
You mean the Wings team of several years ago?
My Dad is fond of getting his Russian friends going on that. Here's typical:
Dad: "Who has the best Russian hockey team?"
Russian Friend: "Magnitogorsk Metallurg."
Dad: "Nyet."
Russian Friend: "Moscow Dinamo?"
Dad: "Nyet."
Russian Friend: "Okay, smart guy, who?"
Dad: "Detroit Red Wings."
bcnu,
Mikem
The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism.
- Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism"