The present batch of Euro-Anglophone federalist mercenaries who are skating for the Montreal Canadiens, don't represent their own community, at the very centre of Les Habs.

However, it is not just Les Habs citizens who don't represent their cities via their names. Five other Canadian cities and two dozen American burghs are residence to NHL teams whose players have little resemblance to the communities they play for.

The market is now multi-cultural market and the NHL teams have become more globalized wherein any given team's celebrity is equally likely to hail from Tampere, Finland, as from Trois Rivières, Que.

For example, Canadian team Leaf's Nazem Kadri, a bright young prospect, is a Muslim of Lebanese-descent, in a team where most hail from Ontario and the coach is from Toronto.

Thus, the NHL has become more global, and with the new hockey season, old complaints from Quebec separatists persist that there aren't enough francophone players on the Montreal Canadiens. The dearth of French players in the current team is leading to the team's downfall, which is a shame to the country's national pastime. The number of young players who actually play the game had deteriorated drastically.