Sirgets

Dont anyone listen to what bean has to say about sports.... he only cheers for teams that can buy championships!!!

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Bean

You don't have to hide it buddy. We all know the truth, you were sitting there in your Maple Leafs underwear cheering your team on.

I went to visit him a while ago, he has it that bad for the Leafs that he wouldn't buy any sandwich meat unless it was produced by Maple Leaf.

That tainted meat incident had him in tears...

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Bean

Heh.. says the Habs fan. Hello pot, I'm kettle, nice to meet you.

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Sirgets

your kidding right....montreal has never been accused of buying there teams.....not like a rangers or a red wing team.

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Bean

Dude, they have all the money they need, and there's really no other explanation for it. You think that players WANT to go play in Montreal? *snicker*

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Tupperfan

Dude!

Also Cym, the names origins you gave me (which I were aware of, thanks to a friend unhealthy relation ship with Premier League...) are making my point.

Montreal Canadiens are named after...the French Canadians, known back then simply as Canadiens, which were the original members of the club. The official name is Club de Hockey Canadien (Canadian Hockey Club)

As for some other names in the league, they are referring to a place characteristics or an old nickname, some don't make as much sense, like the Leafs, some are basic clothing references, like the Red or White Sox in baseball and some are referring to a traditional trade of the area surrounding the team, like the Edmonton Oilers. In the end, I like the various origins of naming a professional club and I just think you simply display cultural favoritism towards your own sports...

Sirgets

You could almost ask any player in the NHL if they would want to play for the most storied team in all of sports history!!!! and they would say yes but montreal cant always pay them what they want because they can make more money playing in the US market where they are payed in US dollars. Hence you have teams like New York and Detroit that can BUY all the players they want!!

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Cymro

Well no, because my favourite sport is rugby and unfortunately a few years ago the WRU decided to make up new teams and give them stupid names. In fact, rugby as a whole has been going down hill, probably has something to do with it trying to fight for market share since it turned professional.

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Or, in the case of my favorite hockey team, the original franchise owner loved a song that contained the name of the city...so the whole thing became the name of the team. I like the rather off-the-wall approach to naming.

On that note...1-0! Suck that, Detroit - you actually have to play three periods!

Tupperfan

Good point Sam, the Blues are cool...Always liked them...it was a good victory too!

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