That being said, if you?re a Red Wings fan, you?re familiar with the concept that those outside of Detroit think that the Red Wings play in front of a crowd that?s just come in from post-industrial-wasteland blighted and battered terrain, probably without their wallets, which have been pilfered ten feet from Joe Louis Arena?s doors by roving gangs of thugs, and you want to, well? Bop the people who harbor such opinions on the head and explain to them that yes, Detroit, its metropolitan area and the state are still struggling mightily, but just over five million people live in an incredibly diverse and rich Metro Area and region basically bounded by Flint, Chelsea and Monroe, and that the Wings? Alumni Association is teeming with both one-time Wings and plenty of guys who?ve never played for the team but have chosen to settle in?gasp-Metro Detroit!
In terms of demographics, Winnipeg, Manitoba is more like Green Bay, Wisconsin?so the Ottawa Sun?s Chris Stephenson isn?t off by suggesting that the NHL?s taking a ?step back? in leaving the media, technology and population-drawing mecca that is Atlanta for a comparative speck on the TV ratings map.
That being said, Ilya Bryzgalov and Alexandre Burrows? portraits of Winnipeg aren?t quite right, either. Yes, it?s Calgary or Edmonton cold, gets as much snow as Montreal and isn?t a particularly big city, but as the Toronto Star?s Paul Hunter suggests, should an NHL team find its way to ?Winterpeg,? it?s got its own charms (and parks!)
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