they sold 13,000 already.

i doubt it too. theres 2 teams WAY ahead of them. columbus is up there too. the isles may move, but it could be to the new barclays arena in brooklyn. so i dont consider that moving, per say.


people keep saying how the southern expansion is "growing the sport." well maybe nascar should move some southern races to the north.. you know, grow the "sport."

No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.

I'm no Nascar fan, but you do realize almost half the races are held in the North?

Also, Why would True North make the arena bigger for? I'm betting they contract it to make the tickets more premium and expensive.

No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.

Could it be the Winnipeg Whiteout?

Ladies and gentlemen, your Winnipeg or Manitoba Whiteout!

It’s possible, and the reality is at the moment it’s the only thing the team could legally call themselves.

That’s what 6282980 Manitoba Limited Partnership (the legal name of the group who purchased the Atlanta Thrashers) registered as a trademark with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office on May 4, 2011 for one stated purpose only “Entertainment services in the field of professional ice hockey” - and as of today’s date it’s the only thing they’ve registered. Application number 1526249, go ahead, look it up.

Lets face it, it’s clear this group is not interested in returning to the name Winnipeg Jets, they made that obvious from the start – if it were to be called the Winnipeg Jets they would’ve said so right away. Manitoba Moose? It’s still possible but my source was wrong about 2 of the 3 things I was told in that conversation, so… I’m not liking the odds on the third one. The Whiteout, which would be different, does make sense from a historical perspective in the city – it was the tradition the fans of the Jets started during the playoff runs the club had in the 1990′s, there’s a tie-in with ice and winter (and boy does Winnipeg ever get winter), you could make a hockey player-blizzard-whiteout conditions connection in there too without much effort.

I’ll admit, yes, it’s likely that they purchased the term to legally own the name of this Winnipeg tradition in anticipation of owning a NHL team there but still… it’s not much of a stretch. The team already has 13,000 fans locked in for at least 3 seasons; people can’t turn away at this point if they don’t like the name, plus why name the team Jets or Moose? Fans already have merchandise, that’s money the owners lose by sticking with an established identity in jersey and various other sales.

A Winnipeg Whiteout, for those who are unaware, is when the fans of the Winnipeg Jets dressed in white during home playoff games – it certainly took off across the North American professional sports world after they started it. The tradition stuck with the Jets franchise in Phoenix where fans there still don white during their home playoff games.

I’d be interested to hear what the fans out there think about this name – Manitoba Whiteout? Winnipeg Whiteout? Add your comments below, honestly the more I hear it the better it sounds… just good luck to whoever has to make the logo for it.

I saw you posted that on facebook...yeah, that'd be great to snag Dudley

I'm two time zones over and on the wrong side of the 49th parallel and I'd help riot in the Peg is that's the team's nickname. BLECH.

A story making the rounds Sunday about the new Winnipeg NHL team's name missed the mark. The website http://www.sportslogos.net posted a story Saturday that True North had registered the name "Whiteout" and proposed it was the only thing the new team could be called.
A few media outlets reportedly bit on the story but it was discounted Sunday by True North's Scott Brown.
True North, in fact, has registered the name "Whiteout" with the Canadian Trade-marks Database of the federal government. It did so on May 4.
But it has done so, Brown said, only to protect future use of the phrase or term if and when it's needed. The whiteout was the mark of playoff fever in the NHL's previous stay in Winnipeg.
Brown said that Whiteout will not be the new name of the Winnipeg NHL team.
No announcement on what it will actually be is expected today.

No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.

http://www.tsn.ca/

they sold 13,000 already.

That's just a link to TSN's homepage. What was the name on the headline?