Paul Samborski and his father, Lenn, were at Winnipeg Arena for the original Jets' final playoff game in 1996 before the team moved to Phoenix. When the NHL returned in 2011, Samborski joined the thousands of fans who signed up for season tickets and brought his dad to the new Jets' first home playoff game last year against Anaheim.
"I lost my voice in the first period screaming at Ryan Kesler," Samborski said. "It was a lot of fun. The whole city was buying in. It was all everybody talked about."
A year later, the Jets are out of contention and a spring of discontent is looming for Winnipeg -- and the rest of Canada, too.