends? ;) BlackThorne says: 2005-10-16 16:35:38 The Jets didn't make much money before in the 80's and 90's, but they will now for the reasons already beaten to death (which you choose to ignore for whatever reason). No tax money will be used for a new Winnipeg NHL team. They won't need it, for one thing. The people who were "in power" in the early 90's in Wpg no longer are. We have a facility with many revenue streams and contructed with the NHL in mind, unlike the old barn. Wpg Enterprises is gone too (how many times must this stuff be repeated for ppl. like you?!). You have ZERO intelligence... $40 million of YOUR tax money went into the MTS Centre for a minor-league hockey team no one cares about... so why aren't you upset about *that*?!... And leave our American friend alone. I am the 'Anonymous' one that posted this rant; direct your comments towards me from here on in. Anonymous says: 2005-10-16 18:42:45 I could care less about professional sports. Overpaid bums. FreedomFries says: 2005-10-16 19:26:46 I think a city that has half the population downtown to "Save the Jets" deserves an NHL team. I'd like to see the protest in a city like Atlanta or Nashville if their teams would leave. There'd be maybe 2 or 3 people. Winnipeg is a hockey town, and our fans have heart, we may even get a bit crazy once in a while, but that's just us. Anonymous says: 2005-10-16 21:28:13 Half the city downtown? Heading downtown is free, going to games is not. I don't think they'd sell out very often at the prices theyd demand. Anonymous says: 2005-10-16 22:04:05 And the stupid comments continue..."I don't think they'd sell out very often at the prices theyd demand."... Oh really?... how come Winnipeg is going to have 15,000 people plunk down $100 ea for Aerosmith tickets. If we're all so cheap and SOOO poor, how is this possible? Idiot. magnanimity says: 2005-10-16 23:19:00 Truth, your bit is getting old. It used to be funny to read your drunken run-on sentences, But I am pretty sure I am not alone when I say F-OFF. That American has shown more knowledge on Canada, spelling and overall education then you and the rest of your trailer park could combined. It seems that every one of your posts involve taxes. I am fairly confident that you are not even old enough to pay taxes. You speak of the Jets not being supported by fans when they played poorly. Newsflash, the Jets always sucked. We are the fan’s that invented “the white house”. The Jet’s couldn’t ask for better fans. When we all came together and had the grassroots ‘save the jets’ campaign kids were cleaning out piggy banks. Our city all tried to come together and save the team that they loved. It was beyond the fan's control and I agree, we can house a new team. We have prepared ourselves for them and now is the time. Anonymous says: 2005-10-17 00:08:09 Kinda going on a tangent her but, Our city is awesome! World Juniors on TSN I heard in the background "Go, Jets, Go!" I agree with the guy above who said that we've got the most heart! "Go Jets Go!" THETRUTH says: 2005-10-17 00:13:11 Hockey is dead in this town period. I love how you all get so riled at my comments which half the time are meant to do just that. Who is stupid, the monkey or the guy yelling at saying it is stupid? The city taxes funded the jets to make up for losses in funds, it is common knowledge and all I am saying is that it will happen again. have fun chasing your deam cuz that is all it is Anonymous says: 2005-10-17 07:05:25 what's stupid is your comments. Not only do your thought patterns have no reason, But you can't even type the idiotic ideas that you have in your pea-brain. My suggestion is to proof-read your posts before submittion. Then maybe you will start making a little more sense. Anonymous says: 2005-10-17 10:02:33 If you all give me your money I'll buy you an NHL team//// >:-) jammin says: 2005-10-17 22:48:06 Winnipeg is a hockey town, no question about it. Any city that can generate the kind of excitement we see at Moose games for essentially a minor league franchise is a hockey town. However, I am a skeptical that the NHL will ever return. As much as I would love to re-live the days of the Jets and Winnipeg's fabled White Noise, I don't know if the new CBA can possibly keep costs down to a point where a city of our size can afford to maintain a team. Don't get me wrong... I would love an NHL team again. I just don't plan on getting my hopes up. BlackThorne says: 2005-10-18 00:45:02 Jammin: