Talk:2011–12 Winnipeg Jets season

Crystal balling
Why was this article moved & information changed to create the impression that the franchise were already relocated? GoodDay (talk) 14:20, 5 June 2011 (UTC)


 * It seems far more likely the team will play in Winnipeg next season, not Atlanta.

Jets name
The name is obviously owned by the NHL, but for TNSE (if they want to use it) it is a very relevant issue whether or not the league already owned the name prior to the Coyotes' bankruptcy. The article currently implies that the league only acquired the name when it bought the Coyotes in the bankruptcy auction, however I am 99.99% sure the league has acquired the rights as part of the agreement that moved the original franchise in 1996. I remember doing a trademark search that confirmed the league's ownership of the name, which I believe I did prior to the league buying the Coyotes out of bankruptcy.

It does matter how the league acquired the rights, because if in fact the name was owned by the Coyotes and thus only acquired by the NHL out of bankruptcy then the name would be part of the bankruptcy transaction - TNSE would not be able to use it with just a nudge and a wink from the NHL. TNSE would have to offer buy the rights from the league at fair market value, and the U.S. bankruptcy court would have to be satisfied that such a transaction was negotiated in good faith before they approved it.

Linking the seasons after a franchise relocation
I just realized after a couple of back-and-forths with User:Jmj713 that we are not following the strict format of for relocated teams because the template is missing a code for this scenario, which is found in. It would have been nice if the person who made the original edit would have put in a small note to say that "we always link previous seasons for relocated teams." How was I supposed to know? I guess the beginning of a potential edit war is one way to find out, but I prefer informative edit summaries. To whomever, please try to explain your edits next time, if they fall outside the normal pattern. It would save us all a little time. --Skol fir (talk) 17:28, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I thought it was common knowledge. You can see, for instance, that the first New Jersey Devils season links back to the last Colorado Rockies season and so on. It's an established practice. Jmj713 (talk) 17:36, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is established practice, as I found out myself by looking at the '80-'81 season of the Calgary Flames. However, you can see my frustration when I took the time to study the template for "NHLTeamSeason" and found nothing there about relocating teams. I used my noggin to figure out what you guys were up to, by checking the generic template for all hockey teams, where I did see your lines for "prev_season=" and "next_season=". I guess no one bothered to update the template page for the NHL with such a common piece of knowledge. :-) --Skol fir (talk) 17:47, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

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