Down Goes Brown · Aug 25, 2020
DGB vs. Mirtle: Are the Canucks now "Canada's Team"?
Like many great stories here at The Athletic, this all started with a Twitter argument.
One of us has a soft spot for the annual conversation over whether or not the last remaining NHL team from Canada — in this case, the Vancouver Canucks — should be deemed “Canada’s Team” and gain the resulting bandwagon fans.
The other person, however, thinks this is really dumb.
When we put the question to a poll on social media, meanwhile, the audience was split, nearly 50-50.
To settle this polarizing, important debate once and for all, we bring you this.