So are you trying to say that the Raptors aren’t a Canadian team because most of their players aren’t Canadian (a number aren’t American, either). So, by that standard, are the Boston Bruins not an American NHL team?
It’s funny you bring that up because this year’s Stanley Cup finals is more or less USA vs Canada!
St. Louis Blues: 19 Canadians, 3 Americans.
Boston Bruins: 14 Americans, 4 Canadians, although as I understand it (I’m not a huge hockey fan) the Canadians who play for the Bruins are much more important to the team.
Anyway, thought that was interesting.
If the writer had called the Raptors a Canadian team, I’d have no problem with that - I realize they play half their games in Canada, and as a positive description, that’s completely legitimate. But the author preferred a negative characterization, despite the fact that in the most fundamental sense a “team” is a collection of players, and those players are largely from the US.
And yeah, somebody could describe the Bruins or the Blues as non-Canadian teams, but why use a negative characterization, especially when everyone realizes just about every NHL team is mostly made up of Canadians? Actually since the Original Six were 2/3rd’s located in the States, it might be easier to justify the Canadian / non-Canadian designation in that case, but I’d still argue the negative terminology would tend to minimize the fundamental Canadian contribution to the sport.