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Originally Posted by White Out 403
The very reason the team is called the Jets is because ownership had no choice if they wanted to keep goodwill with the fans. People heavily campaigned the ownership group on the individual level to have them use the name. In other words, the reason we wound up with the Jets is the same reason the history matters.
There's 2 fairly obvious differences here. 1) The Stars still exist and sort of use the same name. And won a cup. 2) The Wild have a unique and seperate identity.
I have no idea how to answer this question accurately right now, which this push by the Jets ownership would help resolve. But if this was to go through, it would go something like, Dale, Teemu, Scheifele and Wheeler
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The difference you cite is made up and circumstantial, simply because ownership somehow usurped a name of a different franchise (the Coyotes probably fell down on protecting it). And they did have a choice - the fan polls and write ins supported Manitoba Moose almost as much as Jets.
Are you counting Wheeler's Atlanta points? Why doesn't Shane Doan count? Was he not a member of the franchise?
A fair number of Jets fans feel this way, BTW.
One more question - would you be OK with the current Ottawa Senators being counted as having 4 cups?