Could it be Thrashers are going nowhere soon?
According to this tweet by John Kincade, it would seem that there is possibly an ownership group interested in the Atlanta Thrashers…one that would be interested in not only taking the NHL team off the hands of the Atlanta Spirit, but keep them in Atlanta as well. Not only that, but this group is also interested in the Hawks and Philips Arena too.
I spoke with Kincade earlier this morning and he told me, “All I can say is I can confirm that there is legitimate interest in someone buying control of the Hawks, Thrashers and Philips”.
“Serious candidate”, the co-host of 680 AM The Fan’s Buck and Kincade Show went on to add. “Not like a guy like Rollins”.
When I pressed a little more for additional information, Kincade only said, “There are reasons of confidences shared as to why I am not naming names. I will let this scenario play out”.
OK John, you have our attention. Hopefully this story has some wings to it.
LeBRUN SAYS THE CLOCK IS TICKING
Also on the topic of the Thrashers and their current ownership crisis…last weekend, ESPN’s Pierre LeBrun indicated that the clock is ticking for new owners to be found for the Thrashers.
I did not listen to the “Hot Stove” segment on Hockey Night in Canada, but from what I’ve been told and have read, he indicated that the NHL league office is trying their best to keep the Thrashers in Atlanta, but that there must be new ownership found within the next 6-8 weeks.
Now, I don’t know if that means a deadline has been set to resolve this issue or the NHL will allow the team to be sold to anyone even if that means relocating them…or that the league will step in and take over the problem themselves. Maybe someone who did here the comments can shed some light.
What I do know is that the league is fully aware that the main problem down here is indeed the AS, LLC and they would like to be rid of them just about as much as we do.
NOW…ABOUT LAST WEEKEND
One thing we Thrashers fans have had to learn over the last several seasons is to govern our emotions. When the team is playing very well…as they were last fall…we have to keep reminding ourselves that they really aren’t that good. Eventually, things will moderate out.
The same is true when the team goes through rough patches, the kind every team experiences. Just like when things are going well, things will moderate out. 82 games is a long time and in the end, a team’s true talent level will emerge.
The Edmonton Oilers celebrate Taylor Hall's game winning goal Saturday afternoon. It was Hall's third goal of the period and first hat trick of the rookie's career (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, John Ulan)
However, when we witness a stretch like the Thrashers are going through for two months now…going 6-14-5 over 25 games, winning only three times in regulation since New Years and only once at all since the all Star game…you can’t help but wonder if what we are seeing is indeed the true measure of this squad. And it’s disheartening to say the least.
Saturday’s latest debacle only adds to the general sense of gloom and doom in Thrasherville. The schedule affords the team a matchup with the worst team in the league…points-wise at least…and did so at a time they really needed it. Those two points in northern Alberta were as close to “must have” as it gets for a team looking to turn their fortunes around and try to get back on the winning track.
But it’s not just that they lost to Edmonton in as much as how they did. It was once again a game where they played well enough to take a lead…2-0 and 3-1…but also found a way to allow just enough mistakes to cost then dearly.
SAME SONG DIFFERENT VERSE
That old familiar sinking feeling began as it normally does, in the latter stages of the second period. With Atlanta up 2-0, Chris Mason, (getting his first start since being injured in Dallas a month ago), failed to shut the five-hole in time to stop Magnus Paajarvi’s shot from the right side.
However, that sickening feeling in the pit of our collective stomachs was eased a bit early in the third when Evander Kane danced his way through the Oilers’ defense and deposited the puck into the net past Devan Dubnyk. And with a 3-1 in the third on the Oilers this season, most teams can pretty much fill out the deposit slips to take the two points to the Bank of NHL Standings.
Yes, most teams…but not these Thrashers.
Just 7 tics of the clock after Kane’s highlight real goal, Chris Thorburn then takes a tripping penalty in the offensive zone…and then the Taylor Hall power play show was underway. The unraveling commenced from there.
“We gave them life”, coach Craig Ramsay said of the third period collapse. “Everything was going in our favor and then we take three penalties and give them those power play chances and get behind”.
