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[uncivilengineer]

Not sure if this should go here or the general league stuff, but apparently HI/O is beoming HI/O.... erm, that is Habs Inside/Out to Hockey Inside/Out.

According to their new website (www.hockeyinsideout.com) this came about from a request from the Canadiens organization.

On Nov. 24, 2006, The Gazette launched a new hockey website, Habs Inside/Out, promising to offer fans of the Canadiens "absolutely everything" about the most famous hockey team in the world.

Over the last five years, the site has continued to grow and it now receives more than 2 million page views each month. We're even planning to launch an iPhone application in the coming weeks.

After being told by the Canadiens to take the word "Habs" out of the site's name, Saturday we are renaming it Hockey Inside/Out. For the time being, the current URL, habsinsideout.com, will redirect you to hockeyinsideout.com. But be sure to change your bookmarks to hockeyinsideout.com and update your RSS feeds.

We're changing the name and we'll be making some design changes to the site, but we'll still continue to provide "absolutely everything" about the Canadiens, with our Gazette contributors Dave Stubbs, Pat Hickey, Kevin Mio and Mike Boone, who will continue to blog live during every Habs game.

Your usernames and passwords won't change, but we'll show you how to reupload their profile pics.

We hope you'll like our new name and our fresher look. Please let us know what you think by emailing hockeyinsideout@montrealgazette.com or, as is the great tradition here at HI/O, by posting your comments below.

[Breathe]

From the title I thought it meant HI/O was shutting down

Glad it's not but I find this rename pretty stupid

[ColRouleBleu]

I have no issue with a name change. The name of the site doesn't matter to me at all, it's the content I'm looking for so if that doesn't change **shrugs**. Besides, how often is this site referred to as H I/O instead of the complete name? This wont change either. If anything, it'll make it clearer to the casual visitor that H I/O is not the official Habs website/blog/fan forum

[ColRouleBleu]

"Habs" is trade marked: http://tess2.uspto.g...4007:i4snnf.3.1

[GreekHockeyCoach]

I have no issue with a name change. The name of the site doesn't matter to me at all, it's the content I'm looking for so if that doesn't change **shrugs**. Besides, how often is this site referred to as H I/O instead of the complete name? This wont change either. If anything, it'll make it clearer to the casual visitor that H I/O is not the official Habs website/blog/fan forum

Bingo! This is why we pay CRB the big bucks on this forum

[Nine1One]

Now it seems more general rather than specifically about the habs to those not familiar

[BLAMEITONPKSUBBAN]

Hmmm, perhaps someone caught wind of the accusations of the organization lying?


BTW, the Redskins did a similar thing.

[ColRouleBleu]

Bingo! This is why we pay CRB the big bucks on this forum

speaking of which, i still haven't seen the color of them you know ... start using ETF instead of cheque is in the mail

[Forever_Habs10]

From the title I thought it meant HI/O was shutting down

Just logged in here...and so did I.

[js2]

That's pretty lame of the Canadiens.

[Nine1One]

I blame subban

[Forever_Habs10]

Glad it's not

Same here....I refer to it daily.

[js2]

Same here....I refer to it daily.

Sorry FH, but from now on you must be referred to as "Forever_Hockey10".

[Forever_Habs10]

Sorry FH, but from now on you must be referred to as "Forever_Hockey10".

lol

[hatethosebruins]

Can we change the name of the topic I don't get on that site often cause people post updates here, but I almost had a heart attack

[beaubie]

Can we change the name of the topic I don't get on that site often cause people post updates here, but I almost had a heart attack

I did too and I go there very often. First thing I saw and I was like Noooooooo. Like mentioned before, if this doesn't mess with the content then okay.

[ColRouleBleu]

Sorry FH, but from now on you must be referred to as "Forever_Hockey10".

Do like me and just call him "X"

Can we change the name of the topic I don't get on that site often cause people post updates here, but I almost had a heart attack

OK

[Habs-Rule-Forever]

Do like me and just call him "X"

[Habs-Rule-Forever]

speaking of which, i still haven't seen the color of them you know ... start using ETF instead of cheque is in the mail

HTL told me he get's a cheque weekly.

[Forever_Habs10]

Do like me and just call him "X"

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