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Coldest city in the planet with over 700K people? Ulan Bator says hello! And Harbin (a city I visited in the winter before as well) gets just as cold as Winnipeg but has at least 5 million residents...
I do know about how difficult it is for places like Winnipeg to attract top level sports talent. But I do like the way the management is handling and developing the talent they've been dealt. They seem to take the slow and steady approach to building a team, and I think they will definitely keep the division on their toes for a number of years at the least...
Part of the linked article has the following paragraphs (read it yourself if you don't believe me):
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In short, this is not the coldest large city on the planet — though it certainly is one of the coldest, according to climate data available online.
The Russian city of Yakutsk and the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar are significantly colder than Winnipeg in January.
Irkutsk, also in Russia, and the northern Chinese city of Harbin are slightly colder than we are, while January in the Siberian vacation destinations of Novosibirsk and Omsk is just as cold as it is in Winnipeg.
Here are the populations of the cities mentioned in the article on Winnipeg's winter (as per Google):
The Buffalo Sabres are not going to improve solely on winning the draft lottery and drafting a quality player. They need to stay afloat by getting rid of baggage players.
The Buffalo Sabres are not going to improve solely on winning the draft lottery and drafting a quality player. They need to stay afloat by getting rid of baggage players.
Since Bettman became comish in 1993 no Canadian team has won the Stanley cup since the 93 Habs, i believe this trend will continue.
Anther 25 years....
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