There's excitement at Moose games? Could've fooled me... I really hate your "I doubt Winnipeg can afford it" attitude. It's ridiculous. You need to give this city more credit. We're not Saskatoon alright? ... What do you even MEAN by "I doubt we can afford to maintain a team"?? I don't understand... the fans won't have enough money for tickets every year? The owners won't have enough money to field a competitive team? Elaborate and I'll explain why you're incorrect... Edmonton and Calgary and Ottawa are all going to be in the NHL for a very long time and have very competitive teams this year. So can Winnipeg. You can take that to the bank. DisgruntledUSCitizen says: 2005-10-18 01:22:37 You guys that are buying into Curtis Walker's views are small minded. TSN has been talking all week about the possibility of Major League Hockey coming back to Winnipeg.....you men watch Sports Centre right. The NHL has some teams that are lookings to sell and that is a fact. Let me tell you something all the bands that have played at the MTS Centre leave Winnipeg saying that OUR city has the loudest fans. As Audioslave said on MUCH music " I don't know why we didn't play Canada earlier. The Fans have been the most devoted we have ever had. Winnipeg's fans were so loud. It jusr F*****G Rocked!" That is a nice review. We have lots of people that would be willing from all over Manitoba to gladly come to an NHL Hockey game. Hey we have this negative "Highest Murder rate per Capita" thing to overcome. Let's be seen for the Loudest Fans in North America...we can be whatever we want to be but if we DO IT TOGETHER we can change our part of the world. DREAM BIG. One of my favorite bands Incubus says in their song "The Warmth", "Don't let the World bring You Down...not everyone is that F****d up and cold. Remember why you came and why you're alive...experience The Warmth till you're gone." Skeptics and Dream Crushers BEWARE. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN! BlackThorne says: 2005-10-18 02:28:03 My personal guess? Nashville, Carolina, Atlanta, or Florida will sell to a Winnipeg-based ownership group in late winter/early spring 2006. That'll give us enough time to boot the Moose outta Wpg. and get the MTS Centre prepped for NHL hockey next fall. Every day it appears more likely that this will be the case... I can't see why this would be delayed 2 or 3+ years. The sunbelt NHL teams are losing millions and they'd be profitable here. It makes too much sense not to happen soon. DisgruntledUSCitizen says: 2005-10-18 02:51:09 The word behind closed doors are the Phoenix Coyotes. No kidding....Gretzky in Winnipeg?!?!?!, could it be??? It appears ticket sales for Hockey in the desert just aren't doing so well and their losses are proving more than they can handle. Appearantly Moyes wants out and Gretzky wouldn't mind being back in Canada. This will cause some comments I am sure. Who knows what 2006 is going to bring? FreedomFries says: 2005-10-18 08:08:41 BT, you may want to go see a Moose game before you say there's no excitement there. 15,000 screaming fans during the playoffs last season sure seemed exciting to me. Anonymous says: 2005-10-18 13:34:51 Instead of naming the team the Jets, lets name it the Winnipeg Nordiques to piss of Quebec. BlackThorne says: 2005-10-18 23:02:41 http://beerforbreakfast.org/Jets/rantindex.html ...everyone read the October 9th Rant! I've been saying things like that for the past 2 years. Anonymous says: 2005-10-19 01:19:31 I have a question? What can one team offer over another to keep a team together? If a team is the championship team one year, and all teams in the league are at thier salery limit(which is the same), why stay in that city and play on the same team? There has to be some loop hole here for owners and players so that the players can recieve extra cash to stay in one place? Am I wrong? I am refering to endorsements, what if one team can guarentee certain bucks for product endorsements are they allowed to do this? Can Winnipeg compeate this way? Are we richer than Alberta. I am not sure about this just something that crossed my mind. Anonymous says: 2005-10-26 00:25:02 remember to check out www.jetsowner.com for more information on the campaign going to get an NHL team back in Winnipeg. Fisher says: 2005-11-10 17:27:18 You forgot one big reason why we will probably see Winnipeg back in the NHL landscape. His name is Mr. Darren Ford, the operator of http://www.jetsowner.com. That guy