Thread: Winnipeg team to reveal name at draft

I think Manitoba Jets would have satisfied both keeping the Jets name and differentiating them from the old Jets team...but that's just me.

Seems to me nobody really cares about differentiating them from the old Jets team.

Except a few cranks on the interwebs....

Originally Posted by Dr. Naysay

Seems to me nobody really cares about differentiating them from the old Jets team.

Except a few cranks on the interwebs....

Apparently it's quite the opposite.

Seems to me everybody really cares about NOT differentiating them from the old Jets team. They want that team back.

Originally Posted by S-Hart

My opinion is that you are reading far too much into that, and that the Winnipeg fans probably aren't so fickle as to resent the owners who brought them their NHL team back over the name.

Yes, NOW the fans have huge hard-ons just to have a team again, but in a few years, after the honeymoon is over, then what?
Team/fan relations are always important, especially for teams who aren't consistent winners.

Originally Posted by S-Hart

I never said that the people in Phoenix care, but the fact of the matter is that the Winnipeg Jets are a part of that franchises history. In one way you are saying that the history must be brought forward, and then in another you are saying that Phoenix has no reason to have the Winnipeg names up there. I take it they were just keeping them warm for Winnipeg until they got the team back?

Hey, that's a good way of looking at it.
They were just keeping them warm until Winnipeg got a team back.
Agreed!

Originally Posted by S-Hart

I believe Bobby Hull and Thomas Steen are the only two that the were retired by the Jets, anyone else came subsequently by Phoenix, right? So being that they never played in Phoenix, do you think that Phoenix, who have had those numbers retired and displayed inside the arena since the team arrived, should now remove them, and unretire the numbers? So basically, all of Winnipegs history is handed back to them by Phoenix?

Except for Teppo Numminen (they can share), yeah, give those retired numbers back to Winnipeg.

Originally Posted by S-Hart

You aren't going to change your opinion, and I'm not gonna change mine, but you can win all you like, I'm really not that fussed.

It's still lame.

Originally Posted by Bogey

Hey, that's a good way of looking at it.
They were just keeping them warm until Winnipeg got a team back.
Agreed!


Except for Teppo Numminen (they can share), yeah, give those retired numbers back to Winnipeg.

It's simple... hang all the Jerseys in both rinks. Nobody will even notice in Phoenix and they will be gone soon enough anyway.

Originally Posted by Bogey

It was a hypothetical question in response to your questioning the displaying of retired jerseys.
Actually, I glossed over the fact that you questioned the displaying of the retired jersey's at Jobing.com arena.
If Teppo Numinmen didn't play for a significant time in Winnipeg, I'd say no, his number shouldn't be on display for the new team. But he played 8 solid seasons in Winnipeg, so his jersey belongs.

So when the Coyotes move to Quebec and become the Nordiques, do they get to retire Joe Sakic's number but then leave out Roy cuz he never played in that city? If the Kings moved to KC tomorrow and then 10 years from now the Devils moved the LA, should the Devils franchise retire number 20? All of this seems stupid and just doesn't fit.

And what if Winnipeg named their team something else? Then they couldn't retire Numminen's number? It's just a stupid name. The history isn't with that franchise.

The argument that Coyotes fans wouldn't notice the difference is lame, people. Stop using it.

Robbing a 7-11 because the clerk didn't notice doesn't make the act itself right.

So, make the call...

Will Evander Kane get to keep number 9 this season?

Or now that he is playing for the Jets, will he have to find a new number?

I thought this was "simple" ?

Originally Posted by S-Hart

So, make the call...

Will Evander Kane get to keep number 9 this season?

Or now that he is playing for the Jets, will he have to find a new number?

I thought this was "simple" ?

If he has to change his number it'll be as stupid as the Senators hanging Stanley Cup Championship banners from their rafters.