When Your a Jet Your a Jet All the Way!

In Honor of the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers to True North Sports and Entertainment, a Winnipeg based group, and the rumoured return of the NHL to Winnipeg, Manitoba has the city of Winnipeg, and The Riot! in a jovial mood.  One of the forgotten teams of the NHL's rich history, the Jets should never have been exiled to Atlanta in the first place.  Economic problems, and a growing American market at the time forced the hand of the Jets owners and the team was on it's way to a now 2 time failed NHL market, Atlanta Georgia.  The Calgary Flames were originally the Atlanta Flames from 1972-1980.

The fine people of Winnipeg have suffered for 15 long years but it stops now.  The Atlanta Thrashers (terrible name, but will go down as a bad ass jersey) are no more, and Winnipeg will cheer an NHL hockey team once again.  There is no guarantee that the new Winnipeg franchise will be able to call themselves the Jets, but as far as I'm concerned they will always be the Jets.
Yesterday in Atlanta, Thrasher fans were out in force protesting the move and begging to have there beloved Thrashers stay in Atlanta.  HAHAHAHAHAHA!  If there were a hundred people I would be stunned. What a crap sports town, Atlanta.  I hate Atlanta.  Mostly because being a Mets fan, I've seen horrific things happen there at Turner field.  Like a Game 6 walk off, walk to lose a dramatic 1999 NLCS.  But here's the real reason I despise Atlanta. Unless it's football, they don't care.  The Braves were division champs for 13 consecutive seasons, and they failed to sell out playoff games on a disturbingly consistent clip. I mean, Game 1 of the World Series against the Yanks in '99 and there were a ton of empty seats, that's a disgrace. Atlanta sucks for sports.  Winnipeg loved there team and they will love this one.  So today we will be celebrating not only the Winnipeg Jets, but forgotten teams everywhere.