“They walked them out and stuffed them in the net”, Ramsay continued. “It was really disheartening to see that. We didn’t get it done killing penalties and we didn’t get it done on the power play”.
“Disheartening” indeed.
It’s this type of loss in this type of fashion to this type of team that can kill off any hopes of climbing back into the playoff race. No they haven’t been mathematically eliminated, so they technically are not “dead” yet…but losing a game like that must certainly put them on life support. As such, whatever hopes they had of living life in the postseason is slipping away fast.
And while we continue to look for someone to step forward to make sure this franchise does not go anywhere anytime soon, it’s seems clear that the team is certainly going nowhere fast…at least as far as the NHL standings are concerned.
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Alan R.
February 21st, 2011
3:00 pm
Tom, Smoothie, others — let’s let this ownership thing play out, and see what happens. I’m willing to bet a great deal of our problems are because the players are worried more about the future of the team.
We play strong for two periods, and blow it in the third. We look night-and-day different from start to finish. I’m really not sure we can blame this on coaching… not all of it, at least.
Johnny Cash
February 21st, 2011
3:08 pm
A Memo from last nights interview with Bettman
COMMISSIONER BETTMAN: We don’t think so under current technology. We know that there are limits to what can and can’t be done. And, frankly, if the ice were not adequate, were not appropriate, were not amenable to competitive conditions – and most importantly if the ice wasn’t safe – we wouldn’t be playing.
Q. A question about Atlanta, lots of talk about Winnipeg on CBC tonight, everywhere. What’s your take?
COMMISSIONER BETTMAN: I think there is som news about Atlanta. I know there was an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, but I enjoy speculation about Winnipeg. As for having a buyer in Atlanta, I hate the stories, because it raises people’s expectations when they shouldn’t be.
Bummer….. Good luck keeping them Thrashers!
As Borat said………….. NAT
If and whenever we have something to announce I promise you I’ll announce it. But let’s keep our eye on the ball. We just had a great event. And I don’t know what the CBC said. But if that’s what they were spending attention on during this game, I think they’ve taken their eye off the puck.
Rawhide
February 21st, 2011
3:09 pm
For those of you who have been asking…C-Viv spoke with Ladd today about the on-going contract talks between he and the Thrashers and has posted a new blog with Ladd’s remarks.
Click–>HERE<–
Red Light
February 21st, 2011
3:19 pm
Joe Friday’s Hawks score three unanswered goals and lead the Blues 3-2 with 10 minutes left in the 2nd.
Red Light
February 21st, 2011
3:20 pm
Moulson gets the hatrick, his first since doing the same against Michael Gearon’s Thrashers Dec. 2009.
Tom Lysiak
February 21st, 2011
3:27 pm
Johnny Cash is another lying wiener-peg troll. Here is the exact quote from yesterday:
“Q. A question about Atlanta, lots of talk about Winnipeg on CBC tonight, everywhere. What’s your take?
COMMISSIONER BETTMAN: I don’t think there’s any new news about Atlanta. I know there was an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, but I hate speculation. I hate the stories, because it raises people’s expectations when they shouldn’t be.
If and whenever we have something to announce I promise you I’ll announce it. But let’s keep our eye on the ball. We just had a great event. And I don’t know what the CBC said. But if that’s what they were spending attention on during this game, I think they’ve taken their eye off the puck.”
I think he was speaking of your expectations liar…..
Alan R.
February 21st, 2011
3:29 pm
Hey “Johnny,” very nice and creative editing, there, but that’s not at all what Bettman said.
Sharon
February 21st, 2011
3:31 pm
Potential.
That’s why the NHL put a team in Atlanta… potential. A huge population (with tons of northern transplants), a new arena in the works (back then) and a large television market. I imagine that the NHL must be really angry that the Atlanta Spirit spoiled the league’s plans, that they refused to invest in the team, and that they pissed away all of that obvious potential. How do you right that wrong? It’s simple, solid ownership in the Atlanta market.
More so, the entire point of expansion into new, or “untraditional”, markets is to grow the NHL as a whole. The league is trying to increase their appeal and fanbase across the country, not just keep the “status quo” in pockets. Why is that so damn difficult for Canadians to understand? Oh, that’s right, it’s YOUR game. That’s great, but it’s OUR league.
