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Originally Posted by calgaryred
for me its Winnipeg Jets the team ahas a long history good and bad since 1972 thats pro hockey in Manitoba they should respect it and bring the team back
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The Jets name actually goes back to 1967 and a WHL junior team.
Not the same level, obviously, but you half wonder if there was any pressure back in the day on WHA or even NHL interests in this city to call our teams the Stampeders, owing to history.