ON two notes for this one. First, Winnipeg fans don't forget the heart ache of losing a team. That's why we are celebrating as hard as we can on the premise of one coming back. Do you remember when Minnesota lost their North Stars? When theNHL Jerseys returned via expansion, they haven't had one game where they didn't sell out their stadium since. They felt the loss. As do we. For Atlanta fans, I feel for you I do, but we can share the team for a season before you turn your focus to Nashville or Tampa. And Point 2: How I met your mother prominently shows hockey, including multiple vancouver canucks, and New York Rangers references. IncludingNFL Jerseys and Mason Raymond. Despite passing the midway point of the Conference Finals this weekend, the hot topic seems to have been the future of the Atlanta Thrashers and whether or not it will be in Canada. Winnipeg, specifically. My inbox is filling up with questions about the situation. I'm not an expert on this particular subject so I'd like to defer to those who are. Like many of you, I've been reading a lot about what may or may not be going down. To make this easy, I've assembled a list of articles from well-repected sources to paint a picture of all that's going on with regard to this subject. But first I should say something. As I've reviewed my post from Friday about the Thrashers' imminent move, my bias is clearer to me. As a fellow Wholesale Jerseys from a southern state, I feel for Thrashers faithful who are on the brink of losing the team they love. I'm bothered by the apparent heartlessness of Winnipeg residents who should know what it's like to have a franchise ripped right out from them. But it's not heartlessness, is it? If we step back and look at the numbers, it's hard to argue with them. How can we expect them to feel bad for Atlanta when all they've wanted for 15 years is to have their team back?Add to that, the hundreds, even thousands of diehard Thrashers fans are dwarfed by an entire city of more than a half-million that would live and die by the team. That's awfully hard to deny. If it's a question of who deserves it more — and it shouldn't be — who wins out? Atlanta has the team now. They've supported it (mostly) for 12 years. But from everything I've read, it sounds like the ownership, Atlanta Spirit, has let them down. So it's hard to blame the fans in Georgia. And it's just as hard to tell the folks in Manitoba to subdue their excitement. I still have no patience for any Canadian who innately thinks their geography makes them more deserving of hockey. (Remember, you keep coming back to read a hockey blog written by a Floridian.) But I recognize the predicament both cities are in. Now, having said all that — which I'm sure most of you didn't bother to read for MLB Jerseys — here are the bullet points from the weekend.
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