You’ll have to excuse the snotty Winnipeggers. It may seem that they have nothing better to do with their time, and it’s true, they really don’t. Having been raised up north, I spent 30 years looking across the border and wondering what the hell the point of Canada was. Again, excuse them, because the ONLY thing they have is hockey. It has to drive you crazy to live in an outpost that offers nothing to the rest of the world. Well, except the Barenaked Ladies. They’re great in concert!
Go Thrashers!
World Be Free
February 21st, 2011
3:34 pm
Today’s posts remind me of some of my favorite movie lines-
“I can’t believe I threw up in front of Dean Wormer. Flounder, you threw up ON Dean Wormer!”
“Mr. Blutarsky, zero point zero zero.”
“Seven years of college down the drain, I night as well join the *#*$*%* Peace Corp.”
And then the famous line that holds true with the Thrashers-
“Nothing is over until we decide it is!”
All you trolls need to get a life and an I-Q greater than you shoe sizes.
Alan R.
February 21st, 2011
3:37 pm
There was one very polite and articulate Winnipeg resident on the last blog, and I want to thank him or her for the post.
Winnipeg is home to some great people. It’s unfortunate that a disproportionate number of D-bags have felt the need to invade our blog space in an effort to demoralize us and troll us to death.
moriler
February 21st, 2011
3:44 pm
The Winnipiglets get louder the further away their chances slip. The latest news indicates that there won’t be a move anytime soon because 1) there are buyers interested in keeping them here and 2) the NHL won’t let it happen — so of course the Weeniepeggers show up and start spreading direct lies to keep their hope alive.
I guess when your population is shrinking and NHL players are actively scrambling to make sure they don’t get sent there, you have to cling to something…
We've Been Bamboozled.....
February 21st, 2011
3:49 pm
It’s interesting that nobody’s made the connection yet. Kincade works for Dickey Broadcasting, and that company is related to Cumulus Media (It’s owned by members of the Dickey family and is a separate company, but there is a working relationship between the two companies.), whose Cumulus Radio subsidiary is the second largest owner and operator of radio stations in the US (behind Clear Channel). Remember when Time-Warner put the Braves on the market several years ago? The Dickey family was one of the local groups vying for the Braves (As was Arthur Blank and Ron Terwilliger.) and lost out when Time-Warner opted to make a deal with Liberty Media in order to regain the holdings in Time-Warner Liberty Media owned.
As shown by their pursuit of the Braves, the Dickey family does have the financial means to completely buy out Atlanta Spirit Group and perhaps they do bring people like Smoltz and Glavine in as minority owners (Maybe even Dominique Wilkins, since he was originally supposed to have bought into Atlanta Spirit, but due to the ownership situation with Steve Belkin, his attempt to buy into the ownership group fizzled out.) if they are in fact the seriously interested party in the whole ball of wax.
The Dickey family makes the most sense seeing as they are the broadcast home for the Hawks and Thrashers and maybe if they do buy the teams, they’ll put games on 99X like the Braves. Plus they wouldn’t have to worry about securing a radio broadcast partner since they already own stations they can air the games on.
Smoothie
February 21st, 2011
3:54 pm
WBB – I was going to mention Dickey as why else would they have been so interested in having both the Thrashers AND the Hawks while building a studio inside of Philips. They very well could be the serious interested party and Kincade would likely be privy to such information as he is the LOUDEST voice and strongest personality on that station. It would make sense for Dickey to buy the teams as they have the best possible “voice” for promotion of the franchises in the city of Atlanta. And now they are on FM as well. Perhaps they plan on going toe to toe with Liberty Media? Could be a good marriage IF Dickey and Cumulus have that kind of coin.
Flames
February 21st, 2011
3:57 pm
I am personal friends with Dickeys. I have talked to Lew Dickey about purchasing the team for some time now. He said that he wasn’t interested in purchasing the team. He still wants the Braves. I am still working on him though. He would be a GREAT owner for the Thrashers.
Flames
February 21st, 2011
3:59 pm
Sorry Smoothie! It’s not the Dickeys! I only wish and dream that they would buy the team.
