I think some of you are displaying a misguided sense of history, when I was growing up in Eastern Ontario there were only two choices, the leafs and the habs, most people in Eastern Ontario supported the Habs. With the various expansions, more teams gave Canadians a bigger choice, but one thing held true, the CBC was going to focus on the Leafs and the Habs. The next big change started two years ago when Rogers and CTV won the right to start televising games that the CBC didn't carry and RDS got exclusive rights to the Habs. In the new contract you will find that the CBC will show less Leaf games because many viewers were abandoning HNIC in Canada to watch the Sens in the East. The Leafs are now in the position like their city, as the team we all hate. And it was embarrassing to the CBC to broadcast from an arena that wasn't always filled, when the other channel was showing a lively hockey game with enthusiastic crowds. Next season on HNIC should be different, because I know that fans in the maritimes were upset about CBC feeding them Toronto games when they wanted to watch the SENS. The CBC is a joke because it is a National Broadcaster with shows more in keeping with a local affiliate. At least CTV has the sense to have six regional centres to bradcast from.

Official stats after review by NHL, no hit. More or less telling Buffalo any more embellishments and they will be penalized. Drury already warned by refs. Ruff just making noise so that when they come out tonight hitting and everything it will be justified. He knows his team is overmatched and his only hope now is if he can get some Ottawa players off the ice due to injuries. I think tonight Murray might want to consider having McGratton on the ice because the Sabres are going to revert to being the dirtiest team in hockey.

Sorry for delay in replying, that was it, my mistake for assuming time zone would be Ottawa. fixed now.

Two problems with that location, one the Glebe would go apopletic, secondly there is a deal with the CFL for a new franchise that does have the money, but the group wants managerial rights to Lansdowne and they would make improvements to the Park.  (Another item everyone forgets is that the land for 50% of Lansdowne Park is not owned by the City but Parks Canada (Rideau Canal) and they have a large say in its usage.) To me the best site to build a Casino would be the empty lot between the Rideau Centre and the building on the corner. The old department store should be turned into Lofts and the empty lot where the Royal Bank used to be built as a Casino. My reason is I want a loft apartment in that building, and it would alo revitalize a tired Rideau Centre. Lebreton Flats should be used to bring affordable housing back into the core, its too bad the National Aquarium idea fell through for that area.

Why get upset over a bufoon, I have been to Buffalo and there isn't a lot to do at night, it is a typical working class city in the US and very probably like a lot of cities in Canada as well, Calgary or Edmonton anybody. Some would probably visit Ottawa and say the same things. 

But when you start throwing stats about, well they are like polls, what dogs use to relieve themselves. Buffalo likes to say they are the President Cup winner as if to think that this is a given for the Stanley Cup. Excuse me Ottawa took that trophy last season and we know how far we went. In fact the last twelve teams to have won that dubious title have not won the Stanley Cup.  Buffalo managed to get to the playoffs by winning early in the season, because since January, Ottawa has been the superior team within the division. Ottawa started the season with an identity crisis and finally found their stride in January. Another stat that Buffalo might want to remember is that when Ottawa loses the second game, they go on to win the series in five games, so personally I don't care if they lose tonights game, they will evaluate the best that Buffalo has to bring and adjust their style to accomodate. Buffalo also should look at their record when they loose the first game in the playoffs (13-1).  Everyone looks at our first line and says they are the power, yes and no, they do produce  but also are a distraction in that the other lines can wear their opponents down. What is it now, twelve members of the Ottawa Senators now have goals and points throughout the playoffs, how many other teams can claim that kind of depth. 

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Glad to be here and to have found a site dedicated to the Sens. I grew up not liking Hockey, but thanks to my mother who is a Sens fan from the start, I have got hooked and the only team in my book is the Ottawa Sens. I think this is finally their year and they are going to add a modern day pennant to the rafters of SBF.