Winnipeg Jets

The Jets be back bitches. Although it's only verified by a Globe and Mail editor, we at BoWC are going full throttle in naming the JETS

From Best to Worst

Winnipeg Jets - Classic. There is no doubt in my mind and every Canadian out there that the soon-to-be Winnipeg Jets should be called the Winnipeg Jets.

Winnipeg Falcons - This name has been tossed around, and if the legal issues prevent the Jets name, I say go with Falcons

Winnipeg Thrashers - Atlanta-Calgary Flames. Atlanta-Winnipeg Thrashers?

All the three above are decent .... now the brutal ones:

Anything with Manitoba in it - It just doesn't sound right. If the owners had any common sense they would not use anything with Manitoba and especially not ...

Manitoba Moose - Currently, the AHL team and Vancouver Canuck affiliate. There have been talks that they would just adopt the name, in which case we will riot and burn Winnipeg to the ground. Better to not have a city at all than be named after a fucking moose. Can't get lamer than that, unless they named it the Manitoba Does


That's what happens to dumbass moose

-Hal

Changin the NHL

The most obvious change in the NHL is ramping up shootouts to 5 players, but that has been discussed by Hal for years so we'll leave that for another day.

The NHL should change the NHL entry level contract system. Right now Faylor Hall is sucking bigass balls and if Oil management were smart, they would send him down to the OHL so he doesn't start this 3 year contract after 9 games. However, sending Faylor back to the OHL is useless because he won't develop much. He will just rip apart the league and score 150 points, but probably won't be that beneficial.

However, if the Oil keep hall after 9 games but send him to the AHL, he will still start his 3 year contract. For sure he will develop, but it's kind of hindering the team.

I think they should be able to send these under 20 year olds to the AHL WITHOUT it counting toward their entry level contract. That would help all parties.

Wait, did I just suggest something that would help the Oilers?

Fuck you Oil, your team sucks.

-Hal

What the long rest does for canucks?

Another defenseman got injured for the Canucks. Andrew NHlbert, injured his knee this week. The canucks next game is on monday. If Alberts does sit it out the canucks will not have to call up another defenseman because Hamhuis is supposed to be back in the lineup. If Alberts can play that means Parent might be sent down to the Moose (or it might be better to hold onto him for when the next canucks defenseman goes down momentarily). If Parent did go down to the Moose he would compliment an already amazing defense which has seen Kevin Connaughton and Lee Sweatt leading the Moose so far in goals this season, each scoring more than Schroeder, Hodgson and Shirokov combined.

Burrows is also supposed to be back next week after all this rest. Not on the Monday game however it is more likely that he will be back against the oilers on november 2nd.

with ballard's concussion we have to expect he will be out longer. At least this gives him more time to rest his knee which had surgery in the off season. When Ballard comes back he will be ready to go for a long haul for the rest of the season.