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CharlesTD
04-24-2006, 11:06 AM
So is anyone following the playoffs this year?
All I can say is
GO HABS GO
and GOLF Leafs GOLF LOL...
declansdad
04-24-2006, 01:58 PM
So is anyone following the playoffs this year?
All I can say is
GO HABS GO
and GOLF Leafs GOLF LOL...
I agree completely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
princess pooh
04-24-2006, 06:18 PM
I'm going to game 3 and possibly game 6! Go Habs Go :cheer2:
CharlesTD
04-24-2006, 07:54 PM
I'm going to game 3 and possibly game 6! Go Habs Go :cheer2:
I envy you do you want some company I can drive up from my place LOL well we are holding off the Canes we are going to own the 3rd period and go back the the Bell up 2-0 in the series.
Legend of Odon
04-24-2006, 07:59 PM
More Habs fans in this house.........go Habs! 4-4!
Legend of Odon
04-24-2006, 08:01 PM
5-4 Habs!!!! woo-hoo!!
CharlesTD
04-24-2006, 08:29 PM
5-5 man that sucks Huet had no chance on that one he didn't even see the puck move across the ice. OT is looming and hopefully we can salt it away early on.
tinkerbell6
04-24-2006, 09:55 PM
Hockey? Ummm... the Canucks were out so long ago (well, not "officially" out of the playoffs 'til the last week, but you know :rolleyes: ) that hockey is but a distant memory out here. At least the weather's great for golf!
More of a football family here, anyway! ;)
CharlesTD
04-24-2006, 10:22 PM
Hockey? Ummm... the Canucks were out so long ago (well, not "officially" out of the playoffs 'til the last week, but you know :rolleyes: ) that hockey is but a distant memory out here. At least the weather's great for golf!
More of a football family here, anyway! ;)
Damn westerners you fairweather hockey fans LOL. True hockey fans follow the game no matter what. Well 6-5 in DBL OT 2-0 lead heading back to Montreal how great is that mins you we kinda fell off our gameplan after teh first tonight but we still won. Considering we only managed 9 goals against tehm in 4 regular season meetings I think we are doing very well having scored 12 in 2 games. It also helps that we are rid of Jose The Open Door and he is now in Colorado best trade Gainey made IMHO.
BitsnBearsMom
04-25-2006, 07:55 AM
I'm told we might be at a game while we're in Calgary! Not a huge fan but I do humor the kids and dh :rolleyes: Dh got us into the 'work' box since the Calgary branch owes him a favour if they are still playing that is! Know nothing about it!!
SplashMom
04-25-2006, 08:34 AM
We are a pretty avid hockey family--husband, son and daughter all play and watch everything hockey. Of course, they are fierce Montreal fans and are thrilled today!! You can't wipe the smiles off their faces! The poor people that work with my husband--most are not habs fans and he takes a lot of heat throughout the year. He is searching out those people now and they will have a loooonnngg day! Maybe the Habs will go all the way!! Go Habs Go! :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:
CharlesTD
04-25-2006, 08:37 AM
The start to this playoffs is certainly reminding me of both 86 and 93 teams that won the cup. Not a top tier team just a team that works hard and gets the job done heres to hoping we can make the finals.
Nagle
04-25-2006, 08:50 AM
Oh it's a good day to be a Hab fan in Senator & Leaf land. :cool1: :yay: :rolleyes1 :bounce:
almacdonald
04-25-2006, 09:08 AM
Damn westerners you fairweather hockey fans LOL. True hockey fans follow the game no matter what.
I resent that comment.
I also resent the comment about someone maybe going with their husband to a Flames game and isn't really interested. Free up the seat for someone who wants to be there!!!!!!
GO FLAMES GO! See ya on the Red Mile!
declansdad
04-25-2006, 09:12 AM
Two questions:
1 - Does Harry Neale seem depressed when the Habs are doing well and happy when they are playing poorly?
2- Did the break up the team of Bob Cole and Harry Neale because they were both too depressed about their beloved Make Beliefs failing to make the playoffs? :banana:
CharlesTD
04-25-2006, 10:27 AM
Two questions:
1 - Does Harry Neale seem depressed when the Habs are doing well and happy when they are playing poorly?
2- Did the break up the team of Bob Cole and Harry Neale because they were both too depressed about their beloved Make Beliefs failing to make the playoffs? :banana:
Funny you mention the Neal and Cole thing there is a discussion about it on the Canadiens forum about the same thing. It is kinda funny when they would call a Habs game no matter how good the Habs were p;laying there was never a comment about it usually just a comment about how the other team was riddled with injuries or how the other goalie was playing so great weathering the storm nothing about how well the Habs would be doing. I love hearing the games when they seem to whine because our beloved Habs are still playing and the Leafs are GOLFING LOL.
declansdad
04-25-2006, 10:46 AM
CharlesTD, where do I find the Canadians board?
