^They need to run something like this in the paper when it happens:
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Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp
I guess people didn't care about the Jets in Winnipeg then since their attendance dropped by almost 2000 their final season.
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Originally Posted by Barnes
Yup. Hartford, Quebec and Minnesota all had small spikes in attendance when their teams were threatened with a move.
Phoenix and Winnipeg didn't. Both are terrible markets.
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Winnipeg's attendance dropped in their final season then went right back to capacity for the playoffs.
It was already determined during the 1994-1995 season that the Jets would be leaving after the 1995-1996 season. No such thing has been determined where the Coyotes are concerned, and a show of dedication from the fans this season would have gone a long way to showing a new owner that "Yes, this team can be viable, now pay for it with your own money".
Winnipeg's fate was sealed before the final season started, and that alone makes the situation far different than that of the Whalers, Nordiques, North Stars and indeed the Coyotes.