cutchemist42
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Car companies bring back classic names all the times and people get hugely excited for that. How is this Jets name any different?
Winnipeg Naming discussion
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There have been rumours that calling a team "Manitoba" may have been part of the deal with the province for their part in financing the MTS Centre.
robdicks
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TNSE is definitely over thinking it... while it doesn't sound bad and I like the idea of powder blue jerseys (as the Penguins dropped theirs and obviously the Thrashers are no more) I think the Winnipeg Jets/Manitoba Jets or the Manitoba Falcons with a retro Winnipeg Jets style 3rd jersey would've been the way to go.
If they call the team the Polar Bears, then I'm truly sorry that Atlanta is losing a team.
That couldn't sound more amateurish. Might as well be the Solar Bears. Yeah...it's that awful.
That couldn't sound more amateurish. Might as well be the Solar Bears. Yeah...it's that awful.
I'd be willing to wager that TNSE still does not know what they're calling this team. I'm sure they're really torn between restoring a team name with historical significance that's HUGELY popular, and trying to go against the grain, and try to look original and fresh.
Here's to hoping in favor of tradition and common sense.
Here's to hoping in favor of tradition and common sense.
I'm aware. I didn't say that was a particularly strong effort either. It's right up there with so many other lame monikers. I'm not saying "Jets" is exciting, per se, but the name is just so synonymous with pro hockey in Winnipeg. It'd be like tryin to rebrand any of the original six teams. Sorry. I'm just a staunch traditionalist when it comes to hockey.
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Fair enough, but I really hated that name. Doubly so when 'Mighty' was in front of it. It made me sad for a long time to say, 'Teemu is a Duck'. Only when they started to really have some success did I let it go!
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Yeah, I heard that from a couple people too - Manitoba Polar Bears with power blue color scheme like old Quebec Nordiques.
No. It won't. Not one paft of that will grow on me. In fact, if it's the Manitoba Polar Bears, I'll instantly be as disinterested in the team as I was before it left Atlanta...and even moreso than what's left in Phoenix. That is simply horrendous. All I see is them doing advertising deals with "Icee" and Coke. Just...whatever. With a name like that, they'll be lucky if NBC, Versus, or any other entity EVER goes out of their way to broadcast one of their games.
IceAce
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I think Manitoba Falcons is a fine name and what they are probably going to be called.
They will want a name as soon as possible so they can start getting merchandise out on the market.
They will want a name as soon as possible so they can start getting merchandise out on the market.
Oh yeah. They could do a vertical blue-red barber pole design and put the Icee Polar bear on it
Or partner up with Coke and use this...
Yeah. Interesting.
I really hope they're not the effin' Polar Bears.
cheswick
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Really hope Polar Bears is not true.
I'm not picky on what I'd accept. Moose, Jets, Falcons.
But please avoid anything related to Winnipeg or Manitoba being a cold barren wasteland. Ie polar bears, Ice, Blizard, etc.
I'm not picky on what I'd accept. Moose, Jets, Falcons.
But please avoid anything related to Winnipeg or Manitoba being a cold barren wasteland. Ie polar bears, Ice, Blizard, etc.
http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/polarbear/polarbear.html
The Manitoba Endangered Species
The Manitoba Endangered Species
Sounds awkward right now but I think it will grow on everyone, if this is true. Manitoba is one of this biggest polar bear tourist destinations in the world and the biggest and best polar bear zoo exhibit on the planet is being built at our zoo here so it's not a random name.
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