Rightshot
February 21st, 2011
4:03 pm
Just a a FYI, Just heard on Buck and Kincade, He’s encouraging people to come out to next Friday’s and Sundays games because “You never know who will be in the building” He said there is someone who will be “kicking the tires” of the organization to see what is what.
So get out there Thrasher fans. I’m gonna be there, somewhere.
Red Light
February 21st, 2011
4:14 pm
Blues cut the Hawks lead to 4-3 after four straight Chicago goals. 9:45 left in the third.
Tire kickers huh? Wonder which set of books they will be shown?
Lee
February 21st, 2011
4:29 pm
Lol…
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Hockey-coach-strips-half-naked-throws-clothes-d?urn=nhl-324134
Smoothie
February 21st, 2011
4:30 pm
Flames – damn you buzzkill!
I guess that makes even more sense that Dickey would be hot for the Bravos. Easier to make money on baseball in this town, that’s for sure. Was hoping to make a sign that said:
“Hey David! Take us from d___ks to Dickey!!”
Smoothie
February 21st, 2011
4:30 pm
What?? Kincade was telling people to go to a hockey game?? But it’s not his job (or the station’s) to build a fan base!!! Oh mon dieu Kincade.
kj
February 21st, 2011
4:31 pm
Stars trade James Neal and Matt Niskanen to the Pens for Alex Gologoski. Neal would have been a nice get if Niskanen wasn’t part of the deal. Another soft defenseman we don’t need.
Zombie Steve
February 21st, 2011
4:35 pm
Patience, Thrasher faithful. Once this owner business blows over, you may issue a retort here:
http://www.hockeyforum.com/winnipeg-jets/151-winnipeg-arena.html
(you might even find some great deals on brand new, never worn Thrasher apparel!)
jimbo
February 21st, 2011
4:41 pm
Everyone wants to speculate about a new owner or bash the ASG idiots and CLUELESS CRAIG gets a pass while all of this is going on. Well, we’ve lost 17 of the last 20 games, by far the worst record in the NHL for this period. Only two teams have allowed more goals, Edmonton (1) and Colorado (5). And yet, OLD RAMMEROODIE claims that he’s going to open up the offense. The Captains have to go to him to crack down on a few guys who are mailing it in. THIS GUY MAKES JOHN ANDERSON LOOK LIKE A GENIUS. 17 out of 20 and do we change anyting up? No, we simply get pushed around at home and fall apart in the last period on the road. BRING BACK A REAL COACH- UNCLE BOB.
Smoothie
February 21st, 2011
4:48 pm
“Any time you get moved you want to still be competing for something,” Wheeler said. “This team is right there.”
I guess Ramsay slipped something into Blake’s water bottle? Talk about drinking the kool-aid! Damn I’m not used to this, or good news.
Can we go win a GD hockey game now!? For once!
Zombie Steve
February 21st, 2011
4:48 pm
John Anderson = an AHL coach
Rammer = an NHL coach with a Stanley Cup under his belt.
Seriously, Jimbo?
LAC
February 21st, 2011
4:50 pm
Gary Bettman was on NHL Live today, They have GOT to get rid of that e.j.HACK, he is THE WORST Hockey has to offer…. Of course after the asg.
But The Commissioner was on… And THE BIG topic was Atlanta moving to winnipeg.
The Commissioner, sidestepped the entire issue, with his, now routine answer, “There has been a lot of ownership problems down there, I hate spectulation and I will not do so, let’s see what happens and when there is something to announce, we will announce it.”
His avoiding direct questions and saying when there IS something to announce, they will, well the writing is on the wall. If one teams moves to the winnipeg wasteland, then he will apaise
all those selfish canada fans and it will get them off his back for a year of so, until “they” want another team, then it starts all over again.
This team here would thrive, under a committed owner, whith these LIARS, NO WAY !
Smoothie
February 21st, 2011
4:50 pm
Neal is a RFA who has scored 72 goals in 214 games. He scores a lot of “greasy” type goals that this team needs. I’d trade Bogosian for him and a 2nd rd pick in a heartbeat! Plug him in at RW with Kane and Antro/Burmistrov (when healthy) and sit back and enjoy.
