All Entries in the "Winnipeg Jets" Category
Hockey Independent mock draft part 1
With the NHL Entry Draft looming I decided to organize a mock draft with several of HI’s writers to give you an idea of what tonight’s entry draft could look. Participants: Fred Poulin, Cris Cohen, Lawrence Duchenski, John Scott Moore, Jeremy Scriven, Alexander Monaghan, Jamie Fraser, Andre Garabedian, WB Philp, Al Cimaglia, Adrian Fung, Gordon [...]
Nick Giglia’s 2011 Mock Draft: The Swami Speaks
This year, once again with the assistance of my good friend Andrew R (and some Bitches Brew…..both the beer and the music), I sat down to do my NHL Mock Draft. As per usual, trades were considered, and by a phenomenal stroke of luck we called Carter to Columbus for Voracek and the [...]
Just business: Winnipeg officially back in NHL, fans await team name
Yesterday, in a move that surprised few, the NHL Board of Governors unanimously approved the sale and relocation of the now-former Atlanta Thrashers franchise to Winnipeg and True North Sports and Entertainment, the ownership group that brought major professional hockey back to the Manitoba provincial capital. The sticker price for the Thrashers, who spent eleven seasons [...]
The Southeast Unleashed – June 2011 Edition
The NHL’s Southeast Division was formed in 1998 as a part of the Eastern Conference due to expansion. It has had two Stanley Cup winning teams, the 2004 Tampa Bay Lightning and the 2006 Carolina Hurricanes. Each month we will update you on the relevant news and notes of all five Southeast Division teams. Florida [...]
Odd link between the Pens and Atlanta Thrashers’ demise
Much ink has been used over the past week detailing the downfall of NHL hockey in Atlanta for another generation of Georgian fans and the related relocation of the city’s franchise, like the Flames in 1980, up north to Canada, this time to Winnipeg. Many factors force a team to move to a different place: fan apathy for [...]
Wheel of Relocation & the St. Louis Blues + Berglund Signs
The hockey world is filled with joy and despair today. True North announced that they have bought the Atlanta Thrashers and will bring “Canada’s Game” home to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Fans in the frozen north are elated to have NHL hockey back after over a decade without. But Thrasher fans are losing their team. Inept ownership [...]
Atlanta Thrashers moving to Winnipeg in a near future?
According to Chris Vivlamore of the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Atlanta Spirit, owner of the Thrashers and the Hawks, have begun negotiating with True North Sports and Entertainment of Winnipeg about the sale of the Thrashers. The deal, which has not been completed yet, would move the team to Winnipeg, where the defunct Jets played [...]
Impassioned Plea from a Thrashers Fan to Gary Bettman
The most passionate fans waited 10 long years for it. Luckily, I didn’t have to wait that long. But the echoes of that amazing night in April of 2007 still haunt my memory four years later. The memories from that day, that night, will forever be etched in my mind and cherished in my soul [...]
The Southeast Unleashed – May 2011 Inaugural Edition
The NHL’s Southeast Division was formed in 1998 as a part of the Eastern Conference due to expansion. It has had two Stanley Cup winning teams, the 2004 Tampa Bay Lightning and the 2006 Carolina Hurricanes. Each month we will link you to the relevant news and notes of all five Southeast Division teams. [...]
Mock Draft 1.0
Mock Draft 1.0 Here we go….1-10 Only…. 1. Edmonton Oilers – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C Red Deer (WHL)– RNH is the best player in the draft, and with the number 1 pick, you use that on the best player. It just so happens that Edmonton is in need of a Number one Center and RNH is [...]
Why Did Daddy Let My T-birds Fly Astray??
Poor me a beer so I can wash the sadness away. Not because it’s St. Patty’s Day though. No, because I’m a Thrashers fan who was foolish enough to believe in this year’s team. Going into the season, I knew better. We’re too young; new coach and new system; too many new pieces trying to [...]
Just When You Think You’re Out, THEY PULL YOU BACK IN!
Didn’t the sun already set on the Atlanta Thrashers? Didn’t their season essentially end with the recent 1 - 5 – 1 slide that followed the loss to the Canes (and the subsequent loss of their hold on 8th place) back on February 13th? Why must the Thrashers tease us this way and give us reason again to think they can [...]
Canadian Feds toss political football over Quebec City arena
With a federal election call increasingly likely in Canada some time in the next few weeks, it is worthwhile to analyze how the intersection of politics and sport, specifically hockey, may have cost Quebec City federal funding from the coffers of the ruling Conservative government, putting more of a burden on the city and province. As [...]
So “Slim”, You’re Tellin’ Me There’s a Chance?!
Wednesday nite in Raleigh, NC the Thrashers did something they hadn’t done since January 5th of this year, when they downed the Florida Panthers 3 to 2 at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, FL, which is: WIN TWO STRAIGHT GAMES!! Alas, the 2010-11 season has not been one in which the Thrashers have been [...]
Montreal Canadiens: Perfect Southeast trip in review
After a very successful trip to Georgia and Florida, during which they won their three games and hit the beach a few times, the Canadiens are now back north of the border and set to face their division rivals, the Boston Bruins on Tuesday at Bell Centre. The Habs will be back at practice today [...]
NHL TRADE DEADLINE 2010-2011: The Official Count
Per the NHL: NHL clubs made 16 trades involving 35 players today prior to the 3 p.m., ET, trade deadline. Following is a list of the transactions: Anaheim traded C Maxim Lapierre and C MacGregor Sharp to Vancouver for C Joel Perrault and Vancouver’s 3rd-round pick in the 2012 Entry Draft. Atlanta traded RW Niclas [...]
HockeyIndependent Trade Deadline Show – Click to replay
Join us for 2nd annual Trade Deadline show complete with your HI bloggers, XM NHL Home Ice, and special guests… HOCKEY INDEPENDENT NHL Trade Deadline Show
NHL trade deadline update: waiver wire frenzy and rumors (McCabe dealt to the Rangers)
Approximately 48 hours before Monday’s 3 PM trade deadline, there was a lot of action on the waiver wire yesterday and today: First, the Columbus Blue Jackets have claimed veteran defenseman Craig Rivet from the Buffalo Sabres on re-entry waivers. Rivet, an impending unrestricted free agent, will bring leadership and experience to an inexperienced Jackets team. [...]
Trade analysis: Canadiens acquire Sopel and Dawes from Thrashers
The Montreal Canadiens have acquired rugged rearguard Brent Sopel and speedy forward Nigel Dawes from the Atlanta Thrashers for center Ben Maxwell and a 4th round pick. What Montreal gets: Sopel, is 34 year-old right-handed defenseman who dressed for 59 games this season with Atlanta, notching two goals and seven assists. The veteran rearguard was [...]
City of Atlanta: TIME TO UNLEASH YOUR FURY!!
As any Thrashers fan will tell you, February 2011 has been far from a good month. In short, February has been a brutal month for players, coaches and of course the fans, who have not only suffered the dismay and disappointment of yet another mid-winter Thrashers’ collapse, but also sustained disheartening blow after blow with respect to recent [...]
