Tuesday
Aug282007
Poll: Penguins vs Canadiens
Tuesday · Aug 28 · 2007 | 1:21 AM PDT |  | |
PENGUINS | CANADIENS |
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| Poll opening date Aug 28 @ 4:21 AM | Poll closing date Sep 4 @ 11:59 PM |
07CHTRN | #E2B | PITvMTL
Reader Comments (86)
As much as i'd like to see the pens win, i have my doubts about it. With changing the logo, the away should be how they had "PENGUINS" diagonally down in the center; and for the home they should just take the current logo and mix up the colors, like the old black, white, and yellow scheme.
But, hey; it's not like the jerseys, make a team better.
As a Pen's Fan, I honestly wish they would go back to either the old diagonal name or the Triangle they used for Lemeiux's last few years, the new one seems a little too Saturday morning for my tastes.
someone said that the CH standed for Club de Hockey,umm thats not true im pretty sure its Canadian Habitant, which is french for home
sorry Habitant is not french for home. It's french for citizen.
thanks
How is this so close? I freaking hate the Habs with a vengence, but clearly they have one of the best logos in the game. A crappy, cartoony skating penguin shouldn't garner more than 5-10 sympathy votes against the classic CH.
For every body arguing about wht the 'H' stands for I always thought it was Habitants so I emailed Liam Maguire(NHL trivia expert) asking him to shed some llight on the subject and here is how he replied
"hi Ryan,
the term Habitants came into being way before the 1950's. Translated in english it loosely means 'people of the city' and in the early days of the Montreal Canadiens they were made up almost entirely of french speaking players from the city of Montreal so the media of the day nicknamed them les Habitants which over time was shortened to Habs. The CH in the logo stands for the original charter name from 1909, Club De Hockey Canadien so yes, the H is in fact for hockey. that's the story my friend,
Liam "
''someone said that the CH standed for Club de Hockey,umm thats not true im pretty sure its Canadian Habitant, which is french for home''
Hahahaha, lol.. I'm sorry, I'm french and that just cracked me up.
I don't think I can vote against the logo that is practically synonymous with the NHL and the Stanley Cup. I predict Montreal wins the tourney, and well deserving.
Chris from ON:
The C and H do stand for "Club de Hockey", not "Canadian Habitants". If you insist on looking for "les Habitants" in the logo, maybe you can visualize the arrangement of the C and H as a left-facing snowshoe...
Club de Hockey Canadiens, like on the cup...... 24 TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike @ Japan
Notice I put QUOTES!!!... I was laughing at what someone else said, I was the first one to say the CH standed for Club de Hockey on this comment board.
I agree with Joe's comments about the Skating Penguin logo. The "Pigeon logo" as he calls sucks and am glad that Mario Lemieux was smart enough to go back to the "Skating Penguin".
The pens logo is so unique, while the habs logo may be classic but it is very dated. Nothing against the Habs but im gonna have to give the edge to the Penguins.
Argh...I'm a fan of both teams and I like both logos! I gotta go with the Pens though...not as classic as the Habs logo, but I like the skating penguin
Nothing with a body that disproportionate can make for a good logo. That penguin just looks retarded. If you hate the Habs logo you hate hockey. In which case, get out.
How could you possibly like the Habs logo? Maybe if your learning your ABC's. Hmmm...Letters or a bad ass penguin??? I'll take the Guins!! Too Lemieux?? The penguins changed their logo in the 90's and everyone in Pittsburgh hated it. Lemieux did us a favor and changed it back! Everyone talks about the history of the habs logo and all the cups. That might be true but its still a ugly, outdated logo!
Ok I'm reading through these posts and I don't think anyone has even got the name of the team right. It's Montreal CanadiEns not CanadiAns. Montreal is french therefore the team name is french.
Oh sorry I guess it would be freedom not french. *rolls eyes*
Every vote from south of the border should be nullified due to their bias towards french people.
Also, how come when I an typing this is says I'm misspelling french?? Am I not allow to even type the word anymore??
And for the people who say the the logo is meaning less and just a big red C then give your head a shake. You show that logo to any person in Europe or Asia and the first thing they think of is hockey and winning. Now that's a powerful logo
It should win this whole tournament hands down!!
COLOR
penguins - 3/4
canadiens - 4/4
DESIGN
penguins - 2/4
canadiens - 3/4
LASTING APPEAL
penguins - 3/4
canadiens - 4/4
ORIGINALITY
penguins - 3/4
canadiens - 2/4
TOTAL
penguins - 11/16
canadiens - 13/16
Maybe it's a dumb question, but what do penguins have to do with the city of Pittsburgh?
So, anyway, the Habs logo wins hands-down
I'm voting for the Habs. It's the one logo, that has stayed true. without being trashy And I know that changing there logo to much would almost be sac religious. No matter the time era we are in, it's the one that doesn't need much changing. So I am saying the habs.
Habs logo is known everywhere,people who dont understand it simply dont know hockey!would the yankees lose cause of simplicity??
Maybe it's a dumb question, but what do penguins have to do with the city of Pittsburgh?
So, anyway, the Habs logo wins hands-down
pittsburgh sounds like iceberg thats all i could think of
Eirhead:
I don't think Montreal should get a 2/4 for ORIGINALITY. Just my opinion.
The way I see it right now, The Habs will face the Bruins in the semi's... but don't take my word for granted just yet, I think we deffinately won this one and should beat the Devils.
As for the Bruins, they are I think 5 or so ahead of the Senators' horribly ugly logo (I love their old one). But that poll opened recently and I think the Bruins will win it in the long run and will beat the team they face after the Senators hands-down, that is if they beat the Sens.
Now if everything goes as planned, Montreal vs. Boston in the semi's.... now wouldn't that be something, not only are they the 2 teams to have played the most Playoff series head-to-head, but now they are going to go up against each other in a battle for logo's. With these two very original logo's... there's no telling who will win. Depends on how many french people vote. (That's me).. I'm going to go on all of my friends' computers to vote. :P And it also depends on how many french haters or MTL Canadiens haters vote. But for those who have no intent on voting for their team or against the french/habs, vote for the one you think is best.
Montreal wins this one with ease.
Gorgeous logo, that pretty much is the face of hockey.
Easily one of the most distinct logo's in the league. Penguins logo's regardless of which one you're looking at(The cartoon one, or the 2D profile penguin, with yellow background), can't even come close. I can't believe this is even as close as it is. No disrespect to Pittsburgh. It's one of my favorite teams. But, a logo as nice as Montreal's? Please.