Kane – Burmy – Neal // Ladd – Litts – Wheeler (now we’re talking!)
kj
February 21st, 2011
4:58 pm
The deal on Neal in Dallas is he’s been a bit difficult to motivate – he must not have been responding to the whiny voice of Marc Crawford. But then again, how would he have responded to the soft, soothing voice of Rammer? What if we would have gotten “Scarface” instead of Tampa Bay???
Smoothie
February 21st, 2011
5:02 pm
Probably because he knows if he (Neal)scores 30+ goals, all of his money he earns for a raise will go to Brad (one end of the ice) Richards. Dumb. Hopefully for Dallas’ sake, they’ve found their dynamic puck-moving blueliner for the next 10 years, but still not sure I’d ever trade Neal.
Portage and Main
February 21st, 2011
5:07 pm
I wasn’t going to post but whatever…. this entire fiasco is ALL on the NHL. They vet awful ownership groups NORTH and SOUTH of the border, and spin so many lies… Bettman can’t be direct with people and so we have rumours and half truths spinning for well over a year. Media NORTH and SOUTH spinning their own nonsense. NHL can’t even control their own media. The NHL fans are the ones that lose in this, paying good money only to be lied to and manipulated. Yes, i would like to see a team back in the peg, but if there is a return, the way NHL went about it is pathetic. So fans are left guessing and grabbing the latest stories etc… so to add to that, did anyone notice the Budwieser commercial yesterday during the Heritage Classic? Huge shot of wpg jets logo being hung back up on the wall… doesn’t say anything but for GB to say “I don’t want to raise wpgs expectations,” you sure are being a dyck about it.
BlueThrash
February 21st, 2011
5:10 pm
“because the ONLY thing they have is hockey”
Curling, which I personally love and wish we had some ice sheets in ATL at which to play.
“I spent 30 years looking across the border and wondering what the hell the point of Canada was”
for me, the point of Canada was to give me a place to drink from age 19 until I turned 21. Other than that, I guess Canada’s purpose is to grow enough old people to live on the golf courses in Florida and quietly explain why we DON’T want a healthcare system like theirs. Oh, and they gave us Rush.
kj
February 21st, 2011
5:19 pm
Can I dream a little here ( I deserve it after forcing myself to watch the ice ballet at Edmonton Saturday)?
Antro, Sopel and Little for Richards?
Alan R.
February 21st, 2011
5:19 pm
That’s a shocker… @ajcthrashers #Thrashers recall Patrick Rissmiller from AHL Lake Erie
Cornbread
February 21st, 2011
5:26 pm
Good to get back on the blog after being gone a week.
If hockey can’t make it in ATL, what does that say about the sport and the NHL? You would think most Canadians would want it to succeed and excel in other places. But for purely selfish motives they’d rather destroy the game. Fact is, as those who have been paying attention know, hockey has worked, can work, and will work in ATL. Given everything that has been put in place since day one against it working and that it still survives should be further proof. One owner who gets it is all Atlanta fans have ever wanted or expected. Make that happen and the selfish Canadians know they won’t get this team.
Portage and Main
February 21st, 2011
5:31 pm
Heres the commercial for those interested http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6WkIGAsrKQ
LAC
February 21st, 2011
5:44 pm
winnipeg is not even the size of Marietta or Dunwoody or Athens or Anniston or Asheville or Augusta
Nee I go on ? I’ve been there twice and can say I NEVER want to return, middle of NOWHERE
with NOTHING to do or go to and it’s COLD all the time, except for a couple month’s a year.
winnipeg DOES NOT deserve NHL hockey, I’d rather see it in the Mountains of WNC than anywhere canada. Where do “they” get off, “owning” this sport ???