is amazing in his belief that we will ( and deserve) to have hockey back here on the NHL level. He may not have the money, but he has the creativity and the passion to be a part of seeing it come to pass. I really respect this man in his efforts to stir up the belief of the people of this city. He is one Winnipeger who believes in Winnipeg and sees us as a big-time city that deserves good things like the return of our Jets. My hat is off to him! BlackThorne says: 2006-09-20 02:02:22 ^^ Fisher, great rant and I agree with you 100%. But on the other end of the spectrum, gotta love all those people that say "it can't happen!", "get over it!" and "Winnipeg can't afford it!".... ah yes... where would Winnipeg be without people like that? (laughing)... those are the same kind of people that wanted to save the Eaton's building and figured Winnipeg would NEVER build Canwest Global Park or a facility to replace the Winnipeg Arena. Man I love to hate this city!! :-P Geeves says: 2006-10-19 05:37:45 I am not in a hurry to welcome them back. Hockey is a dying sport anyways, Chicago Blackahawks are averaging 8,000 people, what a joke. Rigel says: 2006-12-19 16:18:52 Here's the latest reason why the odds of the NHL's coming back to Winnipeg just got longer. Billionaire partners Frank D'Angelo and Barry Sherman have announced their interest in buying the Pittsburgh Penguins, while another entity, Isle of Capri Casinos, has promised a $290 million arena to replace the 45-year old Mellon Center if the state of Pennsylvania grants it a slot machine license. Even if the casino corporation doesn't get its wish, D'Angelo and Sherman claim they could build the arena themselves because they intend to continue the city's long hockey history. Given that the Penguins, with young stars like Crosby and Malkin, have shown marked improvement over last season, chances are good that they'll be a contender within the next two. And if there's a new arena, the city might try to attract and NBA franchise into the bargain to fill 40-50 dates when there's no hockey. Incidentally, Canadian NHL teams apparently aren't good draws in US cities, so that's another reason why the league will probably avoid Winnipeg despite the enthusiasm, knowledge and commitment of local fans. GoldenEye says: 2007-04-30 16:51:48 ---- "Incidentally, Canadian NHL teams apparently aren't good draws in US cities" ----- That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Can you prove that? Do you think people in U.S. would rather see Tampa Bay, Nashville, Carolina, Phoenix, and Atlanta rather than an NHL team from Canada? Look, the Canadian NHL teams are the heart and soul of the NHL. The NHL can only benefit from having another Canadian team. Rigel says: 2007-05-01 16:03:26 I can't directly prove that Canadian teams are bad draws in American arenas; I'm just quoting part of an article from the National Post last November or December when the problem of empty seats and rock-bottom TV ratings for the NHL in the US was being discussed. While we're on the topic, can you prove that Canadian teams are better draws than American ones in US arenas? During the recent Detroit-Calgary playoff series the Joe Louis Arena wasn't sold out even once. But when Michigan plays Michigan State there twice a year, not only is the place packed but tickets are harder to get than for the Red Wings' games. The fact is that relative to baseball, football and basketball, hockey is not a major draw in the US. Just compare the coverage that NCAA hockey gets versus NCAAA basketball and it becomes obvious. Television air time for basketball must be at least ten times greater; in fact, I had a hard time finding any network covering the hockey championship game between Michigan State and Boston College about a month ago. Meanwhile the basketball was being featured by at least one major network in double- and triple-headers almost every weekend. Likewise among the pros. Last year's NBA playoffs drew 4 1/2 the TV audience that the NHL ones did. Canadians have the misconception that hockey is followed avidly around the world when in reality the only place it's the #1 sport is right here. |
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Oh I hope so. It would be so awesome for the city. Just look at the concerts that we have gotten from the MTS Centre. WE have had names that big cities in America couldn't get. I think that the MTS Centre and Sam Katz are go-getters and we definatly have a possibility.