CharlesTD
04-25-2006, 01:04 PM
http://forum.canadiens.com/forum/eng/index.php?sid=97c6ef122951f3c844a9b2169542f46b
Direct link to the forum portion of the site. My user name on there is 29Dryden29
declansdad
04-25-2006, 01:15 PM
http://forum.canadiens.com/forum/eng/index.php?sid=97c6ef122951f3c844a9b2169542f46b
Direct link to the forum portion of the site. My user name on there is 29Dryden29
Thanks
CharlesTD
04-25-2006, 02:24 PM
No problem enjoy it over there I do.
mickey65
04-25-2006, 08:40 PM
Another Habs fan. I am a lone Hab fan at my school. All my kindergarten students are Sens Fans. I am working on them though, trying to get they over to the Habs side.
GO HABS GO!!
2Princes2Princesses
04-26-2006, 12:02 AM
Loving the playoffs! Hockey and drama all in one!
:rotfl:
I'm in Buffalo and did not see one thread on any other board about hockey. :sad2:
So I am ducking in here and risking a thrashing for being a Sabres fan. :cheer2: Two hat tricks baby!! :teeth:
wenabre
04-26-2006, 06:38 AM
Hi Mickey 65, long time no hear...how goes it? :wave2:
I was born in Montreal and am a Habs fan. I also have autographs of Gump Worsley, Charlie Hodge and a few others from the days of Toe Blake's coaching.
( Yes I went to the games as a Baby .. :rotfl2: )
The worse thing is that I am a Habs fan, my boyfriend is a Leafs fan and we both live in Ottawa!! :rolleyes: Senators, who :confused:
declansdad
04-26-2006, 06:45 AM
Hi Mickey 65, long time no hear...how goes it? :wave2:
I was born in Montreal and am a Habs fan. I also have autographs of Gump Worsley, Charlie Hodge and a few others from the days of Toe Blake's coaching.
( Yes I went to the games as a Baby .. :rotfl2: )
The worse thing is that I am a Habs fan, my boyfriend is a Leafs fan and we both live in Ottawa!! :rolleyes: Senators, who :confused:
Habs all the way but I would take the Sens over the whinners, I mean Leafs any day.
CharlesTD
04-26-2006, 07:00 AM
Loving the playoffs! Hockey and drama all in one!
:rotfl:
I'm in Buffalo and did not see one thread on any other board about hockey. :sad2:
So I am ducking in here and risking a thrashing for being a Sabres fan. :cheer2: Two hat tricks baby!! :teeth:
I was at the Sabres Habs game last one of theseason in Buffalo when they lost 3-1 I must say there are some uninformed hockey fans in Buffalo no offence to you but when they are yelling F Canada when Buffalo scores they obviously have no idea where the team members are from LOL. Briere scored he is Canadian Pyatt scored and I forget who else scored I think the Habs have more US born players on their roster than the Sabres do LOL. I mean you have what Connely and Miller that are American the rest are either Canadian or European LOL. No matter if the Sabres get by the Flyers then they are done against Jersey as I think that is who they face in the second round. HABS all the way baby
Hockeychic
04-26-2006, 09:36 AM
As you can tell by my user name, I am a HUGE hockey fan.
I will have to go back and catch up on this thread but just wanted to get my 2 cents in.
I am a true blue Toronto Maple Leaf fan, but can't stomach them, this year. My heart will always be with the leafs but Calgary is my team of the moment.....now for my picks,
Habs...although I am not a habs fan....sorry guys....I do want you to win this series....only cause I detest Doug Weight.....and don't want to see them advance.
Oilers.....only cause they are they are the Canadian team and my son is the biggest Detriot/ Stevie Wonder fan there is so makes for interesting game nights.
Buffalo....just cause they are playing Philly.....to see them go 4 straight would be wonderful for so many reasons, mainly Bobby Clarke, lucky for him he is married to the bosses daughter....lol
Calgary....is my pick to win the cup this year, I like so many things about this team, I think they will only get better as the series progress
Colorado/Dallas....who cares.. :lmao: Love Sakic and Modano so haven't a fav for this one.
Nashville..... I don't think they will come through this.....I think the sharks will take them but I would like to see Nashville win.....someone remind me why Kariya didn't make the Olympic team??? :confused3
New Jersey......but I also don't really care about this series, now Jagr is gone I don't think the Rangers stand a chance.