Tom Lysiak
February 21st, 2011
5:47 pm
It is 72 degrees here today at 5:45 in the afternoon, in February. I just came in from working in the yard in shorts and a t-shirt. Yeah, I’d want to leave this and go to wiener-peg too.
jsadf
February 21st, 2011
6:05 pm
asg in talks to bring back letemin, kovy and hosser so the team will be attractive to a new owner.
glovesave29
February 21st, 2011
6:25 pm
LAC – the “owning” of the sport is what cracks me up. That only they are allowed to love the game and that those cities lying within their “perimeter of acceptability” may have a team. If you take that thought process to other inventions or discoveries – does that mean only Germans can have cars? Only Iraqis can brew beer? Only Americans can fly on airplanes? No one other than the Chinese can shoot fireworks? It’s soooo silly! And why exactly should someone in Cape Breton care if the NHL moves to Winnipeg? Its 2000 miles away. I care as much as if a team moves to San Diego from Canada. The faux patriotism is laughable.
Brendan
February 21st, 2011
6:42 pm
Red Light, I don’t know if Shattenkirk or Chris Stewart scored, but the Blues have been playing better since the trade. Chicago 5, St. Louis 3. (The Blues won the last one, 9-3.) I can remember a time when Chicago and St. Louis had an enormous streak of consecutive playoff appearances. It was a foregone conclusion, in both cities, that there would be playoffs in the spring.
Red Light, now that 75-percent of the season is in the can, who do you think will win the Cup this year? I tells ya, I didn’t think Philly would be back, and so strong, this year. But they are. Do you smell a first round upset of the Flyers? Or a let-down by the Flyers in the playoffs? Or, are you thinking the Flyers, after coming so close last year, are the most bound and determined to finally end their Cup drought, dating back in 1975?
In pre-season, and honesty counts here, I had the Washington Capitals vs. the Penguins in the CF, and I had the L.A. Kings vs. Vancouver in the Western Conference Finals. I had the Capitals over the Penguins and the Canucks over the Kings, with Washington finally getting their 1st cup in franchise history. As it stands now, Washington isn’t scaring anybody, but Pittsburgh still looks like a very solid pick in the CF for the East. The L.A. Kings might not make the playoffs. Sigh. But Vancouver is humming right along. Chicago might miss the dance this year, after bringing home the Cup last year, then holding the firesale to get back under the cap.
Red Light, any teams you see as longshots surprises? In preseason, I had Anaheim and Minnesota as bubble team who might do damage, if they got in. I had TB and Montreal as bubble teams in the East, who if they got in, might be formiddable, after all. Aren’t preseason thoughts fun??? TB will likely win their division. Montreal looks like a solid pick to be a playoff team. Kudos to Carey Price, on an All-Star season. I didn’t have the NY Rangers anywhere near a playoff berth. And my pick of Buffalo to be the # 7 seed is another miss.
In the West, I am looking forward to seeing Phoenix, Nashville, and SJ doing some damage this year. Detroit has reemerged as a Cup contender, also.
AG79
February 21st, 2011
6:47 pm
Yeah I was one of the Winnipeggers posting recently that felt bad for your plight and sympathized for what you’re going through since we went through the same. But the same thing seems to happen where a few idiots come on here and push your buttons and then all of a sudden it becomes “Lets trash Winnipeg”. Then my sympathy and well wishes seem to fade. Please don’t let a few people get to you and make you start insulting a city that many people are proud to live in. Yes its cold (uh…that’s geography!) and we have all 4 seasons, etc etc, its totally under our control right? We can play hockey outside here, its part of our culture, its something we’re passionate about and lots of people in this city have never recovered from the bitterness of having our hockey team plunked in the desert of all place, so you’ll have to excuse them.
Not all Winnipeggers are jerks, there are just a few would like to try and set you off and often it succeeds and now as I was here to support you, I read the comments now and it just makes me not care. So if you want to fall into their trap and waste your time insulting our city now then I can tell you that isn’t very productive and doesn’t help your team. I love where I live and I am sure where you live is great as well, I hate how it always becomes an “our city is better than yours” debate, but its pointless and in the end, the people with the money will do whatever they want. I’m not saying don’t try, but just realize insults back and forth doesn’t do it. So good luck to those who are smart enough not to lower themselves to the level of trolls, everyone else, maybe focus on the goal here and realize that trolls just feel on your comments, it doesn’t hurt them, but it might just turn others way.
