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8 minutes ago, vovanA said:

OMG, can't believe there's a North American team whose name doesn't consist of a toponymy and a random plural noun

It's only temporary as the hockey season starts soon and there was not enough time apparently to rebrand.

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5 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Sport teams are like companies in North America. Here they moved their headquarters and are in the middle of rebranding.

Yep, that I was aware of, but to the non-American it always feels so odd when suddenly a whole team is just picked up and moved to a different place and kind of seen as a continuation of the same team, despite being something entirely different :p 

 

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