Fourier
Registered User
You know, this thread is supposed to be about True North, Mark Chipman along with David Thomson (ownership Group) looking at bringing a team to Winnipeg. Not debating MTSC and Winnipeg's size and capability of hosting an NHL team. A certain person here continues to debate MTSC and Winnipeg not being good enough. IF and when an ownership group brings a team to Winnipeg the ownership group will have done their due-diligence...
People continue to think people (Rich smart people) are idiots for doing this... Well, if you naysayers think Chipman and Thomson are idiots for looking to bring NHL to Winnipeg then just say so.. Because by debating everything else that is basically what you are doing... calling those two people dumb... They are the ones doing this whether you agree or not...
I am sorry to say this but by this logic it would be inappropriate to question the viability of any market that either has a team, including Phoenix for example, or that has a perspective owner who wants one, since in both cases due-diligence insures success.
The point being, the fact that these guys believe the market is viable is significant, but does not in itself make it so. Nor does it mean that people on here should not be able to discuss questions about the wisdom of a team in Winnipeg in the big picture of the business of hockey.