"To you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high."
Yes it is on the wall in the Canadiens locker room. But more importantly, it is from "In Flanders Fields" by Major John McCrae, 1915. Written after his friend was killed by an exploding shell.
A great poem that I am ashamed to say I only took interest in well after my school days.
Everything we enjoy today is thanks to the sacrifice they made. We must never forget that.