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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
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.
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I would have preferred even taking the WHA Cowboys name over keeping Atlanta's name. Flames refers to a historic event that happened in Atlanta.