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Awesome! Yeah, I used to be a big hockey fan of Peter Bondra's Caps, but Todd Bertuzzi ruined hockey for me until the Kraken became a team. Big fan of them and hardly miss a game, and now started to collect Kraken cards.

Habs is a nickname for the Montreal Canadiens. The origin of the nickname has multiple theories, but the most common is that it's an abbreviation of les habitants. 

Here's a fun fact about the Canadiens. The Canadiens are the only existing hockey team to predate the founding of the NHL.

Link to a blog post about the nickname of the Canadiens.

I'm not a Montreal fan, but I do love the game of hockey. I'm a Pittsburgh Penguins fan. 

Welcome to the greatest sport to watch. As a life long Flyers fan im used to disappointment. But definitely wait until the playoffs start. Hickey is one sport I watch as much playoffs as I can. I will have to see if I have any rangers cards for you

The franchise that is the Maple Leafs also played in the 1st NHL season in 1917, but they didnt adopt the Leafs name until roughly a decade later. In fact they won won the Stanley Cup 8n that first season. No truth to the outlandish lies that's the last Cup they won, although it feels like it to those of us who haven't been alive to see it happen.

The story is a little convoluted but there was a dispute between the owner of the existing Toronto team and the other owners in the precursor league to the NHL. 

Effectively they created a 'new team' but all the player contracts from the existing Toronto franchise were transferred. Basically it was a way to have the Toronto team in the new NHL, but get rid of the owner. Shame they never did that with Harold Ballard.

Ahhhh yes hockey, personally I like minor league hockey as it seem’s they have more to play for(promotion to the nhl) and in my 15-20 years of getting hockey autograph’s have never really been denied by a hockey player(so in my opinion) hockey player’s are the nicest, as I have been turned down for an autograph by Multiple minor league baseball player’s. But still keep the ink flowing. 

Welcome to the fast game of Hockey where the fans in the stands even have to be protected with large sheets of plexiglass. :)

Here is a quick video explaining the few rules Hockey dose have. Once you watch it, you will get.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv2FUnHceqU

and here is a hockey blast from the past. You have missed a lot. https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/terry-sawchuk-face-hockey-goalie-masks-became-standard-game-equipment-1966/

This! A hundred times this!

Yesterday should pretty much sum up playoff hockey. 2 OT games, a 2OT game and a back and forth like crazy 6-4 game.