Canada's hockey team is the Edmonton Oilers

Two Canadian teams remain the the Stanley Cup playoffs: the Ottawa Senators and the Edmonton Oilers.

Typically, if and when only one Canadian team remains, that team becomes, colloquially, Canada's team. 

Recently, the Edmonton Journal published an editorial, signed and endorsed by the entire editorial team, that Canada should not wait for the Senators to get knocked out of contention, before declaring the Oilers "Canada's Team."

Canada's team will represent the country in the year of its 150th birthday. Shouldering the hopes of a nation and bringing Stanley home for the first time since 1993, and towing a band-wagon big enough for fans in other Canadian cities to hop on board. But why wait for the Senators to fall? Right now, the obvious choice for Canada's team is the Edmonton Oilers!- Bill Mah, Opinion Editor, Edmonton Journal

To opinion editor Bill Mah and his colleagues, the Oilers are simply more Canadian. Their team captain is Canadian, and three of their players joined the Canadian team at the World Championships. Meanwhile, the Senators are named after an appointed political body. Which is boring.

Plus, they have Connor McDavid.

The editorial was met by some resistance in Ottawa, where the Ottawa Citizen published a rebuttal.

Mah argues his case in the audio essay above.