Tampa Bay....Alfredsson.....yuck could someone just smack him around a bit, loved it when Tucker smacked him around the other week....I wish I had it on record so I could watch it over and over again. :rotfl2: Also Chris Neil....please....ya he has some points this year but how could you not being on that high powered offensive team.....he should be sitting in the press box with Brashere (sp).......I still think tampa will pull this off.
So those are my picks.....please don't flame me all is in fun. Just love to watch a good game. As long as Philly or Ottawa don't win the cup, I don't care who wins as long as they are good games.
Go Leafs Go.....ooopppsss wait......that will be next season.... :thumbsup2
Kim
Can'twaittogo
04-26-2006, 10:21 AM
Go Oilers Go !!! Did anyone catch that win in double overtime lastnight? Diehard fan since the beginning.
Hockeychic
04-26-2006, 10:24 AM
Go Oilers Go !!! Did anyone catch that win in double overtime lastnight? Diehard fan since the beginning.
Yup, couldn't sleep last night, feel alseep however, at the beginning of the 2nd O/T so didn't see the goal live but am happy Oilers have gone up 2 -1.
Good Luck!!!!
Kim
CharlesTD
04-26-2006, 12:04 PM
Wel my picks for the other series going on I pick Calgary only because they are Canadian based team. I pick Detroit as I have a friend that plays with teh Wings and if this is Stevei Y's last season I want him to make it as far as possible and then lose to the HABS. Colorado I hope loses I will laugh as they are now sadled with Jose The Open Door and his 5 mil a season US salary LOL. I want Ottawa to win because I know the Habs have owned them lateley and will continue to do so in the post season. I want San Jose to win as I know Thronton and he is actually a really great guy away from the ice LOL. As for the Flyers series I want Philly to come back and win it because I detest the Sabres almost as much as the Leafs. I would love to see the Rangers come back as I don't really want to face Marty B and the Devils in the post season if we can help it LOL.
Hockeychic
04-26-2006, 12:34 PM
Wow Charles we are at total odds aren't we...... ;)
Daretodisney2
04-26-2006, 12:40 PM
I AGREE!!
GO HABS GO....HOME!
The Senators are taking home Stanley!
:woohoo:
mejaie
04-26-2006, 02:01 PM
Go Jets Go!
pirate:
CharlesTD
04-26-2006, 02:10 PM
I AGREE!!
GO HABS GO....HOME!
The Senators are taking home Stanley!
:woohoo:
BAAAAHHHHAAAAAAHHHHAAAA what dream world are you living in LOL The sens are going home after the second round and possibly the first if Tampa can get their act together.
Mickey Fanatic
04-26-2006, 02:20 PM
I can't believe that I am going to say this but....
Go Habs Go! :thumbsup2
Just so the series will end early and my DH, who works for HNIC, can come home sooner! :rotfl2:
I grew up in a family of Die Hard Leafs fans! My sister, cousin and uncle would kill me if they read this and my grandmother would be rolling in her grave. She is probably cursing me from up there as we speak.
Hockeychic
04-26-2006, 02:31 PM
I know the hockey gods are clashing when a leaf fan votes for the Habs...just not suppose to happen. :rotfl2: My mom wouldn't be talking to me right now. :cloud9: but she is also rolling in her grave My mom was the biggest leaf fan...even through the Ballard years.... :lmao:
So does anyone think Philly will dress Brashere (sp) tonight..???? But then again you can't hit what you can't catch. :moped:
Did anyone see the scuffle with Lecavalier and Chara...that big freak of nature....boy is Vincent luck Chara backed off....as I heard onthe news this morning....don't make big people angry :rotfl:
Daretodisney2
04-26-2006, 04:57 PM
Can anyone tell me who was first in the Eastern conference this year?
Oh Right....the SENATORS!!!! :cool1:
And who was seventh?
Oh Right.....The HABS :rotfl:
Hockeychic
04-26-2006, 06:50 PM
Regular season is wiped out now. All you have to do is make it to the dance.
Remember Ottawa was always ahead of the Leafs but who went on in the playoffs and who was golfing???? Oh ya that was Ottawa.... :banana:
Again, this is all in just....just havin' fun.... man I can't believe I am defending the habs :crazy:
CharlesTD
04-26-2006, 09:01 PM
OMG I read that Koivu lost or may have lost his left eye from the high stick of Justin Williams in the second period with no call on the play. I hope Saku is ok I hate to see that happen to anyone let alone a HAB.
Hockeychic
04-27-2006, 05:59 AM
I agree, I could not believe there was no call on that last night.
He did need assistance off the ice. Any injury near the eye is bad but I hope it isn;t anything to serious.
