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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Don't know too many other cities that would name a pro sports team after a catastrophe.
Miami Hurricanes.
I like that the Canadiens are called the Habs, but which one was named first? In my head, if Vancouver was second, it was because they were listless and uninventive. If it was Montreal second, they were just flipping le oiseau by refusing to acknowledge the rest of the country actually exists.
I love the fact that our soccer team is the Chicago Fire. Don't know too many other cities that would name a pro sports team after a catastrophe.
Be proud of your Fire! The Hurricanes moved/renamed here the year after Hurricane Floyd came through, and there was a fair bit of, "maybe too soon?"... but by now they're just named after a season rather than a single event.
I like that the Canadiens are called the Habs, but which one was named first? In my head, if Vancouver was second, it was because they were listless and uninventive.
The Canucks are a relatively young team, from the 1970's expansion. Les Habitants have been around since the teens, '20s? ETA: Wikipedia says 1909 for The Candiens.
In my head, if Vancouver was second, it was because they were listless and uninventive.
Definitely second. Canucks are a modern-era expansion team. The Habs go back nearly to the turn of the (last) century.
ETA:
The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, formally Le Club de Hockey Canadien, was founded on December 4, 1909. It is the oldest professional hockey franchise in the world,[1] and one of the four founding teams of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Now I imaging Quebec hockey going "Sitting right here! Fine, fuck you, seceding."
I have an application I can't print from. It's making me feel very stupid. And when I choose "export to PDF" I get no actual PDFs. And it mutters something about converting to HTML.
Look, technology, I have a busy day and a short fuse. Don't be ridiculous. Roll over and give it up.
So I did not realize that the N in NHL was actually Canada, although of course it should be.
So I did not realize that the N in NHL was actually Canada, although of course it should be.
Which would explain all the teams being named "Home".
And Montreal is explicitly saying "nous sommes (?) les Canadiens."
Which would explain all the teams being named "Home".
Well, Wikipedia tells me the first four NHL teams were Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, and Quebec Bulldogs. So, one for the French, one for the random, one for the national capital, and one for Yale. Just kidding.