An NHL team is on the move … but not to Kansas City

National Hockey League officials are denying that a deal is in place to move the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg, Manitoba. News reports indicate that the team will be sold to businessmen who own an arena in downtown Winnipeg that opened in 2004.

If the sale occurs, the Thrashers will be the first hockey team to relocate since Tim Leiweke, the president and CEO of AEG, made the promise seven years ago that the Sprint Center would have an anchor tenant. AEG operates the arena on the city’s behalf.