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thetreble   19

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Just wanted to say congrats to all you hockey-lovin' Manitobans. So thrilled that Canada is getting another team and wish the team in the 'Peg nothing but success.

"...My hair's mostly wind,

My eyes filled with grit

My skin's white then brown

My lips chapped and split

I've lain on the prairie and heard grasses sigh

I've stared at the vast open bowl of the sky

I've seen all the castles and faces in clouds

My home is the prairie and for that I am proud…

If You're not from the Prairie, you can't know my soul

You don't know our blizzards; you've not fought our cold

You can't know my mind, nor ever my heart

Unless deep within you there's somehow a part…

A part of these things that I've said that I know,

The wind, sky and earth, the storms and the snow.

Best say that you have - and then we'll be one,

For we will have shared that same blazing sun." - David Bouchard

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Saddle Bronc   124

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Atlanta does seem to be an excellent farm for Canadian teams--as it was 30 years ago that another Atlanta team (Flames) went to Calgary, history repeats itself with Thrashers!

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Flames9_RN   358

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Will see how it pans out long term! I'm sure they will do very well attendance wise for the first few yrs. And how many players want to goto Winnipeg?? Not many! Look at how players avoid the Oilers and they have a Stanley cup past!! Already been players on record saying they wont goto Winnipeg. How true that is, hard to say. Show them the $$$$, may change their mind. I'm up here in Saskatoon visiting the folks and thats all thats on the radio is jets, jets, jets!! http://driveto13.com/ you can see how many season tickets they sell--go on sale this afternoon

Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

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Will see how it pans out long term! I'm sure they will do very well attendance wise for the first few yrs. And how many players want to goto Winnipeg?? Not many! Look at how players avoid the Oilers and they have a Stanley cup past!! Already been players on record saying they wont goto Winnipeg. How true that is, hard to say. Show them the $$$$, may change their mind. I'm up here in Saskatoon visiting the folks and thats all thats on the radio is jets, jets, jets!! http://driveto13.com/ you can see how many season tickets they sell--go on sale this afternoon

As a sister with a semi-pro hockey playing brother, he'd go anywhere if it meant dollars in his pocket! Saying you won't go to Winnipeg, but you would go to some of the cities in the US with NHL teams, in my opinion is just princess talk. You get paid to play hockey, not to determine where you want to live. Hockey is hockey anywhere. If they chose not to go, they can join my brother if they'd like in the semi-pro ranks ;)

But, I think it will be interesting to see how many season tickets they end up selling and how often they sell out the rink. Like you say Flames, maybe for the first few years they will be successful as a franchise but then after the newness fades, who knows. I do hope they can be successful though.

Hope you are having fun back in the 'Toon!

"...My hair's mostly wind,

My eyes filled with grit

My skin's white then brown

My lips chapped and split

I've lain on the prairie and heard grasses sigh

I've stared at the vast open bowl of the sky

I've seen all the castles and faces in clouds

My home is the prairie and for that I am proud…

If You're not from the Prairie, you can't know my soul

You don't know our blizzards; you've not fought our cold

You can't know my mind, nor ever my heart

Unless deep within you there's somehow a part…

A part of these things that I've said that I know,

The wind, sky and earth, the storms and the snow.

Best say that you have - and then we'll be one,

For we will have shared that same blazing sun." - David Bouchard

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Flames9_RN   358

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Sure some hockey players will go to winnipeg for the $$$$$, but will the elite players go. Don't see any of the elite players going to Edmonton. I have spent a fair bit of time in Winnipeg during my Army and Air Force days and well I don't have many great things to say about it,lol Will leave it at that. Sure it isnt a bad city, but not a great one and the winters are harsh, and then the mosquitos/black flies eat u up in the spring/summer.

Short term it may be a success, longer term it will be interesting

Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

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