The moose is a misunderstood animal. In cartoons, they’re portrayed as big lovable goofuses, bumbling about with their huge antlers and skinny legs, hopping from one ha-ha to the next guffaw.



Here’s the thing though: Moose are assholes. They’re big and dumb and mean, and have terrible vision, and they’ll happily maul you into meaningless meat even though they’ve herbivores (and that’s just wasteful). Fortunately, to lose them you can just stand behind a tree, and like a baby playing peek-a-boo, they’ll just assume you’re gone forever. They’re idiots.



The Manitoba Moose could not have been less like actual moose the past two seasons. While moose are nearing the end of their lifespan at 20, the best of the Jets prospects were just hitting their stride. They weren’t huge, they sure weren’t dumb, and damned if a few of them didn’t show exceptional vision. (The team as a whole showed some...