As Atlanta Thrashers fans have to deal with the news that their team will be announced as relocating to Winnipeg on Tuesday, we're forgetting about another fanbase who'll lose a team in all this. Manitoba Moose fans, let us remember you. Well, Manitoba Moose fans who will not immediately become Winnipeg Jets II fans. That's a really small group.
Monday night, the Moose had this image on the front of their website:
The Moose are reportedly leaving Winnipeg's MTS Centre and moving to Canada's east coast. At least a few Winnipeg hockey fans won't even notice they're gone, as the town will again be a major league sports city with the return of the NHL.
Please, won't somebody think of the Moose? We will accept the Moose if nobody else wants them.
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