Winnipeg ______

Alright so a lot of stuff happened today on the Winnipeg front. Yesterday we had found out that Winnipeg had already signed off on the deal and it was signed off early this morning. Reading twitter feeds and TSN we were told that there was going to be a press conference at noon in the MTS centre. Leading up to the announcement there wasn't much news because there wasn't really any news to report that everyone already knew. Most of us had known about Atlanta moving to Winnipeg, the press conference just made it official. This was a historic day for Winnipeg and Canada but we didn't learn all that much today in fact we were left with more questions then were answered. We had known that Atlanta was moving to Winnipeg and we knew that Winnipeg would play in the South East Division for at least one year but that was it. The press conference today didn't give us any answers in the sense of the name of the team, the logo of the team, the president of the thrashers opted out of moving to Winnipeg while the coach and GM positions are still up for question. Andrew Ladd the captain of the Thrashers is a free agent this summer and we are not sure if he would want to make the trip to Winnipeg for the next coming years.

I think this meeting was an important part in Winnipeg's future, now that the paperwork is all done, True North can now focus on the important things for the future of the team, city, and franchise. I think the main focus of the meeting today was to make the speculation official and to really get the fans excited about having the team. Gary Bettman said to the fans that if they want to show the Board of Governors that they deserve an NHL team they must purchase 13,000 season tickets which shouldn't be a huge problem for Winnipeg. June 21st is when the 2011/2012 regular season schedule is released. That is also when the Board of Governors will decide if Winnipeg was a good decision for the league. I really don't think Winnipeg should have a problem attracting fans regardless of the small hockey market. This was a city that lost their team 15 years ago and are now itching for NHL hockey back.

The city has grown considerably in the last 15 years and although I wasn't alive when the team left 15 years ago I will be sure the team franchise will be completely different than the one that hit the ice 15 years ago. True North knows that Winnipeg had a sketchy past and that is why they want to start fresh. That is why the JETS will not return. The name was brought to Pheonix when the moved and right now the league owns the Coyotes. This means the league owns the rights to the name and I am sure it would be quite expensive. The team is exploring new options and from what I've heard it could be anything from Moose, Falcons (Winnipeg team from 50s that won gold medal for Canada), Lakers, and beavers. Whatever it is, it better be cool and for most fans, it wouldn't matter the name just as long as they have a team.

Now that I have a theme for my Blog

My blog is about the politics of hockey and I would like to begin by saying that for the most part I won't really be talking about scores or predictions of games and how well players are doing because you can get all that from somewhere reliable. My blog is all about my opinion on hockey and there will be lots of bias in these posts. Right now I will be talking more about the Jets, hits to the head, and other popular league wide stories. In these coming summer months I will be talking a lot about the draft, free agent frenzy and whatever the hell else might happen.

Round up of whats going on

Memorial Cup
Alright so the mem cup was last night in Missasauga.... oh yea let me mention i am from Sudbury and i am a Wolves Fan..... anyways so the final game was last night between the Saint John Sea Dogs and the Toronto St. Michaels Majors ( yea i know but its bascicaly in Toronto). The majors hosted the tournament, were the best team in the CHL durring the regular season but still managed to loose in the OHL final to the Owen Sound Attack in Game 7 durring OT which really prooved to be worthless because they were both going to make it to the Memorial Cup anyways. I think that it is really funny that the Majors spent all this money and all that future for a really good team and the hosting of the tourny all to come home with nothing. I mean their name will not be on the Robertson Cup or the Memorial Cup. I mean this really sucks for Majors fans eh!........ but do they really derserve it? I mean I was thinking the majors were in the Memorial Cup because they were hosting, so did that mean that the GM of the Majors had to go out and give away the future of the team for a shot at competeing with Canadas best. I will give it to them they did have a really good coach. But I think the in the end the Sea Dogs deserved it a hell of a lot more, they won their league and they won the tournament all will a hard working small town team from New Brunswick ........and a possible top 5 NHL draft pick

And What the Hell is going on in Winnipeg
So everyday i am reading articles and posts and random stuff about the possiblity of Atlanta moving to Winnipeg, as a Canadian i would love to see an american city loose its team and winnipeg scooping up the leftovers but we have seen problems in the past and is this finally going to happen???? The day that the Globe and Mail broke the news that there was a possiblity of a relocation people went nuts espescially in Winnipeg, not knowing it was a false alrm. Today i was reading in on Bob Mackenzies twitter feed and he said the innipeg officials have already signed and the Atlanta officails just have to sign off today and the anouncement would be held tmrow. Today is Memorial day in the States so im not sure if the "officials" are on holidays or not. Personally i just want them to make the desision already, i am getting sick and tired of waiting...... but something tells me that it wont happen.

Stanley Cup finals start Wed.
So im going to throw in my two cents here and tell you that Vancouver will win. I am a leafs fan through and through then a bruins fan, but i really want Vancouver to win the Cup . I dont know why but i do. i dont want to make any predictions so i will leave it at that

A Lot of Work.....

I am making a blog just because.... i know it could be probably a lot of work but we will see how far it goes. i want to start writing about hockey, i try and stay on top of all the news regarding hockey and the NHL, OHL, IIHF, and i also have my oppinions about it all too.