I thought i heard Manitoba Moose... (Not brown jerseys)... And Manitoba Nanooks were 2 possibilities

Edited September 16, 20178 yr by Goalie

6 minutes ago, Rich said:

I'm guessing he came terms with it with all the merchandise that was sold in year 1 and since   

If they used Moose, I'm  betting the "buy in" from all the fans wouldn't have been the same  

 

Ground swell for the name and nostalgia factor made it almost impossible for him not to name his franchise Jets and looking back he made the right call.

4 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Chipman wanted Manitoba Moose as a name. i would have preferred it too. Who else has brown unis?

Zinger wanted the Moose by all accounts. The rumour was Chipman liked Bears. 

But I think he's since said there were no decisions until after the team came back and the outpouring of support for jets made his decision easy.  

Also David Thomson was asked about Jets name at the announcement presser and he called it "a fine name". 

Bettman almost immediately told media that the NHL owned the name and trademarks and they were Chipmans if he wanted them. So there was sort of forces working in its favour. 

Pretty tough to have what 5000 ppl changing go jets go at portage and main and saying we are gonna call them bears. 

 

Edited September 16, 20178 yr by The Unknown Poster