Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Mei 2011, True North Sports and Entertainment, he roopu rangatira me te tautoko a te piriona piriona a David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet, i hoko i te Atlanta Thrashers ka neke te kapa ki Winnipeg, Manitoba. Koinei te hokinga tuatahi mai i te tau 1997 me te raihana tuatahi ki te whakauru ki Kanata mai i te wa i uru mai ai nga Ottawa Senators ki te riiki i te 1992. I te
I te 2011 NHL Entry Draft, i panuitia ka tapaina te kapa ko te Jets.