Winnipeg rivalries?

[MrSnrub]

3 years ago, I posted a thread here asking which teams you foresaw the Jets developing rivalries with. (for reference, here is the thread: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1459939&highlight=)

So, here in 2016, do you think the team has begun rivalries with anyone in particular? If so, what caused these rivalries? Which games do you circle in the calendar when the schedule is released?

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[TheDeuce]

Still Minnesota.



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[ellismate]

I thought st louis. Our games always got pretty out of hand

 

[MN1985]

Anaheim. The Jets are still mad after that playoff series.

 

[SLAYER]

I'll say STL, CHI and ANA... I honestly don't see the Minny rivalry. This team needs some more playoff action before true rivalries are formed.

 

[Return of the Jetdi]

Every American team in the Central division
I'm voting for St Louis though

 

[Hollywood3]

We have no rivalries.

 

[Thorburnt]

I wouldve said St. Louis, but that felt more like Ladd vs. Backes as opposed to Winnipeg vs. St. Louis. Instead I'll say Chicago

 

[Larabee]

Arizona, for obvious reasons.

 

[Winnipeg Jets]

I don't really feel like we have any strong rivalries yet.

 

[JohnStaymoose]

Minnesota for sure and the Blues, some of the best games I have seen the Jets play since relocating are games against the Blue, we always play them tough.

 

[TheDeuce]

Minnesota for sure and the Blues, some of the best games I have seen the Jets play since relocating are games against the Blue, we always play them tough.

I'll give a nod to the Blues too. I remember after one game the Blues commentator saying something along the lines of "can you imagine these two teams after a seven game series? There's be nothing left for the next round".



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[jetsforever]

Agree with the previous: St Louis Anaheim and Chicago

 

[LadyJet26]

Anaheim and St.Louis. I honestly dont get the minny one

 

[Whileee]

Agree with the previous: St Louis Anaheim and Chicago

This.

Anaheim gets a bit of a boost because of Perry's antics at the WC with Laine. Way overblown, but Winnipeg fans don't forget anything.

 

[EpicGingy]

Anaheim. The Jets are still mad after that playoff series.

Are they? I got over it pretty quick, nothing noteworthy happened.

 

[SoupaTroupa]

I agree with St. Louis. Those games tend to get pretty heated. We might have a rivalry with Anaheim, but I don't really think they have one with us... if that makes sense.

As I fan, I have a rivalry with Calgary, but that's just me.

 

[SCP Guy]

Anaheim and St.Louis. I honestly dont get the minny one

Go to Minny for a game and you will see why ...........Fun atmosphere.....

It is all about geography and it is mostly between the fans not so much the teams....

But most rivalries are a bigger deal for the fans then the players anyways TBH

 

[MrBoJangelz71]

With the Finnish connection, Laine vs McDavid, Winnipeg vs Edmonton has the makings to be a great rivalry over the next decade.

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

How funny would it be if Laine and McDavid are the new Crosby/Ovechkin. Plus it'd look awesome because it's Canadian City versus Canadian City at the peak of when both teams are super competitive.

 

[boanst]

I would argue that the Jets and Lightning still have a rivalry from the days of the Southeast division.

 

[Daximus]

Anaheim is public enemy #1 for me. I'd love nothing more than to be able to sweep them in a PO series. Nextsis Arizona, we always seem to get in battles with them... don't even get me started on Doan.
We have a fun rivalry with Minnesota, mostly because of proximity. St. Louis is always a trench battle aswell. We have been developing an HF rivalry with Toronto, which could spill over into real life with a Matthews/Laine rivalry. We also have an age old rivalry with Edmonton that could rekindle with the Laine/Pulju picks.

 

[ERYX]

I think we need some more playoff series, some hard fought 6 or 7 game series with the same team a couple years in a row, to develop a real rivalry. Things do seem to get nasty with St. Louis but I don't feel a true rivalry with any team yet.

For an example of a good rivalry from my own perspective/experience, during my years as a Leafs fan when Winnipeg had no team, I remember the Ottawa/Toronto "Battle of Ontario" was a great rivalry, due mostly to those first round playoff losses the Leafs handed Ottawa several seasons. That was a good rivalry but has fizzled out same as how Toronto/Montreal hasn't been a real rivalry for years since both teams haven't been competitive at the same time for a long time.

 

[TheDeuce]

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We have been developing an HF rivalry with Toronto, which could spill over into real life with a Matthews/Laine rivalry.

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That Toronto / Winnipeg rivalry doesn't end there:

Trouba / Reilly
Ehlers / Nylander
Laine / Matthews

It seems every second draft brings about a debate between the fans of the two clubs.



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[Wedgeden]

Washington because of those two horrible back to back home losses that sent the Jets in a tailspin.
We play a back to back against Washington this year.
Revenge.