Reliable sources, including TSN, CTV Sportsnet, and numerous Canadian media outlets, are now stating that after 15 long years, the NHL will likely return to Winnipeg. According to numerous sources, the deal between Matt Hulsizer and the City of Glendale has fallen apart, and Gary Bettman and the NHL Board of Governors will likely announce the return of NHL hockey to Winnipeg upon the conclusion of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Of course, the NHL top brass are denying these reports, but that is to be expected. In the rare event of the Coyotes making a run in the Stanley Cup playoffs, the league does not want the relocation news leaking in fear that it could adversely affect ticket sales for the Coyotes remaining games.
With the return of the NHL, many local sports fans will wonder what will become of the AHL Manitoba Moose. Apparently there have been plans made up to relocate the Moose to British Columbia (most likely to Abbotsford), in the event of the NHL returning to Winnipeg. True North Sports Entertainment (TNSE) will own the Winnipeg based NHL team, and they will play at the MTS Centre beginning with the 2011-12 NHL season.
Did you catch Orange's latest? That Wpg is now setting a deadline? I posted that she's been wrong on every other NHL post she's made - little shock she didn't publish it. Things are looking good for a Jets return, but I believe nothing Orange says
ReplyDeleteOrange has been wrong on three occasions about the Jets return. I would not take anything she says seriously.
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