The Captain Loves Us, And Wants Us To Be Happy

Other than those impossibly cute six-year-olds-falling-all-over-the-ice Tim Horton's commercials, not much surrounding hockey chokes me up anymore. And, in this modern age of Me-First pro athletes, there's even less that justifies and rewards my scant and ever decreasing faith in those who play the game we watch and obsess over. Today, some of that was restored.

The Senators announced today they've signed their captain to a four-year contract extension believed to be worth $21.6 million that includes a "no-movement" clause, which will allow the 35-year-old to finish his career in an Ottawa uniform.

As Sens Army points out, The Captain accepted a rather large hometown discount in order to stay with the team that took a sixth round flyer on a skinny kid from Gothenburg. And all he's done for us in return is...everything.

Sorry, Mr. Finnigan, but would you mind terribly if we asked you to move over a bit? We're going to need the room in the rafters.