Its Official! Go Jets!

Its official. True North Sports and Entertainment is about to have a press conference to announce their purchase of the Atlanta Thrashers.

They have already told the Winnipeg Free Press that the deal has been finalized.

The sale still has to be voted on by the Board of Governors in a few weeks, but that vote is expected to go smoothly.

Also, the name of the team won’t be announced today. That seems to indicate to me that the team will not be called the ‘Jets’, but will take on the name of Winnipeg’s current AHL affiliate team, the Manitoba Moose.

But that is speculation. What is for sure though, is that Canada now has 7 NHL teams.

Awe. Some.