Found July 24, 2009 on HockeyDirt:
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I received the following from several people - but no one seems to know the original source.  Hockeydirt would love to give the author of this the credit he/she is due, so if anybody knows the author of this piece please let us know. Update: the source of this has been found. This article originally appeared on August 31 in the Vancouver Province under the title Kurtenblog helps draft that beer-league team. Thanks to Alan for the tip. It's a well-known fact that there are only two seasons in Canada: summer and hockey. According to long-standing tradition, the former starts with the hoisting of the Stanley Cup, as fans in an American city celebrate. The latter officially kicks off after Labour Day weekend. In fact, there are hundreds, possibly thousands, of managers across Canada who will spend the long weekend making personnel decisions in time for the September dawn of a new season.  Granted, the majority of these managers are in charge of teams with names...
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