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Posted by jester on May-20-2011 03:33:

Winnipeg back in the NHL?

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Winnipeg could have a National Hockey League team next season after all.

A Toronto newspaper is reporting that an agreement to sell the Atlanta Thrashers to True North Sports and Entertainment has been completed.

The Winnipeg group plans to relocate the franchise to the Manitoba capital in time for the 2011-12 season.

According to the Globe and Mail, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman will travel to Winnipeg on Tuesday to make the official announcement.

ESPN.com and USA Today both reported Thursday night that no deal was in place.

True North Sports and Entertainment owns the MTS Centre arena in Winnipeg, which would become the NHL team's new home.

An announcement would bring to a close months of speculation and innuendo that Winnipeg � without an NHL team since 1996 � would land one of the troubled Southern U.S. teams.

Much of that speculation surrounded the financially troubled Phoenix Coyotes, but after the City of Glendale stepped in and covered $25-million U.S. of the Coyotes losses for the 2011-2012 season, the NHL decided to give the franchise another season in Arizona.

Earlier on Thursday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution was reporting that the hunt for a buyer to purchase the Thrashers and keep them in Atlanta had narrowed down to one. The newspaper also reported that True North was still in the picture but neither group had entered into an exclusive negotiating agreement with the Atlanta Spirit � owners of the Thrashers.

Read more: http://www.canada.com/sports/Report...l#ixzz1MrNK8XKg

Now for the Coyotes to come to Quebec.

Posted by Adam420 on May-20-2011 03:47:

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/br...-122268064.html

Posted by OkiDokie on Jun-30-2011 14:31:

Haha, it's funny how the people who've posted here are not from winnipeg

Posted by Zyklon_Jay on Jun-30-2011 14:46:

It is because the internet hasn't been invented yet there.

Posted by Judgelex on Jul-04-2011 22:30:

Just jealous.

Posted by OkiDokie on Jul-05-2011 14:59:

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Originally posted by Judgelex
Just jealous.

...oook

Posted by Judgelex on Jul-12-2011 04:50:

Posted by Salem on Aug-06-2011 03:04:

well suck my nuts

Posted by Judgelex on Aug-07-2011 01:35:

Jersey's should be tight. Now to actually get tickets...

Posted by Zyklon_Jay on Aug-07-2011 14:24:

awesome, glad to see that they finally brought things like electricity and internet to the area to facilitate an nhl franchise.

The travel schedules are going to suck for you guys being in the Eastern Conference...but Atlanta had some good young kids. Make them play in front of more than 50 people and they might make a game out of it.

Posted by jester on Aug-16-2011 04:35:

R.I.P Rypien

Another person gone at 27.