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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| benv wrote on Fri, 02 October 2026 13:46 |
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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It's so ridiculously inconsistent - the Avs and Hurricanes are wearing the jersey of the team they used to be as a 3rd jersey, and now the Mammoth aren't connected to the franchise's past at all. The weird thing is that Phoenix was one of the very few teams to move who paid any kind of homage to the old iteration - they kept retired jerseys as "honoured jerseys" from the Winnipeg days and even had Hull, Steen & Hawerchuk banners hung.
The teams have the same name, but that's it. Also - do the Jets now lose the history from their Atlanta Thrashers days?
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