Winnipeg Jets sign Taro Tsujimoto to PTO
On the heels of being eliminated from NHL playoff contention, the Winnipeg Jets made a unique move Sunday, signing one-time Buffalo Sabres prospect Taro Tsujimoto to a Pro Tryout (PTO) contract. Tsujimoto, still spry at the age of 55, tallied 2 goals and 3 assists in 70 games in the Japan Hockey League this past [...]
Suggestions for Jets app developers
As part of my civilian job with a Winnipeg marketing company, I keep a keen eye on all things web. My world is surrounded by social media and smartphones, to the point where I’ve considered putting up a poster of Steve Jobs in my office. So as you can imagine it was a bit startling [...]
Winnipeg Jets Deal Fair For Fehr
The Winnipeg Jets management have seemingly awoken from deep slumber and made a splash in the transfer pool. Prospect Danick Paquette and a 4th round pick in the 2012 draft was all it took for the Jets to pry Eric Fehr away from Southeast division rival Washington. The moving of Fehr’s 2.2 million contract brings [...]
Can the Jets Stay Grounded in Winnipeg?
The Winnipeg Jets have taken off. They have signed their captain Andrew Ladd to a five-year, $22 million deal. They hired a coach in Claude Noel and they hired former Chicago assistant GM Kevin Cheveldayoff as their general manager. Plus they just recently picked up six players off free agency. So far, so good. The [...]
Andrew Ladd Remains A Jet
Last season’s captain of the Atlanta Thrashers, Andrew Ladd, has shown his loyalty to the organization by signing a new 5 year deal with the Winnipeg Jets. The contract details are believed to be 4 million next season and 4.5 million a season for the remaining 4 years, making it a 22 million, 5 year [...]
“It’s About Time!” The NHL Returns to Manitoba
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent True North Sports and Entertainment group member Jim Ludlow summed it when he mentioned that today was emotional and surreal. For former Winnipeg mayor, Susan Thompson, it was a sweet vindication. She was in office when the Jets left in 1996, and spoke about the heartbreak of losing the team after the [...]
Relocation Roulette: A Perspective on Who the Real Villains Are in the Thrashers’ Saga
With the inevitable end to the Atlanta Thrashers’ tenure in Georgia drawing near, there have been plenty of emotions that have been swirling about. You have the unabashed joy of Winnipeg fans, which has sometimes morphed into a Nelson Muntz-esque “HA! HA!” in the direction of Thrasher fans, and you also have the sadness of [...]
Relocation Roulette: Winnipeg, Atlanta Mayors Agree That Thrashers Move is Close
Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent Commissioner Gary Bettman may not be ready to declare the Atlanta Thrashers’ move to Winnipeg a done deal, but the mayors of those two cities seem to be leaning that direction. “It is going to hurt the city but we will withstand it just fine and we will get through it,” [...]
What to do with the Canucks AHL affiliate?
The question not on everybody’s mind through the past few weeks is what will happen to Vancouver’s American Hockey League affiliate once a National League team officially moves to Winnipeg. The Vancouver Canucks and Manitoba Moose have had a harmonious relationship for years, since the folding of the defunct International League. In 2001 the Moose [...]
Relocation Roulette: Another Reporter Cries Wolf As Thrashers Drama Continues
Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent When it comes to stories reporting that a team’s relocation is “imminent”, the old phrase “if I had a nickel every time I heard that” comes to mind. With the recent travails of the Phoenix Coyotes and Atlanta Thrashers, this phrase has flowed off the lips of hockey writers with a [...]
Relocation Roulette: Things Heating Up in Atlanta As Winnipeg Rumors Swirl
Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent On another off-day on the NHL schedule, relocation rumors once again carried the day. With the Phoenix Coyotes seemingly locked in to Arizona for at least one more year, the Atlanta Thrashers now have the proverbial target on their backs of everyone who wants a new team. Whether it be Kansas [...]
Relocation Roulette: The Latest on the Coyotes and Thrashers’ Situations
Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent Despite all of the drama that is occurring on the ice this postseason, the winds of change are currently blowing briskly on the business side of things as well. The ongoing soap operas involving the Phoenix Coyotes and Atlanta Thrashers took some interesting turns this week, and as the calendar ticks [...]
The Saga in the Desert Continues
Well, no one said this would be easy. In a bit of a curve ball thrown today, it appears that the NHL and the City of Glendale have agreed to extend the deadline to find a new owner for the Phoenix Coyotes for one more year. Reports have led many to believe that the team [...]
Bettman says NHL Wasn’t Invited to Glendale Meeting as End Appears Near
We have known for quite some time that the Phoenix Coyotes saga in Glendale has turned into a soap opera. However, it hasn’t been quite the soap opera that it is now, if that’s even possible. A day after the Coyotes were swept out of the playoffs by the Detroit Red Wings, an almost “last [...]
Letter to Jets Fans Past and Present
Dear Winnipeg Jet fans: I know this doesn’t apply to everyone, just some of you. You know who you are. The Phoenix Coyotes are not the Winnipeg Jets. They never have been. Yes, I know the Jets left our fair city and headed to the desert 16 years ago, but they ceased to be the [...]
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