Thoughts on Canada's Team, the Winnipeg Jets

The 'Eh' Factor turned a year old this week, the same day I took a flight to Toronto to cover the Memorial Cup. I'll be linking to some prospect profiles throughout.

I wanted to get a quick comment in about Canada's Team. I recall cheering for Montreal, Calgary and Edmonton during their Cup runs but against Ottawa. When a team is the underdog, regardless of geographic location, they're the team to cheer for. It just so happened we've had a few Canadian Cinderella stories recently.

Truly, Canada's team is now the Winnipeg Jets.

Turns out, Ice Edge still can't buy Coyotes

For the third time since last summer, it seems inevitable that the Phoenix Coyotes will return to Winnipeg after Ice Edge Holdings "failed to submit the proper paperwork" to the city of Glendale.

Five weeks after the company was supposed to have filed documents to the city, assumingly with financial details. Everybody and their grandmother think that the company doesn't have enough money to buy the team, otherwise it would have been done by now.

The news has been confirmed by James Mirtle and by several good sources, but among the list of people who are sticking their heads in the sand are NHL deputy commish Bill Daly and Ice Edge spokesman Robert Johnson.

May as well just end this thing now and bring the team back to Winnipeg.

Drunk Jets fan calls 911, demanding team's return

This is one of the strangest stories you'll read on the net today. A Lundar, Manitoba hockey fan dialed 911 multiple times in an effort to convince the RCMP to bring the Jets back to Winnipeg.

From the Winnipeg Free Press:

The emergency dispatcher politely told the angry caller there was nothing she could do to help him and reminded him that he was tying up a valuable resource before hanging up. But the man continued to phone back, claiming he had a lot on his mind.

How did this end?

The final straw came when the man began insulting the 911 operator, eventually calling her a crude name. She warned him that his number had been traced and police were being sent out to arrest him.

"If you’re coming to get me, can you bring me some smokes," was his reply.

A related story has a Toronto fan calling emergency dispatch demanding Brian Burke trade for a top-line centreman. Winnipeg should really count their blessings, knowing their shot at a Stanley Cup is just as good as Toronto's this year.