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The NHL has officially worked out one of its most confusing team histories by consolidating the histories of both incarnations of the Winnipeg Jets.
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NHL → work → Jets
While it clears some things up, it kind of makes it all a little bit more confusing.
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The Jets and the league announced on Wednesday that the statistical histories of both incarnations of the team have been merged.
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histories → announce → team
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That sounds nice and simple... but it isn't.
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What's confusing is that the original Jets, which started in the World Hockey Association in the 1970s, were a different franchise than the one that plays in Manitoba today.
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that → confuse → Manitoba
The original team was one of four that merged into the NHL, but split for Arizona in 1996.
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that → merge → 1996
Meanwhile, the Atlanta Thrashers debuted in 1999 and relocated to Winnipeg to become the current Jets.
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Thrashers → debut → Winnipeg
So, the OG Jets history actually belonged to the Coyotes, while the new Jets were the zombified remains of the Thrashers.
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Jets → belong → Thrashers
Things got even more confusing when the Coyotes hockey assets were sold to what became the Utah Mammoth.
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what → get → ?
However, Utah was treated as a new franchise, with the Coyotes and Jets history staying behind.
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Coyotes → treat → franchise
If you need to take a break to splash some water on your face, go ahead because now it gets worse...
With the OG Jets history merging with the current Jets/Thrashers record books, that leaves the Coyotes as their own franchise.
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that → need → franchise
This leads to some weird quirks.
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One is that Teemu Selanne's legendary rookie campaign during the 1992–93 season is now, statistically at least, tied to the Thrashers' history in a way.
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campaign → tie → way
Meanwhile, Shane Doan was drafted by the Jets, played his rookie season in Winnipeg, and then played over 1,400 games for the Coyotes.
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Doan → draft → Coyotes
Until now, in the record books, he only ever played for one franchise.
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he → play → franchise
Now, that fact is not totally accurate when you look through the record books.
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you → look → books
It also means that the late Dale Hawerchuk has become the current (and former) Jets' franchise leader in goals and points.
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Hawerchuk → mean → goals
Current Jet Mark Scheifele took those titles in 2025, and will need to do it again.
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Scheifele → take → it
However, he'll start the year seven goals and twenty-two points back from regaining the top spot.
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he → start → spot
There really is no way to make this situation completely confusion-free.
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But the new way seems to be the best option... even if it's pretty head-scratching in its own right.
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