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A Hockey City: Rhetoric

The art of persuasion and discourse are skills an organization must possess in order to succeed ... or to at least be perceived as successful. How good are the Habs at talking?

Rhetoric is the art of discourse, also known as the art of persuasion. Someone using rhetoric is saying something to motivate or persuade their audience. Aristotle was among the first to define this type of speech, and coined the three persuasive audience appeals: ethos (character), logos (logical) and pathos (emotional).

How do the Canadiens rate when it comes to using rhetoric?