And Montreal is explicitly saying "nous sommes (?) les Canadiens."
Buffy: How was school today? Dawn: The usual. A big square building filled with boredom and despair.
Buffy: Just how I remember it.
'The Killer In Me'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
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.
Jesse - Jun 15, 2011 9:53:11 am PDT #12835 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse - Jun 15, 2011 9:55:44 am PDT #12836 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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.
§ ita § - Jun 15, 2011 9:57:45 am PDT #12837 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, "Canada" means village, so it's not like they're known for rocking the abstract metaphor.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 15, 2011 9:59:41 am PDT #12838 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I have also been Wikipedia-ing hockey teams. I had no idea that the Amerks were no longer the "farm team" for the Buffalo Sabres, but for some team in Florida.
Jesse - Jun 15, 2011 10:10:46 am PDT #12839 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm pretty sure I'm contractually obligated here to say: GOOOOOO BRUINS!!!!!
(The first US team in the NHL!)
sumi - Jun 15, 2011 10:13:35 am PDT #12840 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
So the Hurricanes could have been The Floyd?
amych - Jun 15, 2011 10:15:04 am PDT #12841 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The Floyd
Now THAT would be an awesome team name. But sadly, nobody with team-buyin'-money had such vision.
-t - Jun 15, 2011 10:16:03 am PDT #12842 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The uniforms would have to be pink.
Tom Scola - Jun 15, 2011 10:17:44 am PDT #12843 of 30001
They pay me in WOIMS
When the Devils came to NJ, there was a push to call them "The New Jersey Turnpike".
DavidS - Jun 15, 2011 10:21:54 am PDT #12844 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
When the Devils came to NJ, there was a push to call them "The New Jersey Turnpike".
It does put fear into your heart, though The New Jersey Pot-Hole is where it's really fearsome.