MTS Centre ready for NHL press conference: source
Winnpeg’s downtown arena is set for a press conference to announce the return of the NHL.
Space in the MTS Centre has already been prepared for the event, a reliable source confirmed this morning.
Most major hockey press conferences held at the MTS Centre have been staged using the ice, scoreboard and digital power ring as the backdrop.
That is not the plan at present, says the source.
A room has reportedly been set aside, and prepared, in part of the arena that is located backstage during concerts.
The Globe and Mail reported last night that a deal had been reached to sell the Atlanta Thrashers to True North Sports & Entertainment (TNSE) and relocate the team to Winnipeg.
According to the report, “sources confirmed Thursday night that preparations are being made for an announcement Tuesday.”
A concert featuring Kid Rock is also scheduled for Tuesday at MTS Centre.
The NHL, TNSE, and the Atlanta Spirit Group, who own the Trashers, have denied the Globe and Mail report to other media outlets across North America.
The Winnipeg Free Press is reporting that, “a high ranking True North official involved in negotiations to buy the Thrashers said the Globe story was ‘100 per cent untrue.'”
Ice Veins 
How freaking exciting! I was re-infected with hockey fever while in BC watching the Canucks and the fver-pitched excitement that has invaded that entire Province. I can hardly wait to get the “Jets” back and I really hope they call them that.