The problem with Winnipeg is that they built a new hockey arena a few years ago and it's too small for NHL attendance standards( it's around 15,000), as well as

The problem with Winnipeg is that they built a new hockey arena a few years ago and it's too small for NHL attendance standards( it's around 15,000), as well as having problems with it's luxury boxes( not enough and the existing ones have been sold for a price way to low for having a profesional team there). They did a study to look into expanding the arena but it came out to almost as much as the original stadium. By almost all accounts NHL hockey will never return to Winnipeg, the facilities and money just aren't there.