tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906875144542272320.post1779075511732966518..comments2021-05-15T21:27:08.679-05:00Comments on Hockey Blog In Canada: Saying All The Right ThingsTeebzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538474727022437837noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906875144542272320.post-40264096493949353212011-06-03T21:14:33.928-05:002011-06-03T21:14:33.928-05:00When I was 13 I lost the team I loved, the Minneso...When I was 13 I lost the team I loved, the Minnesota Fighting Saints. Then when I was 30 I had my NHL team ripped away from me for no other reason that greed when the North Stars were given to Dallas because of the actions of one man.<br /><br />Teams are a community asset and their owners, no matter how long they have owned them or how long the team has been in the family, are temporary custodians of that team. Franchise &quot;issues&quot; which are always, always, always money related in the end, are temporary. Just take a look at how down Chicago and Pittsburgh once were. Those temporary problems should, in my opinion, never be an excuse to move a team or sell it to the highest bidder so they can move it. Stop looking outward to find blame for your problems, and look inward to fix what&#39;s wrong with your team, which is the product you put on the ice, field or court. It&#39;s generally pretty simple. Win and they will come. Don&#39;t say you need a new stadium to fix your income problems. Win a lot of games for an extended period of time, perhaps even a championship, and then ask to be rewarded with a new stadium. You&#39;ll catch more flies with honey than vinegar.<br /><br />It&#39;s a shame the Jets ever had to move and it&#39;s a shame the Thrashers are now moving because whatever down period they may have been enduring is cyclical. It all just seems so short-sighted - again. <br /><br />Atlanta looks bad today, but who says it would always be that way? Winnipeg looks fine today with a owner willing to spend, likely without profit for the sake of community because he&#39;s filthy rich, but what happens 10 years from now when he loses interest because his toy isn&#39;t so shiny anymore, he&#39;s had to endure big losses from some future down economy that has made him worth hundreds of millions of dollars less on paper, the Canadian dollar is again worth 57¢, the team may not have been winning for some time, they play in the smallest rink in the league by far and he want&#39;s to sell? No one in their right mind is going to want to own a team in such a small city with such a tiny arena.<br /><br />Now what, move them to Seattle? I fear Winnipeg is a band-aid that will last as long as the owner likes his new purchase. Once that one man is out of the picture, we&#39;ve seen what can happen just this week in Atlanta, which looked like such a great idea when Ted Turner and his money, and a brand new arena was involved, didn&#39;t it?<br /><br />I not trying to rain on Winnipeg&#39;s parade by any means, and I&#39;m happy the wrong of the Jets moving in the first place is being righted, but I&#39;m disappointed that there wasn&#39;t more done to fix the situation in Atlanta. I suppose in the end it&#39;s the rich boys toys and they can do whatever they want with them, but it&#39;s really rotten when their short term failures can have such long term consequences for hundreds of thousands of fans.JeffBhttp://thirdstringgoalie.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5906875144542272320.post-4847640706646215562011-06-03T16:56:17.421-05:002011-06-03T16:56:17.421-05:00I&#39;m so pumped to see Winnipeg playing again! H...I&#39;m so pumped to see Winnipeg playing again! Hope they become apart of the Northwest division though :( Anyways nice blog! Maybe if you get the time you can check mine out as well - allcitysportsblog.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01754462611481015815noreply@blogger.com