At the time, francophone teams were not considered to be good enough to play with the top anglophone teams: the Montreal Gazette warned potential fans of the new team not to get too excited, as "French-Canadian players of class are not numerous".
Naquel tempo, os equipos francófonos non eran considerados suficientemente bos para xogar cos equipos anglófonos: o Montreal Gazette advertiu aos seareiros potenciais do novo equipo de que non se entusiasmaran demasiado, ya que "os xogadores franco-canadenses de clase non son numerosos".