Coming off yet another embarrassing loss to the Montreal Canadiens, the Senators saw their record drop to four games below .500. Sitting dead last in the Northeast division for the first time since expansion, the Ottawa media pulled out all the stops and gleefully fanned the flames of a growing fan revolt.
"FIRE THE COACH!!", everyone screamed. "BUNCH A NO GOOD BUMS!", came the cry. "TRADE ALFIE!" "LYNCH SPEZZA!" And, most oft heard of all..."WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS TEAM?!?"
They couldn't buy a goal. The second and third lines had pretty much vanished. The defence was too old, too slow and absolutely, unequivocally, brutally soft in their own end. To top it off, both goalies were sucking the hair off of giant moose testicles.
Yes, there was revolution in the air, and metaphorical blood in the streets. Clearly, the panic stricken hordes would tell anyone who would listen, the time had come to just blow the whole damn thing up and start over. We weren't going to win a damn thing with this lazy, clueless, underachieving, uncaring bunch of losers and their new Head Coach who obviously didn't have a clue what he was doing.
The Sens record at the time? 6-10-1. The date? November 17th, 2006.
The Sens record today? 6-9-1. The date? November 16th, 2008.
Kinda freaky, huh? If memory serves, that season ended pretty well.
In other words...Lighten up Francis.
Up Next:
Tomorrow night, on the road, against the New York Rangers (7:00pm, SportsNet East). So here's the plan, Fish. Get to the blueline, fire it deep, and go after it as if your ass is on fire. It's not like you have to worry about this guy going into the corner with you.
Behind Enemy Lines:
One thing you quickly realize while touring the Rangers' corner of the hockeysphere, is that a frightening majority of Rangers' blogs take themselves very, very seriously. Not so with our guest, Scotty Hockey. Insight? Check. Analysis? Check. Solid? Check and check. "Everything I say is important" pomposity? Not a trace. I like that.
5 comments:
i'm not even angry or upset anymore, just completely and utterly bewildered. i mean, what the fuck happened to the ottawa senators? where did they go? can someone send them an e-mail requesting they show up to play hockey on monday? i would really appretiate it..
resisting urge to point and laugh....ok maybe not
SLC, I'm taking solace in the fact that there's a chance C-Bass might be called up due to Neil hurting himself.
They have to give us at least this, right?
Scotty Hockey may be insightful, but the picture of Heatley's car lacks a bit of taste.
@Free Willig: I'm honestly a little surprised. It seems The PensBlog darkness runs both deep and wide.
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