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Winnipeg is better than Phoenix any day! Fact! Arizona has no fans and Manitoba has 100% fans! Winnipeg is entitled to its NHL team back that Gary Bettman stole from Canada like Quebec City. Jim Balsillie will beat out the stupid NHL rules and win in the joke of a United States Court System that is inferior to Canada's. Get ready to party Winnipeg! Your team is coming home to stay and compete for the cup!Southern Ontario? What is Jimmy thinking? He is also stealing Winnipeg's team if he does that!

PatrickOutwithMartyBiron

Uhmm did you not read any of the reports? If he does get the Coyotes to move he's moving them to southern Ontario, but I guess you have the right to dream, but look what happened to the last guy to tell us his dream.

JamesW6393

i hate him he's so anti canadian he's trying to keep hockey in phoienix who likes or watches hockey in phoienix? plus you'll make alot more money if you move tthe team to canada i hate bettman he sucks .

jayk

I just got done reading LITYs (Like I'm Telling You Who I AM) rant here http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AkZwyA09rjH6Kq9Tt.usGyHsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid =20090507101120AAsrKnc&show=7#profile-info-wgmf4iwUaamaybe you should take a look

AwesomeBillCrabbyOldGoalie

Wow, what a genius. I should be hanging around you more often.

greatwhitenorth28AM7073

Howler - I would be willing to bet you there are more fans in Winnipeg that would buy tickets to a game, watch the game on TV and buy memorabilia than in Phoenix. How many Mexicans watch or play hockey? I have never seen them in the international tournaments. There may be quite a few in Phoenix that are originally from Canada or the northern states, but in many cases they will remain fans of the the team they grew up watching. They said that Tampa Bay would be successful because of all the snow birds but they only guarantee sell outs when a team like the Leafs are in town. I wouldn't be going to any games if I were living in another city, but I would go to support the team I grew up with and love. Where does hockey get put in the sports pages in Florida and Arizona? How much radio play do they get? What kind of corporate sponsors do they get? Nothing compared to what they would get in a Canadian city, even a small market like Winnipeg. You and the A's fan seem to throw the word "ignorance" around a lot but it is you that don't know what you are chirping about. Stick to something you know, like Baseball.Edit - teams like Nashville and Phoenix may get rather respectable attendance only because they practically give the tickets away for free so they can qualify for leaue assistance. You are an ignorant fool that is way too high on yourself. Manitoba is doing well for it self economically and could easily sell out every night.

James9530

I sense some anti-americanism in your rant.

MROLYMPIA

If any body thinks Hockey in Glendale (YES I SAID GLENDALE BECAUSE IF YOU KNEW YOUR FACTS YOU WOULD KNOW HOW FAR OUT OF THE WAY COYOTES ARE FROM PHOENIX) is a workable proposition. Then please send by way of money wire $1000 and I'll gladly give you an opportunity to invest in my gold mine. Phoenix is the most apathetic sporting city in America as we are talking about a fan base that couldn't even sell out D-BACKS playoff games and only started supporting the Cardinals when they reached the Super Bowl. Besides the only export from Canada this area cares about is Steve Nash OK. Who cares about all the snowbirds and transplants as take a look at all the empty seats in Florida, Nashville and Atlanta should tell you nobody cares about a team without history. They only come to support the team they grew up with. More people in a WALL-MART Parking lot then showed up for the rally in Tampa to celebrate the Lightning winning the CUP. Jim Balsille would actually have the money to fund the team and make it competitive and put it in a city where peolpe love hockey , but I guess that would make too much sense. Some of you seem to prefer MEDIOCRE HOCKEY IN CRAPPY MARKETS. Know lets do what Bettman did in Nashville he was so determined to make a square peg fit in a round hole that a con man like William "Boots" Del Biaggio III was able to become a co owner. Way to go GARY LETS BRING IN FRAUDSTERS TO INVEST IN YOUR TEAMS BECAUSE YOUR SO DESPERATE TO MAKE IT WORK. You watch Predator ownership will try to fleece the Nashville taxpayers by making them buy all those unsold tickets just to say they can keep the team in city.

Leafsfan29isonthe1sttee3211

Phoenix has population and corporations galore going for it. It's one of the largest cities in America. It "should" work, but to this point, hasn't (based on the $70mm in losses over the last three years).Manitoba has a fan base but none of the economic reality needed to sustain an NHL franchise in 21st century economics. The NHL will not return to Manitoba barring some massive population shift and some massive business development unlike anything the world has ever seen. Sorry...it's a lovely town with lovely people, but it does not have the infrastructure and corporate base that is needed to support an NHL franchise.As far as the attendance figures...I'd like to see an actual Paid Attendance (i.e. the number of people in the building who paid for a ticket) before touting numbers from anywhere. In other words, don't count the comps."If" Balsillie gets a favourable ruling from the bankruptcy court, he's already said he would relocate the club to Southern Ontario, NOT Manitoba. Southern Ontario is the only workable 7th Canadian market; it's the only market that has the business, population, and revenue upside that would support an NHL franchise. If you look at the Sunbelt expansion:-San Jose and Dallas are successes-Anaheim is a success-Carolina (relocation) does well-Colorado (relocation) does well-The Florida teams are a mixed bag (Tampa is struggling financially)-Atlanta is a mixed bag (part of conglomerate)-Nashville...is Nashville (lack of corporate sponsor revenues hurt)-Expansion franchises in Minnesota and Columbus have done well economically and are fairly stable