to finish its season at two hubs in Canada, Edmonton and Toronto. Back then, the team and the league were much more Canadian. Everyone on the Rangers was Canadian — in fact, there were years in the 1960s when everyone in the league was, too. Now, a team may have as many as 23 players on the roster, and must carry at least 20. There were only six teams in the league, compared to 31 now — so fewer than 120 players from all of Canada could call themselves big-leaguers.

Source: New York Times July 19, 2020 04:52 UTC