Montreal And Toronto Duke It Out For The Sad Title Of “Most Canadian”
Look, a Timbit for your thoughts, Canada, but I simply do not understand how the Maple Leafs get the unofficial nod as “Canada’s Team.” And it’s not just all the years of losing and sucking. I’ve spent a few years in Chicago and, mainly owing to the fact that my age has only two digits, have clearly not seen the Cubs win anything. Yet the fans seem to grow and multiply at approximately the same rate they have been for the last century.
What I don’t understand is why not the Canadiens? They’re another Original Six team, they have a slightly better recent history (211 wins in the last five seasons as compared to Toronto’s 181) and they’re essentially named after your country anyway. How can this not be “Canada’s Team?” Sure, there’s that French twist, which separates them as being a Montreal squad vs. anywhere else. But let’s not kid ourselves. The influence may be much more prominent in Quebec but most of Canada is just varying degrees of French anyway. It’s not the same as if we named a team in the U.S. “Les Americains,” which I’m pretty sure translates in French to “Americans,” “fat ‘n’ lazy” or words I’m not allowed to print here, based on the context in which it is used.
On top of that, the Canadiens just had a pretty decent Cup run. So Canada, I think it is time to switch your loyalties, support your countrymen, the ones that give back, not just the ones that only take. Don’t let that little dialectical issue sway you. You can bet if we had a team called the “Alabama ‘Mericans” (don’t kid yourself, of course they’d be in Alabama), then we’d be all over it!
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