Kim
Nagle
04-27-2006, 08:21 AM
Born & raised in Montreal, so it is genetically impossible for me to cheer for any Toronto based team. Ottawa I can stomach, but not really a fan. Can't believe I am writing this but if Les Glorieux get knocked out, I wouldn't mind seeing Buffalo go all the way. Man can they skate, and they move the puck around as fast as any team I've seen in a very long time.
Hockeychic
04-27-2006, 09:07 AM
I agree Buffalo is quick but you wouldn;t know it from last nights game. They had a pretty good 3rd period but it really looked like they stopped skating.
Any word on Koivu? I have the fan590 on the radio at work but they just keep saying they are waiting for a update.
TSN showed a different angle this morning and his eye was definatley bleeding and it didn't look good. Pixie Dust for Koivu :wizard: , he has endured enough in his life already.
Kim
CharlesTD
04-27-2006, 09:36 AM
The report I heard and this was from somone who apparently has a relative working at the hospital he is in weren't told what hospital though. His left eye has been cut not just around the eye but the eye itself. They stopped the bleeding last night and are continuing to monitor it but thoughts are he will lose the sight in his left eye at this point but nothing is for certain as of now.
Hockeychic
04-27-2006, 10:17 AM
OMG!!!!
Not that I doubt your source but I sure hope they are wrong. Like I said the side view they showed on TSN this morning looked really bad. Plus the fact that we haven't heard anything yet probably isnt' good.
Kim
digskat
04-27-2006, 12:37 PM
Here's hoping the cup is rocking the Red Mile in a few weeks. Flames/Sens final
pooksma
04-27-2006, 03:45 PM
Peering into my crystal ball I see....
Red....fire....horse...nope....saddle shape.......
Go FLAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :furious: (closest smilie to a flame)
maddhatir
04-27-2006, 04:36 PM
Loving the playoffs! Hockey and drama all in one!
:rotfl:
I'm in Buffalo and did not see one thread on any other board about hockey. :sad2:
So I am ducking in here and risking a thrashing for being a Sabres fan. :cheer2: Two hat tricks baby!! :teeth:
FLYERS FAN HERE! :thumbsup2
so i can trash you- you can trash me and the all the canadians on the borad can trash us both! :rotfl2:
at least you are closer to canada than i am! maybe they will not be as hard on you! :rotfl:
CharlesTD
04-27-2006, 04:40 PM
OMG!!!!
Not that I doubt your source but I sure hope they are wrong. Like I said the side view they showed on TSN this morning looked really bad. Plus the fact that we haven't heard anything yet probably isnt' good.
Kim
As per the press conference today from teh Bell Centre Dr's are still unsure of the full extent of the injury and won't be able to gage it for another 24-48 hours as the eye is still to swollen and full of blood to see what damage may lie under it all.
Mickey Fanatic
04-27-2006, 05:23 PM
Prayers and Pixie Dust for Koivu. pixiedust:
CharlesTD
04-27-2006, 07:09 PM
I feel terrible for Koivu and his injury but I also feel ill for poor Justin Williams knowing that he will have to live with the fact that an errant stick may have caused the end of the carrer to a fellow player I can't imagine what he must be going through currently.
Mickey2905
04-28-2006, 05:08 AM
I feel terrible for Koivu and his injury but I also feel ill for poor Justin Williams knowing that he will have to live with the fact that an errant stick may have caused teh end of the carrer to a fellow player I can't imagine what he must be going through currently.
It's tough, but guys like Marian Hossa bounced back. Please fix your sig, BTW - anytime you have more than one post on a thread it slows the page down, a lot.
I was listening to a french radio station today, and they actually did a prank call to williams room at 7am to wake him up. LOL I hope he has a bad game!
Hockeychic
04-28-2006, 08:37 AM
Why would the Canadians trash Buffalo and Flyers fans???? Both teams are full of Canadians??? However, I as a Canadian do not want to claim Bobby Clarke you can keep him.... :rotfl2:
None of my teams won last night.....yikes, I hope I didn't jinxs anyone.
Kim
Hockeychic
04-28-2006, 08:40 AM
It's tough, but guys like Marian Hossa bounced back. Please fix your sig, BTW - anytime you have more than one post on a thread it slows the page down, a lot.
As did Brian Berard, but it is a huge loss to the habs. I hope they can rally as a team and put Carolina out.
Man, I still can't believe I am cheering for the habs on this one.... :lmao:
Kim
CharlesTD
04-28-2006, 08:55 AM
It's tough, but guys like Marian Hossa bounced back. Please fix your sig, BTW - anytime you have more than one post on a thread it slows the page down, a lot.
