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Another theory...
Why Are the Montreal Canadiens Called the Habs? (liveabout.com)
Habs Might Be an Erroneous Nickname
The "Habs" nickname might have been the result of an error in 1924. The first man to refer to the team as the Habs was Tex Rickard, the found of the National Hockey League and the owner of Madison Square Garden. Rickard apparently told a reporter that the "H" in the logo on the Canadiens' jerseys stood for habitants, which is not true. The distinctive C-wrapped-around-H logo stands for the hockey team's official name, le Club de Hockey Canadien. The "H" stands for "hockey."
No, thats not another theory, that is how they came be known as the Habs. You just provided the answer to your own question though.