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For essentially the most half, the official staff names the league introduced are bland however acceptable, though Boston missed a wicked-good alternative.
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So. An Echo by every other title can be — the Victoire?
After enjoying its inaugural season with solely the names of their cities, the PWHL has lastly introduced everlasting monikers for what the league calls “the Inaugural Six.” The nicknames are the Boston Fleet, the Minnesota Frost, the Victoire de Montréal, the New York Sirens, the Ottawa Cost and the Toronto Sceptres.
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The names exchange these initially registered with the U.S. Trademark Database: the Boston Depraved, Minnesota Superior, Montreal Echo, New York Sound, Ottawa Alert and Toronto Torch. Aside from the Boston Depraved (which was cheeky and, properly, depraved) these monikers sounded as if they had been generated by ChatGPT.
The Victoire emblem is fashionable and stylish, excellent for Montreal however the nickname itself is unimaginative, like calling them “Winners.” Mercifully, that one was taken. Victoire is ok in French, nonetheless, and straightforward to understand in English, though that some broadcasters will pronounce it as “Vick Toyer” or (worse) “Vick Tories.” There’s additionally the inevitable temptation to mock it if the Victoire go on a dropping streak.
For essentially the most half, the official staff names introduced Monday are bland however acceptable. New York Sirens is one of the best of the lot. Having lived in Manhattan for 5 years, I can attest that “Sirens” is ideal.
The worst? The Ottawa Cost. It summons unlucky associations with our federal authorities and taxes and the Ottawa emblem so resembles that of the Calgary Flames that we wouldn’t be shocked if a lawyer’s letter is already on its approach.
Highway to the Cup
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No matter, the league will not be going to rise or fall on nicknames and logos. After a debut season that exceeded the wildest expectations, the PWHL has one thing to construct on — however we actually want that Boston had caught with the Depraved.
Stand again, Alouettes: The Alouettes’ wins are typically as ugly as a Tesla truck. Friday evening, they ran right into a truck within the type of William Stanback, as soon as their best working again since Mike Pringle.
Stanback left the Als when he signed a one-year take care of the B.C. Lions.
Stanback mentioned he felt disrespected and unappreciated in Montreal, the place GM Danny Maciocia needed to maintain the wage cap in thoughts. The outcome was that Stanback got here to city with a rating to settle and ran for 128 yards together with a 38-yard run when he appeared like a runaway Mack truck.
Chances are high it received’t work out that approach, however assuming B.C. quarterback Nathan Rourke shakes the rust and performs as he can, the Lions vs. Montreal would make for an excellent Gray Cup.
The road on Laine: Montreal goes to like Patrik Laine. A man who exhibits up for his first on-ice session as a Hab sporting Moo-Moo pants and footwear in Wizard of Oz inexperienced is simply the correct amount of enjoyable for Montreal.
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We’re left to surprise the place Laine caught his ardour for trend. Certainly not Winnipeg, the place the peak of stylish is a parka with sweatpants and mukluks.
Lies, rumours &&&& vicious innuendo: If Chad Kelly can play after a nine-game suspension for abusing a feminine energy coach, then Shawn Lemon ought to play after sitting out an equal variety of video games for betting an insignificant quantity on soccer again in 2021. My sidekick Zeke Herbowsky already mentioned all of it. What must occur now could be that Randy Ambrosie must let the man play. …
So the NFL season begins with the Chiefs nonetheless chieftain, greed forcing the Eagles and Packers to play on a slick subject in Brazil and Deshaun Watson remaining a stain on the league and the Cleveland franchise. Enterprise as ordinary, in different phrases. …
The Denver Nuggets simply signed Canadian guard Jamal Murray to a four-year, $208-million extension. Apparently the Nuggets didn’t watch the Olympics. …
The primary half of the Colorado-Nebraska recreation Saturday evening was a blast. The second half was like a video titled “Worst CFL Calls of the Previous 50 Years!” …
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Broadcasters driving the hype practice insist on calling Deion Sanders “Coach Prime.” After seeing the way in which Sanders got here unglued underneath stress throughout a pitiful first half in Lincoln, we might counsel that “Coach Fraud” can be extra correct. …
Talking of NCAA soccer, there are actually 18 groups within the Massive Ten and 16 within the Massive 12. And also you surprise why faculty college students can’t do primary math. …
Not a shocker that Tom Brady stinks within the broadcast sales space. The man was at all times as bland as cottage cheese, with a voice that the Guardian on Monday described as a “weedy honk.” However for a mere US$375 million, Fox Sports activities is getting such zingers as: “To be able to transfer ahead they should cease from going backward.”
Heroes: Scott Russell, Nicholas Bennett, Brianna Hennessy, William Stanback, Aryna Sabalenka, Jannik Sinner, Matt Rhule, Dylan Raiola, the Montreal Victoire &&&& final however not least, Patrik Laine’s pants.
Zeros: Chad Kelly, Randy Ambrosie, Deion “Coach Fraud” Sanders, Deshaun Watson, Tom Brady, Fox Sports activities, Jalen Carter, Bev Priestman, John Herdman, Bud Selig Jr., Claude Brochu, David Samson &&&& final however not least, Jeffrey Loria.
Now and perpetually.
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