Sorry can't fix the sig it would be sacralige as a HABS fan to adjust that image it has such great meaning to it and making it smaller would just kill that LOL. They woke Williams up at 7 AM that is funny I bet he is a little tenative tonight when he goes hear anyone after hitting Koivu in teh face. I guess we will see tonight I am stuck at work but a friend of mine in Montreal sets up his web can and streams teh game to me on my work PC LOL (for whoever it was that has a loved one working for HNIC pleas don't tell on me LOL)...
maddhatir
04-28-2006, 12:58 PM
Why would the Canadians trash Buffalo and Flyers fans???? Both teams are full of Canadians??? However, I as a Canadian do not want to claim Bobby Clarke you can keep him.... :rotfl2:
None of my teams won last night.....yikes, I hope I didn't jinxs anyone.
Kim
I meant we all trash each other! The canadians like their team, i like mine! :rotfl:
its just something we all HAVE to do! :rotfl2: ...but then again I DO live between philly and NY so actually that IS just what WE do!....and are know for........and most of the time...that is not a good thing....... :rolleyes:
I live in NJ and have a cousin in the same town as me-- he loves the devils- i love the flyers.....and we talk trash to each other.....its all for the love of the game! :love:
when we go the the games or out anywhere- he wears HIS jersey I wear MINE! of course- he pretty much gets **** everywhere he goes in our area!
PS- i cant stand Bobby Clarke.....as a GM that is...PLEASE take him back, i'll give you a dollar..... :wave2:
mejaie
04-28-2006, 01:46 PM
Hey Bobby Clarke is from Manitoba!
Actually I think right after he left is when we put Friendly Manitoba on our license plates. :teeth:
maddhatir
04-28-2006, 01:52 PM
Hey Bobby Clarke is from Manitoba!
Actually I think right after he left is when we put Friendly Manitoba on our license plates. :teeth:
:lmao:
Hockeychic
04-28-2006, 05:54 PM
PS- i cant stand Bobby Clarke.....as a GM that is...PLEASE take him back, i'll give you a dollar..... :wave2:
would that be a Canadian or US dollar.... :lmao:
CharlesTD
04-28-2006, 08:56 PM
Wow what a disgrace the HABS didn't even show up tonight for more than the second period and could the Hurricanes ***** and moan a little more my god.
almacdonald
04-28-2006, 10:36 PM
would that be a Canadian or US dollar.... :lmao:
Wouldn't make much of a difference this week! At this rate, by the time we got to WDW in 2 weeks we'll be looking at an unofficial "Canadian at par" deal! :cool1:
Albertan mom
04-29-2006, 12:57 PM
GO OILERS GO!!!!
angelgurl
04-29-2006, 01:05 PM
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!! GO OILERS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cheer2:
CharlesTD
04-29-2006, 06:43 PM
Nice to see Philly tie their series hopefully the HABS can go up 3-2 in Carolina tomorrow night as this seems to be a series of the road team winning.
maddhatir
04-29-2006, 07:54 PM
OK all you Montreal fans.....this is a very dumb question......
just wondering....WHY are they called the HABS???? :confused3
Albertan mom
04-29-2006, 07:58 PM
Ya OILERS!!! One step closer to the cup with todays win!! :cool1:
mickey65
04-29-2006, 08:56 PM
Taking a mini depart from my Montreal status
GO SENS GO!!!
Now I go back to regular HABS cheering :-)
pooksma
04-30-2006, 07:19 AM
WOOHOO FLAMES
And while I LOVE my Flames (Yeah JAROME Im talking about YOU)I want to see all the Canadian teams move on. (Yes honey, even those Habitants)
pooksma
04-30-2006, 07:22 AM
CharlesTD-it must have been a Leafs fan that made your pic go away. Thats the only thing that makes sense. :rotfl2:
CharlesTD
04-30-2006, 11:14 AM
CharlesTD-it must have been a Leafs fan that made your pic go away. Thats the only thing that makes sense. :rotfl2:
Yep a spoiled rotten disgruntled Leaf fan they are all whiners and cry babies LOL... What is even funnier is that it had been there for months and no one said a word then it gets mentioned on here by a poster and voila it is all of a sudden deemed to large what a joke.
As for the HABS question that was asked here is what I know on the situation... this is a cut and paste from another post about the playoffs on another board...
Habitants is the name used to referred to both the French settlers and the America-born inhabitants of French origin who farmed the land along the two shores of the St. Lawrence waterway in what is the present-day Province of Quebec in Canada. The term was used by the inhabitants themselves and the other classes of French Canadian society from 17th century up until the early 20th century when the usage of the word declined in favor of the modern agriculteur (farmer) or producteur agricole (agricultural producer).
Unwilling to accept subordination to anyone but the Governor of New France himself, the inhabitants refused to be called censitaire, a designation they judged equivalent to paysan, who were the servile peasants in France's feudal system.
