It’s official. After a 15-year absence, Winnipeg is back in the good graces of the National Hockey League. For the first time since the Hartford Whalers moved to Carolina in 1997 to become the Hurricanes, the league has approved a relocation. Courtsey of NHL.com The League’s Board of Governors gave its stamp of approval for the sale and relocation of the Atlanta Thrashers to the group from Winnipeg at its meeting in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday. True North Sports and Entertainment purchased the club from the Atlanta Spirit group for a reported $170 million and paid the NHL a …