JoeLassister Posted June 8, 2011 Posted June 8, 2011 damn guys... no thread... your thoughts ? They now have a GM, Kevin Cheveldayoff. He was with the Hawks and Stan Bowman and before with the stacked Chicago Wolves in the AHL. Can't believe his name ends with "day off". Gotta hope for Winnipeg that this day is not Trade deadline or July 1st... Quote
bbp Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 Love it, the more Canadian teams the better I say. Plus Atlanta was showing signs of a team on the rise so Winnipeg has its hands on a pretty decent team, with Bogosian, Kane, Enstrom and Buf even Little and Pavlec it looks like a pretty solid outfit. About the name, I think it would be insanity to change it to anything other then the jets, so they must be hung up on "The Manitoba Jets" or "The Winnipeg Jets" All in all I hope they do great! Quote
bbp Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 They also have the 7th overall pick this year, sold what... 5 years worth of sell outs and 13,000 season tickets in four minutes... I think they are off to a great start Any idea if they will be playing in the North-West or South-East Division? I remember hearing something about having a schedule made for them to play in the SE division.... is that true? Quote
lazy26 Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 They also have the 7th overall pick this year, sold what... 5 years worth of sell outs and 13,000 season tickets in four minutes... I think they are off to a great start Any idea if they will be playing in the North-West or South-East Division? I remember hearing something about having a schedule made for them to play in the SE division.... is that true? For this year anyway, they'll stay in the South East, according to Bob McKenzie. Quote
Trizzak Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 About the name, I think it would be insanity to change it to anything other then the jets, so they must be hung up on "The Manitoba Jets" or "The Winnipeg Jets" More money in changing the name... new name, new jersey = more people buying jerseys instead of dusting off the old one. Quote
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 It should be the Jets, but in today's corporate NHL things don't work like that. The best I've heard so far is THE MANITOBA FLOOD! Quote
kenadian Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 Winnipeg HC Just like the trend to name soccer teams as such I suggest Winnipeg Hockey Club.... Quote
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 The Winnipeg Mosquitoes? I can hear it now...'The Mosquitoes are buzzing around the opposition net!!' 'Mosquitoes draw first blood!!' Etc. Quote
lazy26 Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 The Winnipeg Mosquitoes? I can hear it now...'The Mosquitoes are buzzing around the opposition net!!' 'Mosquitoes draw first blood!!' Etc. The Mosquitoes were squashed... Quote
saskhab Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 More money in changing the name... new name, new jersey = more people buying jerseys instead of dusting off the old one. They can make a new jersey and still call the team the Jets. Then bring back the old unis for retro nights. Quote
JoeLassister Posted June 10, 2011 Author Posted June 10, 2011 They can make a new jersey and still call the team the Jets. Then bring back the old unis for retro nights. Bingo. But the only thing I have against calling them the Jets (not that I'm really against it, I wouldn't mind and even probably like it), is that the Jets are the franchise currently playing in Phoenix (Glendale). Quote
saskhab Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 Bingo. But the only thing I have against calling them the Jets (not that I'm really against it, I wouldn't mind and even probably like it), is that the Jets are the franchise currently playing in Phoenix (Glendale). The original Cleveland Browns franchise are the Baltimore Ravens. I see no problem. As far as switching from Winnipeg to Manitoba, that's fine. My Roughriders did that way back when, and its worked quite well. Quote
JoeLassister Posted July 22, 2011 Author Posted July 22, 2011 http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=569909&navid=mod-rr-headlines Here they come. The Logos... Quote
dlbalr Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 I like that they didn't go over the top like some teams try to now but it resembles too much of a curling house for my liking. Oh well, as long as their colours aren't yellow, they won't look as tacky as I fear the Nashville jersey will. Quote
lazy26 Posted July 23, 2011 Posted July 23, 2011 They're alright, but I really liked the old logo. Quote
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted July 23, 2011 Posted July 23, 2011 Meh. Makes me think of the air force and the Conservative Party of Canada logo, simultaneously. Quote
bbp Posted July 23, 2011 Posted July 23, 2011 I need too see how it will look on the jersey... I liked the old ones, too bad merch money made them make a new one... Quote
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