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A pint of dark matter, please.
Connor McSleighbells is on a heater... but the Cats will find a way.
Around the NHL 11 - 2023/24
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Edmonton fans supported them during that time as well , I doubt that happens here.
WolfgangPuck
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Oilers scored early and takes the lead played stingy defence in the 2nd/3rd Outshot by their opponent Reminds me of the Jets in the regular season
Jets played playoff hockey in the regular season then switched mode playing all O no D hockey
Kinda like what Oilers did in up to November when they looked they were going to miss the playoffs
Jets played playoff hockey in the regular season then switched mode playing all O no D hockey
Kinda like what Oilers did in up to November when they looked they were going to miss the playoffs
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Yea they kept buying tickets didn’t they. Edmonton has a population advantage on us that continues to widen.
In 2000 Edmonton had a population like Winnipeg has today at about 900,000. Over the past quarter century they have had nice steady growth, by 2010 they were at 1.137 million, 2015 it was 1.292, then 2020 1.461, in 2024 their population is approximately 1.568 million.
Not sure how Edmonton does it? It’s not an attractive city but I guess it’s in a thriving province.
Winnipeg’s growth projections I’ve seen are pretty modest.
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tbcwpg
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It was cheap to move there and close to oil fields. Your comment about thriving province are pretty apt.
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tbcwpg
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Gives teams time to rest up, also time for the league to build hype. NBA does the same.
It's possible but at some point we will be really bad, it's inevitable. So if we can't weather the bad times then the team is doomed.
cbcwpg
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In the case of the NHL though, it's "out of site, it's out of mind ". By the time the first final playoff game starts most of North America will forget the NHL playoffs are even on.
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NBA ratings are going to crush the NHL’s as per usual
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Imagine having 2 of the top 5 forwards in the game (one of which is clearly the best player on the planet), another 50 goal scorer, a top 5ish defencemen and killing 28 straight penalties to have the best PK while having the best PP and somehow still being the underdogs in a series.
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bustamente
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Sounds like Stars centre Joe Pavelski is calling it a career ..............maybe, at 39 he is a UFA
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Yeah Winnipeg fans are like the dumped lover who sees their ex flourish and can’t figure out where they went wrong.
I’d love a book that dishes out the whole locker room situation, it would be awesome to hear players talk anonymously about the dynamics of the team,
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"and Stuart helping Edmonton to some of the best shut-down defensive hockey imaginable, Jets fans will certainly be scratching their heads at the missed opportunities behind the bench in Winnipeg."
I'm sorry, what? do they not realize that mark stuart was on the ice attempting to play hockey and wasn't actually coaching us? this is probably the dumbest thing I have read in a while... next time we will keep a guy who couldn't play hockey because 10 years later he might be able to coach...
The Blue Baron
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The NHL is a cesspool in marketing/operations department.
1 full week delay for start of these finals.
Is this the movie idiocracy in real life?
If goes game 7 June 24th. WTF who will be watching?
If Tars Vs Rat City were playing ZERO audience.
Should have moved up the dates you fools.
1 full week delay for start of these finals.
Is this the movie idiocracy in real life?
If goes game 7 June 24th. WTF who will be watching?
If Tars Vs Rat City were playing ZERO audience.
Should have moved up the dates you fools.
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The Stanley Cup is in Canada, plenty at the HHOF.
Having a team from any Canadian city other than Winnipeg does absolutely Jack squat for me as a Manitoban.
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It’s like the reverse Charlie Huddy. Pretty good when he played, but garbage as a coach.
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Former Winnipeg Jets captain Wheeler uncertain about future
Blake Wheeler was non-committal about his future, so the possibility exists the former Winnipeg Jets captain may have played his final NHL game.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
As the New York Rangers met with the media Tuesday morning, Wheeler didn’t use the word retirement when asked if he’s thought about what comes next, but he also wasn’t ready to declare he was coming back again either.
“I was so just focused on getting healthy and with everything that was going on with the team and trying to win, that’s been the focus,” Wheeler said in New York. “Now, I’ll just, sort of, re-evaluate and go from there.”
Do you want to play again next season?
“I don’t know,” said Wheeler.
Well, to be fair they are going up against a team that just completely creamed the President’s Trophy winner — a team with the best defensive forward in the league, a 57-goal-scorer, another couple players in and around PPG, and a goalie capable of stealing a series.
I don’t think it’ll be a cakewalk, I’m expecting a good series but I can see why Florida is favourited.
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