The communities of habitants were largely agricultural until the beginning of the 19th Century when the trend towards urban living escalated rapidly as a result of industrialization. Seigneurs would give long, narrow strips of land to these habitants for free, but in exchange for the land, the habitants would have to either give produce or, rarely, money to the seigneurs, OR they'd perform unpaid labour (also known as corvée) for the seigneurs.
In 1924, Madison Square Garden owner Tex Rickard was falsely told by someone that the "H" in the logo of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team stood for "habitant", a French word that in those days was used to denote the farmers of Quebec. Rickard was told that the French players on the team came from the farms and that they were therefore "habitants" or "habs". At the time, the Canadiens were recognized as the French Canadian team of Montreal as opposed to the Montreal Maroons, the English Canadian team. In reality, the team logo of the "C" wrapped around the "H" stands for Club de Hockey Canadien. In 1917, at the founding of the NHL, the team changed its name to that from the previous Club Athlétique Canadien.
maddhatir
04-30-2006, 03:02 PM
As for the HABS question that was asked here is what I know on the situation... this is a cut and paste from another post about the playoffs on another board...
Habitants is the name used to referred to both the French settlers and the America-born inhabitants of French origin who farmed the land along the two shores of the St. Lawrence waterway in what is the present-day Province of Quebec in Canada. The term was used by the inhabitants themselves and the other classes of French Canadian society from 17th century up until the early 20th century when the usage of the word declined in favor of the modern agriculteur (farmer) or producteur agricole (agricultural producer).
Unwilling to accept subordination to anyone but the Governor of New France himself, the inhabitants refused to be called censitaire, a designation they judged equivalent to paysan, who were the servile peasants in France's feudal system.
The communities of habitants were largely agricultural until the beginning of the 19th Century when the trend towards urban living escalated rapidly as a result of industrialization. Seigneurs would give long, narrow strips of land to these habitants for free, but in exchange for the land, the habitants would have to either give produce or, rarely, money to the seigneurs, OR they'd perform unpaid labour (also known as corvée) for the seigneurs.
In 1924, Madison Square Garden owner Tex Rickard was falsely told by someone that the "H" in the logo of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team stood for "habitant", a French word that in those days was used to denote the farmers of Quebec. Rickard was told that the French players on the team came from the farms and that they were therefore "habitants" or "habs". At the time, the Canadiens were recognized as the French Canadian team of Montreal as opposed to the Montreal Maroons, the English Canadian team. In reality, the team logo of the "C" wrapped around the "H" stands for Club de Hockey Canadien. In 1917, at the founding of the NHL, the team changed its name to that from the previous Club Athlétique Canadien.
I thank you very much for the explanation!
Hockeychic
04-30-2006, 07:05 PM
Hey not all of us are crybabies and whiners, no need to get nasty, I actually thought it was pretty funny....your jersey picture that is.
I will always be a leaf fan but I am also know the leafs have a long way to go before they will ever be a competitor, so I have the team where my heart is "leafs" and my favorite team which is Calgary.....go flames go.
Kim
CharlesTD
05-01-2006, 12:06 AM
I thank you very much for the explanation!
You are very welcome...
This is for Mickey2905.....
Albertan mom
05-01-2006, 05:56 PM
A few more hours until Edmonton knocks the Wings out!!! :cool1:
GO Oilers!!! :cheer2:
almacdonald
05-01-2006, 10:02 PM
Well, Edmonton is in. Jerome's PO'ed..... things are not looking good for the Ducks. 1 game away from the battle of Alberta.
GO FLAMES GO!!!!
Albertan mom
05-01-2006, 10:05 PM
Whooohoooo OILERS!!! What a comeback!! :cheer2:
almacdonald
05-01-2006, 10:16 PM
That was a weak goal by Yelle.... but i'll take it! :banana:
almacdonald
05-01-2006, 11:14 PM
Yikes! 1-1
McCarty better be ok after getting a puck to the face :guilty:
Mickey Fanatic
05-02-2006, 12:54 AM
I can't believe that I am going to say this but....
Go Habs Go! :thumbsup2
Just so the series will end early and my DH, who works for HNIC, can come home sooner! :rotfl2:
I grew up in a family of Die Hard Leafs fans! My sister, cousin and uncle would kill me if they read this and my grandmother would be rolling in her grave. She is probably cursing me from up there as we speak.
I have changed my views completely and now have to say...
Go Canes Go!
Please don't take away my Canadian citizenship!
That will mean that DH will be home on Wednesday!
Hockeychic
05-02-2006, 06:24 AM
Great comeback Oilers!!!!!
Wahoo!!!!!!
