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Thrashers still selling season tickets 1 hour before Winnipeg event
By Greg Wyshynski

At 10:49 a.m. ET, just over an hour before the formal press conference announcing the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers to True North and the franchise's relocation to Winnipeg for the 2011-12 NHL season, we called the Thrashers season ticket office to inquire about joining their ever-expanding fan base.

This is an actual conversation with a Thrashers ticket sale representative. Again, roughly an hour before the formal announcement of the team's relocation:
["Holiday" by Vampire Weekend plays as we're on hold.]

THRASHERS: Atlanta Hawks and Thrashers, this is [female name].

PD: Are you guys still accepting Thrashers season ticket deposits?

THRASHERS: We are! Where would you like to sit? How many seats are you looking for?

PD: Downstairs would be great. And just two.

THRASHERS: And what will you be using your tickets for?
PD: To watch some exciting Thrashers hockey in 2011-12.

THRASHERS: In the lower bowl, the lowest we have are $999 and they're in Sections 201-209. Do you want me to tell you the best available there?

PD: And this is for the Atlanta Thrashers' 2011-12 season?
THRASHERS: Uh-huh.

PD: Next season? In the NHL? In Atlanta?

THRASHERS: Uh-huh. Do you want me to tell you the best available tickets?

PD: Sure.

THRASHERS: We actually have some in Row A, in Section 208 and in Section 202. I would suggest Section 208, which has better angles. How does that sound?
PD: Honestly, it sounds a little fishy to me, because they're actually announcing that the team is moving to Winnipeg this morning. In, like, an hour. Are you guys aware of that?

THRASHERS: I'm not aware of it. They haven't announced anything to us yet.

PD: Huh. Yeah, so, I'm probably not going to be able to use those season tickets, if that's OK?

THRASHERS: I'm sorry, what was the purpose of this call?

PD: To find out if you guys are selling season tickets to a team that's no longer there.

THRASHERS: Well, they haven't formally announced anything, and anyone who purchases season tickets will actually get a full refund, so there's no risk to purchasing season tickets.

PD: Besides putting down a deposit for a team that no longer exists, I can see no risk in this investment.




As happy as we are for the great fans in Winnipeg, we're sad for the great fans in Atlanta who are losing a team they love. The experiment above wasn't intended to pour salt in that wound, but rather to underscore the reason the Thrashers are leaving: Crippling, pathetic, uncaring absentee ownership that's clearly bumbled to the end.

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Team Cutler.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ear ... _blog.html

New sweaters unveiled. I don't hate them one bit. Clean look that doesn't wow, but it's very solid.

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Team Cutler.

1. I like them also.
2. Ladd looks little.

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Those are real sharp. I like em.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Where's BUff? ...oh yeah, bet the organization would have rather him up there than Antropov, surprised Kane isn't even up there...

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team Mully & Hanley
team Meatpants

you guys are nuts, those are awful! Bland, boring, completely nondescript. Not the worst jersey in the NHL, but definitley in the conversation. The logo is awful and the jersey is just as bad.

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What jerseys do you like in the NHL (minus Hawks)?

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Montreal home
Toronto 3rd
Colorado blue third jersey
Edmonton road
Minnesota home (i'm in the minority here)
Rangers home
Pittsburgh 3rd
St. Louis 3rd
Teh new tampa road and home
Tampa 3rd

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I'd say about 80% of the posts on HF boards are negative about the new Winnipeg jerseys. most are comparing it to the awful Columbus 3rd jersey.

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You are. Those are hideous - unless you are Santa's elf.

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yeah, I know I'm in the minority on Minnesota. Have you ever seen one up close and personal? I didn't like them till i did and was able to see the beige color they use instead of white. That, along with the logo, really give the jersey a retro feel that I like.


Have you seen the new Tampa jerseys? I really like them, what do you think?

http://shop.nhl.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=3169596

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They look like the bastard child of the Red Wings and the Maple Leafs, what with using the Maple Leafs' shade of blue on the Red Wings' uniform template. This might be okay if the team weren't a '90s hooterville expansion team, but they are, so they sort of have to look gaudy and stupid.

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Eh, they are ok. They look a little plain. I do like the 3rd jersey with "BOLTS" across the front.

I also liked the old Thrashers 3rd jersey (not the powder blue, the ones that were red/dark blue/gold).

Nothing beats the old Whaler's green/blue with the H/whale tail.

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