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Jets about to pay for doing things the "Chicago Way"

Winnipeg Free Press | March 16, 2018

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Opinion

Rumour has it Patrik Laine’s agent wants both term and something in the order of $10 million annually, which is both insane and probably not that far off from fair market value. (Jeffrey T. Barnes / Associated Press files)

They are the franchise upon which this franchise has been modelled.

Since that memorable day in May 2011 when Mark Chipman walked up to a podium and announced the NHL was back in Winnipeg, it has been the Chicago Blackhawks blueprint — a prototype that won three Stanley Cups in six seasons — that the Winnipeg Jets have used to build their own franchise.

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