Gotta love Stevie Wonder, what a outstanding player!!!!! Wish him all the best.
Charles: Any word on Koiuvu???? I haven't heard much here lately, just curious if you have any info?
Kim
almacdonald
05-02-2006, 08:00 AM
The flames had better step it up for game 7.
pooksma
05-02-2006, 04:12 PM
You're not kidding! Lets go FLAMES!!!!
ChisJo
05-02-2006, 05:20 PM
I don't think anyone slept last night in Edmonton! What a party!
Go Edmonton GO!!! Amazing comeback.....I thought we lost it there, but wow - did they do great!
Albertan mom
05-02-2006, 06:04 PM
I don't think anyone slept last night in Edmonton! What a party!
Go Edmonton GO!!! Amazing comeback.....I thought we lost it there, but wow - did they do great!
:banana: Yep, it was awesome!!! We were dancing in the family room!! :banana:
mickey65
05-03-2006, 06:10 AM
Guess I have to switch to my second team now that the HABS are out.
maddhatir
05-03-2006, 06:28 AM
The FLYERS let me down yet another year.......... :sad2:
after a few minutes into the 2nd period-- i got up from the couch, poked both eyes out with a fork ..and i turned the channel .........
how much more do they think the fans can take?? :sad1:
CDN Prince Charming
05-03-2006, 08:41 AM
It is an absolutely beautiful day here in Toronto. The weather is sunny and warm, the birds are chirping,... and the Canadiens are out of the playoffs!
It seems the hockey gods have made up for the error in their ways by ousting the dispicable Habs!
I don't know whats more embarrassing...not making the playoffs (Leafs) or choking on a 2-0 series lead, only to be swept out of the playoffs!
Finally we can all root for the teams we should be rooting for, Go Oilers & Flames!
In closing let me say - I have 2 favourite teams...The Leafs and whoever is playing the Habs!!!
CDN Prince Charming
Mickey Fanatic
05-03-2006, 08:50 AM
My DH is coming home in one hour! :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce:
Thank you Carolina! :woohoo:
A little bit of a break before he leave for round two! But that will only be a week because we are GOING to DISNEY!!!! :cheer2: :cheer2:
almacdonald
05-03-2006, 08:56 AM
CDN Prince Charming
I think you may have just opened a can of worms with that one. It made me giggle though! Hopefully we will see a battle of Alberta. (With the flames wining of course!) BTW, does anyone know where you can catch some playoff action in WDW?
EEYORERULES
05-03-2006, 09:02 AM
Ahhh, the Habs were eliminated last night - what a lovely day!!!!!!!!!
declansdad
05-03-2006, 09:04 AM
I don't know whats more embarrassing...not making the playoffs (Leafs) or choking on a 2-0 series lead, only to be swept out of the playoffs!
CDN Prince Charming
Let me answer that for you. Not making the playoffs with a team that many of you make belief fans thought was a cup contender. I thought they were contenders for a title on the senior pga tour. :teeth:
Hockeychic
05-03-2006, 10:00 AM
The FLYERS let me down yet another year.......... :sad2:
after a few minutes into the 2nd period-- i got up from the couch, poked both eyes out with a fork ..and i turned the channel .........
how much more do they think the fans can take?? :sad1:
Try being a LEAFS fan.. :rotfl2: :lmao:
Albertan mom
05-03-2006, 10:23 AM
My DH is coming home in one hour! :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce:
Thank you Carolina! :woohoo:
A little bit of a break before he leave for round two! But that will only be a week because we are GOING to DISNEY!!!! :cheer2: :cheer2:
:confused3 Does your hubby play???
PandaBear & Boo
05-03-2006, 11:07 AM
AAAWWW the HABS didn't make it. :sad2: So Sorry for your loss. :rotfl2: :
GO SENS GO!! GONNA GET THAT BIG SHINY CUP! :cheer2:
almacdonald
05-03-2006, 02:44 PM
Q: Guess who's going to the Flames game tonight?!
A: ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't believe i got tickets. Must be my lucky day. I should buy a lottery ticket to....... :teeth:
mickey65
05-03-2006, 03:55 PM
One of my kindergarten students came to school today and handed me a box of klenix. I asked him what it was for and he says "to dry your tears for the HABS being out of the play-offs". The he says, "now you can start cheering for a REAL hockey team...the SENS"
goalie5hole
05-03-2006, 04:22 PM
I have you all beat. FORMER BRUINS fan here. I bought a ten game package this year and had to sell the last five games,I couldnt take it anymore.What a pathetic organization, I was actually in pain watching that team.
almacdonald
05-03-2006, 11:45 PM
One of my kindergarten students came to school today and handed me a box of klenix. I asked him what it was for and he says "to dry your tears for the HABS being out of the play-offs". The he says, "now you can start cheering for a REAL hockey team...the SENS"
Pass the kleenex. The flames deserved to lose tonight!
