Wednesday, April 27, 2011

TSN Reports Coyotes Deal Is Running Out Of Time.......Again: 04/26/11



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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Hulsizer Loving "the Action"


































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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Is Winnipeg days away from hearing a relocation announcement from the NHL?

Gary Bettman Under Fire On Hockey Central Radio Hour: 04/20/11



Glendale / Goldwater Meeting Produces NO Results: 04/23/11



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Thanks to jetsnews96

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Scruggs is confident...why? Because she is confident--weren't you listening?


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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

"WINNIPEG VS. QUEBEC: THE BATTLE OF FROMAGE." VOTE FOR THE WINNER BELOW!



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You know it's bad when you are neck and neck against Quebec in "THE BATTLE OF FROMAGE"

("Fromage" is "cheese" in French, Yanks.)

TO VOTE FOR THE CHEESIEST, PLEASE COMMENT BELOW.

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Phoenix Coyotes: Done In The Desert?



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John Shannon on Winnipeg, Atlanta Thrashers, Phoenix Coyotes & NHL/NBC TV Deal



Thanks to @Sneller1985 on twitter!

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Monday, April 18, 2011

PLEASE COMMENT WITH THE BEST CAPTION THAT YOU CAN THINK OF...



























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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Coyotes' Radim Vrbata & ESPN's Pierre LeBrun discuss White Noise



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Friday, April 15, 2011

The McMahon Group - Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs Keeps Churning It Out...



Work it out with GWI on camera...JUST LIKE THIS! All of Winnipeg (and really, the entire Hockey community outside of AZ) F'N DARES YOU!!! This is the blind leading the blind!

Scruggs JUST looked up the Yotes (inflated) average attendance TWO NIGHTS ago?! Wow, her finger is really on the pulse of this thing!

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Joe Daley, Phil Housley, Darryl Shannon, Craig Muni & Teppo Numminen - Buffalo Sabres Alumni - Fan Appreciation Night - April 8, 2011



Congratulations to Joe Daley, Phil Housley, Darryl Shannon, Craig Muni and Teppo Numminen - All formerly of The Winnipeg Jets.

The Sabres gave up on Darrin Shannon (Darryl's brother) after just one game in 1991-92; He was traded to the Winnipeg Jets.

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P.S. "The Winnipeg Jet's acquisition of Craig Muni was one of the most distasteful trades the team ever made." - www.curtiswalker.com/jets

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Goldwater Institute-Hater Should Move to Her Left...About 2 Steps























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Sunday, April 10, 2011

"You don't see that very often," Selanne said, smiling.



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Friday, April 8, 2011

NHL Players Commenting on Winnipeg and the Coyotes Uncertain Future...



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Clint Bolick explains the Glendale-Coyotes situation to Pat McMahon



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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

HOW WINNIPEG HAS CHANGED SINCE 1994...



























Morris Lukowich Photo courtesy of Katie Turner @ http://www.metronews.ca/winnipeg/local/article/822710--morris-lukowich-jets-legend-looks-for-team-s-rebirth

Currency:

The Canadian Dollar (Loonie) bottomed out at around $.62 in 1998...today, it is at $1.0372.

Population:

1994: 676,000

2010: 750,000

Average household income:

1994: $43,000 (Canadian average $49,000)

2010: $72,000 (Canadian average $70,500)

Unemployment rate:

1994: 10.4% (Canadian average 9.5%)

2010: 4.9% (Canadian average 8.1%) (best in Canada)

Total employment:

1994: 318,000

2010: 425,000

Average house value:

1994: $84,000 (Canadian average $158,000)

2009: $227,000 (Canadian average $340,000)

Total value of building permits issued:

1994: $300-million

2009: $1.1-billion

Housing starts:

1994: 972

2010: 3,200

Retail sales:

1994: $4.3-billion

2010: $9.8-billion

GDP per capita:

1994: $21,100 (Canada $26,700)

2009: $37,500 (Canada $39,000)

Personal disposable income per capita:

1994: $17,700

2010: $29,900

Difference:

+170% increase

NHL average ticket Prices:

1994: $34

2010: $49

Difference:

+140% increase

Corporate head offices, companies of all sizes:

Edmonton: 157

Winnipeg: 129

Ottawa: 101

Corporate head offices, total employment:

Winnipeg: 6,890

Ottawa: 4,667

Edmonton: 3,428

Canada's 800 largest corporations:

Winnipeg: 32 plus three 3 subsidiaries = 35

Edmonton: 25 plus one subsidiary = 26

Quebec City: 16 plus two subsidiaries = 18

Ottawa: 15 plus one subsidiary = 16

Courtesy of  http://www.theglobeandmail.com
(Thanks to  http://twitter.com/jbird_1)

Oh yeah...and Lukowich has changed a bit too...looking good with a little more salt than pepper!

Winnipeg has great potential with David Thomson and TNSE waiting patiently for the NHL to bite.

...and of course, there is the MTS Centre:






















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Sunday, April 3, 2011

Newsmaker Sunday: Phoenix Coyotes Leaving?



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