[esquire]

The impression I get is that fans in MN are barely aware of us. There also haven't been many meaningful games with the Wild... it's really just the road trip factor that even brings the Wild into the conversation of being rivals. Tons of local fans drove down for games in the first few seasons when the novelty factor was high and the Jets were still a very tough ticket.

I'd wager that if you polled fans, it's probably the lingering Jets 1.0 rivalries from the old Smythe division that still resonate the most, even if they're pretty well dormant now... Edmonton is public enemy number 1, with Calgary and Vancouver up there too. It wouldn't take too much to rev up the old Oilers hate if the two teams ever met in the playoffs again. There's a reason the Oilers played in the Heritage Classic here last season.