Heritage classic is coming up so time for a thread for it.

Found this tweet interesting.  Remember the outcry from last year and backlash on the Bombers for delaying this event due to not wanting to cannibalize Grey Cup sales?

Grey Cup ticket price point and the tickets to both Heritage Classic games are very similar (can only buy the heritage games as a package). 

If the Jets can’t even have this event sold out a week before the game, I think the Bombers were justified in their concerns over what the effect would have been on the Grey Cup.

The next *****-fest will be that they don't get immediate refunds, they have to wait until game day & go to the ticket office at IGF.

Oh like a 3 year old would remember it too?

Still insane to take the babes to these things.

I hate kow-towing to whiners....blah.

6 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I hate kow-towing to whiners....blah.

Thing is, there would be no whining if they hadnt had the silly rule in the first place.  The three babies that would have gone would have made no difference and there would be no negative press about it.

Now it will be how the crowd was too drunk and unruly for the six month old.  or how IGF doesnt have suitable amounts of parent change stations.  Or that they didnt pump in artificial heat to keep the babies reasonably warm.  Maybe Bettman can personally powder some bums.

2 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Thing is, there would be no whining if they hadnt had the silly rule in the first place.  The three babies that would have gone would have made no difference and there would be no negative press about it.

Now it will be how the crowd was too drunk and unruly for the six month old.  or how IGF doesnt have suitable amounts of parent change stations.  Or that they didnt pump in artificial heat to keep the babies reasonably warm.  Maybe Bettman can personally powder some bums.

Fairly certain he's been doing that for Crosby for years now...

9 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Fairly certain he's been doing that for Crosby for years now...

Not an image I needed.....

Was thinking with the winter classic coming up. I have a hockey stick I won as a child that is autographed by the entire 1978 Winnipeg jets team. Won tickets to a Bobby Hull dinner in Edmonton at a Oil Kings game. Went with my brother and dad. Then at the dinner won the stick in a raffle. My dad took some picture of me sitting on Bobby Hull's lap with the stick. I was 8 years old.  I've had the stick varnished and kept in my gun rack for almost 40 years. have thought about selling it, but don't know what it would be worth or if I could even part with it.

1 hour ago, Ripper said:

Was thinking with the winter classic coming up. I have a hockey stick I won as a child that is autographed by the entire 1978 Winnipeg jets team. Won tickets to a Bobby Hull dinner in Edmonton at a Oil Kings game. Went with my brother and dad. Then at the dinner won the stick in a raffle. My dad took some picture of me sitting on Bobby Hull's lap with the stick. I was 8 years old.  I've had the stick varnished and kept in my gun rack for almost 40 years. have thought about selling it, but don't know what it would be worth or if I could even part with it.

Joe Daley has a sports memorabilia store in Winnipeg. As a former WHA Jet goalie he would have autographed that stick. He'd know what that stick would be worth. If you ever get to Winnipeg get  him to check it out.

Edited October 18, 20169 yr by SpeedFlex27

23 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Joe Daley has a sports memorabilia store in Winnipeg. As a former WHA Jet goalie he would have autographed that stick. He'd know what that stick would be worth. If you ever get to Winnipeg get  him to check it out.

They got FB page, you can msg em.

I had an amazing Bobby Hull WHA table top game in my youth. Had all the WHA team pennants.

Edited October 19, 20169 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

Gretzky on Colbert in a minute.

13 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Joe Daley has a sports memorabilia store in Winnipeg. As a former WHA Jet goalie he would have autographed that stick. He'd know what that stick would be worth. If you ever get to Winnipeg get  him to check it out.

I'll dig it out and look at it today. I know it has Neilson, Hedberg, and Hull.  I thought the goalie on it was Bromley.  Can't remember off top of my head.  It was autographed already when I won it and that night Bobby Hull signed to top again. 

How cool does this look?

 

It's an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime thing to be a part of. As I'd mentioned previously, I absolutely DESPISE both the Habs and the Flames, but I went to the outdoor game in Calgary because I may never get to again and it was INSANE. It was frickin' cold and windy (February) but just to be a part of the whole spectacle...it was unbelievable. To get to do something like this in Winnipeg, and with actual NICE weather...man you guys are lucky. Anybody who didn't buy tix...you're really missing out.

Should we place bets on whether someone shows up to IGF in a Riders jersey?

35 minutes ago, Atomic said:

Should we place bets on whether someone shows up to IGF in a Riders jersey?

I'm fine with it, just treat them properly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...they must sit on the lap of those they go with. Like babies.

Anyone now if there will a chance to meet the players and get autograghs 

1 hour ago, Atomic said:

Should we place bets on whether someone shows up to IGF in a Riders jersey?

I'm not coming.  LOL

 

Surprised they don't sell Heli-suites for these games

Gonna do my best to avoid any seeing of the Saturday game. I remember the Jets v1 vs Oilers and it was never pretty. So I expect 20-1 game and just wait till Sunday if there is a game. Rain, rain, rain.

Sounds like the top line for Alumni is King-Hawerchuk-Selanne

https://twitter.com/Ted_Wyman/status/789514902335467521

Supposedly an embed error from Twitter but its a pic of Selanne in a new Jets jersey.

Edited October 21, 20169 yr by The Unknown Poster

I'm far more interested in the alumni game, but you can't expect that those guys are going to be trying that hard. It's gonna be a glorified shinny game...

IS the Alumin game on tv?

Just now, tacklewasher said:

IS the Alumin game on tv?

Yes on Sportsnet 360