DisneylandGuy22
05-04-2006, 05:58 AM
So much for the flames this year, they really did go down in flames tonight with a 3-0 score. :badpc:
pooksma
05-04-2006, 12:38 PM
My Flames...ugh! Who was that team that showed up last night? :badpc: :sad: :sad:
F4disneyfan
05-04-2006, 04:58 PM
My Flames...ugh! Who was that team that showed up last night? :badpc: :sad: :sad:
I think it was the Nucks that took the place of the Flames last night.
maddhatir
05-04-2006, 05:06 PM
Try being a LEAFS fan.. :rotfl2: :lmao:
need a fork anyone-- i think i am through with mine?? :furious:
Mickey Fanatic
05-06-2006, 05:20 PM
:confused3 Does your hubby play???
No we both work for CBC and he works on HNIC frequently, especially during playoffs.
crazy*about*mickey
05-08-2006, 09:18 PM
I am so glad the all mighty leafs, who aren't so mighty and great didn't make. I was disappointed that the Habs didn't make it because I was hoping to see a Sens Habs matchup which, of course, the Sens would win.
GO SENS GO!!!!! All the Way.
Albertan mom
05-08-2006, 09:53 PM
Oilers in game 2 tonight vs. San Jose Sharks.
Go OILERS Go!!!! :cheer2:
F4disneyfan
05-09-2006, 09:25 AM
Well it looks like Ottawa may be heading to the golfcourse and Edmonton may not be to far behind them. I have a feeling San Jose is going to the Finals.
rigs32
05-09-2006, 10:19 AM
*sneaks in hopefully unseen*
Yeah Sabres!!!!
*runs out while ducking the flying debris*
Albertan mom
06-10-2006, 11:13 PM
Thought we better pull this up to page one again....
GO OILERS!!!!
What a game tonight! :cheer2: :cool1: :cheer2:
Cdn Friends of Pooh
06-10-2006, 11:30 PM
Go Oilers Go!!!
:banana: :cheer2: :cool1: :yay:
Albertan mom
06-11-2006, 10:30 AM
Whoooohoooo!
Nice Avatar! :thumbsup2
disney funseeker
06-11-2006, 01:49 PM
Go Oilers Go!!!
:banana: :cheer2: :cool1: :yay:
Cdn friends of Pooh, Love your avatar too :thumbsup2
bbangel
06-12-2006, 01:32 PM
Way back when the Oilers were playing Detroit I was in Disneyland. I heard over the loudspeaker while we were waiting for the fireworks a little something about wishes coming true. So I made a wish. Having grown up in Edmonton and never having given up my team, you can guess what my wish was. All I have to say is that so far so good. I believe in the power of dreams and wishes. Mickey wouldn't let me down, would he?! :wizard: pixiedust:
Cdn Friends of Pooh
06-14-2006, 11:00 PM
Game 6 here we come!! :cheer2: :cool1: :yay: :banana:
Go Oilers Go
bbangel
06-15-2006, 12:10 PM
I love short handed goals almost as much as I love the Mouse!
Albertan mom
06-15-2006, 04:58 PM
Whew, that was a close one last night!!!
Go Oilers!! :cheer2:
Cdn Friends of Pooh
06-17-2006, 09:42 PM
The Oilers take it to game 7 ..... :cool1:
Go Oilers Go !!!
Oilers just keep getting stronger!!!
Albertan mom
06-17-2006, 10:59 PM
WHoooooohooooooo!!!!
They made it to game 7!!
:cool1:
I can't believe they lost the other night 5-0 then they skunk them tonight 4-0!!
Unbelieveable!! If they play like this on monday, the cup is theirs!! :cheer2: :cheer2:
F4disneyfan
06-18-2006, 09:48 PM
Carolina as a team has finally run out of gas and hit the wall as it would be I really hope the OIL get to celebrate on Carolinas home ice nothing better than parading the cup in the oppositions barn. I just hope if it happens teh fans are decent enough to not throw stuff at them while they make their parade laps with the mug.
Cdn Friends of Pooh
06-19-2006, 10:22 PM
Unfortunately the Oilers were unable to win game 7 in spite of a good effort. :sad2: I'm still proud of our team though and look forward to next season. Go Oilers Go!! :)
Albertan mom
06-19-2006, 10:51 PM
:sad1: :sad1: Yes, very very sad. :sad1: :sad1:
But on the bright side, I am happy for Cam Ward, good for him to win the trophy, he did awesome, and is a ALBERTAN boy!!
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