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WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!
#14540672 - 05/31/11 01:40 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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WOOHOO Winnipeg just bought an NHL team, even though I no longer live there, I grew up watching the Jets play, so its cool to see them back. Atlanta sucks for franchises haha.....well except for NFL.
GO JETS!
Yes, I know hippie American's don't like hockey, but I had to announce the exciting news anyways!!!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2011/05/31/sp-nhl-winnipeg.html

My dad owns a box with another company, so I can sit in a corporate box and look down at the peasants while I bask in the glory of one of the most violent organized sport.
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Re: WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Irishdrunk]
#14540700 - 05/31/11 01:48 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Re: WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Irishdrunk]
#14540727 - 05/31/11 01:53 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Nice to check the sports form for my thread 
Nah jking...so since it looks like your the only other person who gives a shit, what do you think? Jets or new name?
Will they be placed in the Eastern or Western conference, and if the Western, who is gonna move to the East? New Divisions maybe?
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Re: WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: lsdank268]
#14540766 - 05/31/11 02:02 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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They'll be in the same division as Atlanta for the upcoming season because they don't have enough time to organize the switch, then they'll probably go into the northwest division. It'll be funny being in the South-East division, lots of flying and going from incredibly cold to incredibly hot over and over.

As for the name, I think they should go with the Jets, everyone loved the name and all the classic jerseys everyone's wearing. I'd prefer the Jets but if they call them the Moose I can live with it. I think they want to sell the Moose to Thunderbay or the east coast, but can't for another year. So both teams will play in the arena for a year, or at least that's what I read a few weeks ago.
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Re: WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Irishdrunk]
#14540840 - 05/31/11 02:17 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Re: WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Irishdrunk]
#14540867 - 05/31/11 02:21 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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The moose..Manitoba Moose are awesome, favorite team name 
I think they should have moved them to Manitoba, and been called the Manitoba Mammoths (idk if there's any team named that, just something catchy I came up with but it sounds legit)
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Re: WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Irishdrunk]
#14540926 - 05/31/11 02:30 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Winnipeg is a frozen shithole.
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Re: WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Irishdrunk]
#14540975 - 05/31/11 02:41 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Winnipeg is in the province of Manitoba. (Maybe I read that wrong)
The Moose we're always pretty sweet, always got far into the playoffs. They're Canucks farm team and got guys like Bieksa and the backup goalie Shnieder or whatever.
Calling it a Manitoba team might help, since there is a smaller city called Brandon and they'd be bigger fans if it was a province wide team. But man, there's a lot of support for the name Jets.
They're going to upgrade the new arena too to add more seating, even though its only about 10 years old it's short about 1000 seats to be NHL worthy. I always wondered why they didn't make it a little bit bigger to attract the NHL. The football stadium is the same deal, its cold as fuck but they didn't bother buying a stadium with a dome, its only partially domed around the sides to cover the fans not the field.
Anyways, I'm glad they're back. We we're all incredibly disappointed when they left. It was hard to keep a team that barely made the playoffs though. They were doomed from the start, because when they joined the NHL their super team from the WHL was broken up and the players left for different teams except for bobby hull and a few others.
Now the new co-owner, Thompson, is one of the richest people in the world, and he said he won't mind losing money. He just wants the Jets back. Chipman too, he owns most of the car dealerships in town, so he owes the city. Chipman made it happen too, by purchasing a new arena downtown, and bringing a very popular Moose team to town. Moose had one of the highest fan bases in the AHL too, so it shouldn't be that hard to dish out an extra 50 bucks for NHL tix.
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Re: WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Penguarky Tunguin]
#14541003 - 05/31/11 02:46 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
Penguarky Tunguin said: Winnipeg is a frozen shithole.
Winnipeg has a huge tokefest outside the legislature building every year haha...
The winters are long and cold, but the summers rock and the beaches rule. Some of the nicest fresh water beaches, and the fishing is great too. I like Winnipeg and Manitoba. Its just gets a bad rap because it gets very cold sometimes in the winter. But that just makes for better outdoor skating, once you get skating you warm up fast. There's an outdoor rink every few blocks, its such a crazy hockey town.
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Re: WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Irishdrunk]
#14541062 - 05/31/11 02:58 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Don't forget the flooding,hail storm,twisters,ticks and mosquitos...its a shithole...the armpit of Canada
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Re: WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: steelmonkey]
#14541070 - 05/31/11 02:59 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I love tonsil hockey, especially in frigid temps.
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Re: WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: steelmonkey]
#14541202 - 05/31/11 03:23 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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steelmonkey said: Don't forget the flooding,hail storm,twisters,ticks and mosquitos...its a shithole...the armpit of Canada
Quiet you! Toss on some 95% deet that melts plastic but deters ticks and mosquitos, drive on the highway in hail to get a new paint job, twisters are fun and not as intense as those US ones, and the flooding is fun and gets the whole community involved.

If Winnipeg is the armpit, Toronto is the asshole of Canada.
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Re: WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Irishdrunk]
#14541231 - 05/31/11 03:28 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Lol no argument there,I lived in Steinbach for a couple years...not fun..and you couldn't pay me enough to live in TO.I'm glad the Jets came back,not that I was a huge fan but I'll support them because there a Canadien team
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Re: WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: steelmonkey]
#14541256 - 05/31/11 03:33 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Steinbach is the automotive city! Man I saw that Steinbach commercial for 10 years and it never changed. It's forever stuck in my head.
The cold isn't that bad anymore, with remote car starters and heated seats n shit these days. It's a little long, but if you go on holidays in Jan or Feb it makes it a little more bearable.
I live on the BC coast now, so I brag to my family non stop about how sweet it is here, but I still miss the Peg. The people are super friendly, the nightlife is wild, and even though the summer is short, people really take advantage of it with folkfest and lake winnipeg and shit.
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Re: WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Irishdrunk]
#14541333 - 05/31/11 03:48 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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BC is awesome I lived in Vancouver and Victoria,you gotta be going for those Canucks tomorrow night
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Re: WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: steelmonkey]
#14541350 - 05/31/11 03:52 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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They sold out instantly I may go watch the big screen outside the arena though.
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#14541364 - 05/31/11 03:54 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Lol dude I'll look for you hold up a big Shroomery sign
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#14541367 - 05/31/11 03:55 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Will they be named the Jets again? Should be called the Whalers.
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Re: WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Penguarky Tunguin]
#14541380 - 05/31/11 03:57 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Why the Whalers?the ocean is like two thousand miles away
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Re: WEEEELLLLLLLCOME YOUR WINNIPEGGGG JEEEEEEETTTTTTSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! [Re: Irishdrunk]
#14541395 - 05/31/11 04:00 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Winnipeg, LOL. What a fucking wasteland. But I am glad they could scrape together enough pennies to have a hockey team again.
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