EA
February 21st, 2011
6:51 pm
Portage and Main, you won’t get any sympathy on this blog after your remarks all weekend. You seemed to take great delight in taunting the Thrasher fans on this blog.
glovesave29
February 21st, 2011
6:57 pm
AG79 – I for one don’t think that. I’ve been to Winnipeg, and its a great town and the people are really friendly. But let’s be fair…this IS a Thrashers blog in Atlanta. They are trolling on our site and being jerks, not vice versa.
What shocks me is the tone taken by many of the trolls. They seem to be revelling in others misery, where – as a city that has also lost an NHL franchise – you should be more understanding. Sort of a “brothers in arms”. Why don’t these people go and eat a big meal in front of some starving Ethiopians, or run and play in the halls of a childrens hospital. Sure, those are extreme examples – but the thought is the same, beating on someone when he / she is down…and I am sorry, but the vitriol they receive in return is deserved.
Alan R.
February 21st, 2011
7:01 pm
Thanks for being one of the good guys, AG.
Iron League 13
February 21st, 2011
7:06 pm
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AG79
February 21st, 2011
7:09 pm
glovesave29 – but you’re not giving back to THEM, you’re insulting a city, where people live and call home. Ignoring them is their true punishment and is the only thing that bothers them. You don’t think they know they are posting pro-relocation stuff on the Thrashers board?? What do you think they want? They want you to get pissed off and start attacking them, that’s the point.
Many people in Winnipeg want NHL so badly that they look for all sorts of news on it and of course it leads them to boards like this. And 99% of them dodn’t post anything, just take in the information. These same people followed the Phoenix situation very closely and know that over the last two years many “potential mystery ownership” groups were reported, its a rollercoaster ride that just when you think its done, something else comes out. We’ve been through it all and in the end if Phoenix stay, Atlanta stays and there’s no expansion, then Winnipeg hockey fans have been treated like bait and then discarded which is pretty brutal, not that I expect sympathy.
I know its maddening to read what some idiots write but I find it hard for people on here to trash my city in return, its personal that way.
Iron League 13
February 21st, 2011
7:13 pm
So, are there any updates from that Kincade tweet about a new ownership group?
glovesave29
February 21st, 2011
7:19 pm
I hear ya AG – I generally don’t respond in kind. Can’t say I have ever trashed Winnipeg as I am not holding a whole city responsible for a few jerks. We realize the shortcomings of our market – and are willing to discuss it in an intelligent matter with anyone from anywhere in the world. There are some really knowledgeable fans here. It’s one of the really great hockey blogs that does not fall into immature name calling and finger pointing like on TSN or Rogers. Those sites also censor US based responses should they not agree with our point of view. Like I said before, I played in tourneys all over western Canada and have been to your town. You should be proud of your home, as we are ours. Each have their pluses and minuses. Gotta think someday the NHL will return to Winnipeg. Personally, I’d put my money on the Islanders. as the NY market is saturated and only the Rangers draw. The NCC is old and decrepit, and the latest 2 arena plans were scuttled by the government.
AtlantaVols
February 21st, 2011
7:22 pm
I know it seems like the playoffs are out of reach but we can’t forget we have around 20 games left. This team has a 6 or 7 game win streak in them, and if we put one of those together, then we will def jump buffalo(who has games in hand) carolina and even new york. If you look at those teams’ records in the their last ten, they arent too great. its perfect opp for us to make it this year. Hockey will work in ATL, and as fans we must have faith. Believing in this team is something that can go a long way. All the news with owners can be frustrating, but as fans, all we got to do is enjoy ourselves while we watch them play, and if we do that, and we support like we have, we will watch this team in ATL for many many many years to come! LETS GO THRASHERS!!!
Iron League 13
February 21st, 2011
7:38 pm
http://www.examiner.com/atlanta-thrashers-in-atlanta/sorry-canada-beware-of-reports-of-imminent-relocation-of-thrashers-to-winnipeg
If anyone else has already posted this, I’m sorry. Anyways, this might make you feel better. It was convincing. The one thing I will say is that regardless of the calming points Mr. Foley makes on the league constitution and other laws/ rules/ whatever, I simply DO NOT trust that consitutions will protect this team. I shouldn’t have to elaborate on that, cuz I don’t wanna get political and it’s not that I don’t think he’s wrong per se…whatever dig it.