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Curious what people think of the NHL's decision to officially consolidate the old Winnipeg Jets with the new Winnipeg Jets:

https://www.nhl.com/jets/news/jets-and-nhl-announce-consolid ation-of-winnipeg-jets-history


This bothers me probably more than it should, since I object to "making up history". The old and new Winnipeg Jets "are" different franchises, so you can't just wave your magic wand and make them the same franchise--which is what they are doing.

It actually has other connotations as well. For example Shane Doan has always been one of the rare players to play a long successful career with one franchise--but now that they've arbitrarily decided that the Phoenix Coyotes are a "different" franchise he (officially) loses that distinction.

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