The team wasn’t profitable, owner sold the team, new owners relocated to Winnipeg.
Hollandmarch76
I agree that’s a great logo but so is the Jets current logo and the 90’s one as well.
thewatt96
Because the team, players (minus Kovalchuk) arena, marketing, broadcasting, jerseys, colour scheme, sales, and mascot we all DOGSHIT.
ComprehensiveAlps652
They already have a suck ass football team.
NYC_1Ts
I’m not a fan of this logo. It’s too busy and the colors are awkward/unusual.
GrannyMac81
Still active logo for the Winnipeg Thrashers rep program.
Its_All_Gee
To be honest, looks like a minor league logo
smilecrocodile1
Eh…take out the hockey stick and it just looks like a logo of a search engine or some software company lol.
realinvalidname
So how long until the Thrashers are retro/classic enough that you can get merch again? It’s nuts that I can buy a Hartford Whalers or Quebec Nordiques jersey from the league’s official store, but for Thrashers merch the only option is Etsy/Redbubble trademark violation city.
SINY10306
seriously?
random_closet_weeb
holy shit
this is the first time i’ve ever seen a mention of the jets here and it’s “WHY DO THE JETS EXIST WHEN WE COULDVE HAD THIS LOGO ALONG WITH A DYSFUNCTIONAL FRANCHISE???”
quickandcocky
Because it wouldn’t make sense for Winnipeg since the Thrasher is Georgia’s state bird.
Deathface-Shukhov
So….full disclosure…this is the first time I looked close enough to realize that logo is a bird and not a tornado with a hockey stick!!
Sdwingnut
Maybe they’ll get another shot in a few years when the Coyotes leave Phoenix for the same reasons.
MindLongjumping6392
Disagree. Respectfully. Not a fan of the name or logo.
GrandpaMofo
Because nobody cares about hockey in Atlanta.
Impossible_Syrup_150
I always thought it looked like a cup of coffee or something was being stirred.
GrandpaMofo
It was tried in two different decades and failed both times. Leave it be.
Clear-Television-217
Ilya in those baby blues 🔥
Moosinator666
Bad team, bad fanbase
Joemamacita
Atlanta Spirit, the Thrashers and Hawks owners, hated hockey and took on the Thrashers as a package deal with the Hawks. Thrashers actually outdrew the Hawks in their final season. Kasim Reed, the Atlanta mayor, could have worked to keep the team in town, but didn’t give a shit and said as much publicly. Bettman was too busy keeping the Coyotes out of Hamilton and had the Canadian media up his ass about being an anti-Canadian Commissioner. All of those factors contributed to the Thrashers being sold and moved. Atlanta could support an NHL franchise, but probably doesn’t get another chance.
synthetic9
Because the hockey market in Atlanta was trash at that time and they were a terrible team. Great jerseys and logo tho for sure
TypicalCanad1an
Worst logo in history
zwaymire
Can’t be that great. As a little kid, I literally thought it was a woven basket with a hockey stick in it 😂
GoldMonk44
Because they had 50 fans
Hopfit46
It was changed because the fans in winnepeg would not have any other name but the jets
riverotters98
Weird ass logo
jhk17
They lost their arena and didn’t have a place to play. Ownership didn’t want them, and Winnipeg had an arena ownership group aswell as a high Canadian dollar at the time. Don’t get me wrong as a canes fan, I see thus as the what could’ve been, but Winnipeg and Quebec deserve a team.
poolsidecentral
Winnipeg did Atlanta a solid. Jets 1.0 and 2.0 logos are superior.
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The team wasn’t profitable, owner sold the team, new owners relocated to Winnipeg.
I agree that’s a great logo but so is the Jets current logo and the 90’s one as well.
Because the team, players (minus Kovalchuk) arena, marketing, broadcasting, jerseys, colour scheme, sales, and mascot we all DOGSHIT.
They already have a suck ass football team.
I’m not a fan of this logo. It’s too busy and the colors are awkward/unusual.
Still active logo for the Winnipeg Thrashers rep program.
To be honest, looks like a minor league logo
Eh…take out the hockey stick and it just looks like a logo of a search engine or some software company lol.
So how long until the Thrashers are retro/classic enough that you can get merch again? It’s nuts that I can buy a Hartford Whalers or Quebec Nordiques jersey from the league’s official store, but for Thrashers merch the only option is Etsy/Redbubble trademark violation city.
seriously?
holy shit
this is the first time i’ve ever seen a mention of the jets here and it’s “WHY DO THE JETS EXIST WHEN WE COULDVE HAD THIS LOGO ALONG WITH A DYSFUNCTIONAL FRANCHISE???”
Because it wouldn’t make sense for Winnipeg since the Thrasher is Georgia’s state bird.
So….full disclosure…this is the first time I looked close enough to realize that logo is a bird and not a tornado with a hockey stick!!
Maybe they’ll get another shot in a few years when the Coyotes leave Phoenix for the same reasons.
Disagree. Respectfully. Not a fan of the name or logo.
Because nobody cares about hockey in Atlanta.
I always thought it looked like a cup of coffee or something was being stirred.
It was tried in two different decades and failed both times.
Leave it be.
Ilya in those baby blues 🔥
Bad team, bad fanbase
Atlanta Spirit, the Thrashers and Hawks owners, hated hockey and took on the Thrashers as a package deal with the Hawks. Thrashers actually outdrew the Hawks in their final season. Kasim Reed, the Atlanta mayor, could have worked to keep the team in town, but didn’t give a shit and said as much publicly. Bettman was too busy keeping the Coyotes out of Hamilton and had the Canadian media up his ass about being an anti-Canadian Commissioner. All of those factors contributed to the Thrashers being sold and moved. Atlanta could support an NHL franchise, but probably doesn’t get another chance.
Because the hockey market in Atlanta was trash at that time and they were a terrible team. Great jerseys and logo tho for sure
Worst logo in history
Can’t be that great. As a little kid, I literally thought it was a woven basket with a hockey stick in it 😂
Because they had 50 fans
It was changed because the fans in winnepeg would not have any other name but the jets
Weird ass logo
They lost their arena and didn’t have a place to play. Ownership didn’t want them, and Winnipeg had an arena ownership group aswell as a high Canadian dollar at the time. Don’t get me wrong as a canes fan, I see thus as the what could’ve been, but Winnipeg and Quebec deserve a team.
Winnipeg did Atlanta a solid. Jets 1.0 and 2.0 logos are superior.
What is the reason for the jets name?