X-Canada check-up? Sure thing
Sports January 24, 2023
Here we are in the heart of winter (ugh) and the heart of the NHL season (yippee). Wondering what the heck the rest of the season holds for Canada’s clubs? Us too. Fill your boots (alphabetical order of course). CALGARY FLAMES If you’re unsure of what to make of the Flames this [...]
Read full storyIrritable Senator fan base targeting all-star blueliner
Sports January 17, 2023
PHOTO: Courtesy CBC It can take a lot of time to end up on the wrong end of wrath in Ottawa. As far as Canadian National Hockey League franchises go, Ottawa is well up there in the ‘most forgiving’ class. The fan base and - to a large extent the media – will give you a whole lot [...]
Read full storyGulp: Report card time
Sports January 10, 2023
Before launching myself into this week’s venture, I was thinking man-oh-man all these mid-season rankings, ratings and grading of teams and players populating sports websites are a bit excessive. Even lame. Then I thought – maybe, just maybe Dave the good old hockey fan out there enjoys [...]
Read full storyTide has turned for Senators
Sports January 04, 2023
A few weeks ago, this corner was discussing the ol’ eye test. And the ol’ eye was relaying to this corner that the Ottawa Senators really, couldn’t be, absolutely cannot be . . . this godawful. C’mon people – you watch the games too, right? Was there any period of time [...]
Read full storyWatching the Buds bud while Sens moving up
Sports December 28, 2022
We like to hop on with a cross-Canada check-up every now and then, and with the new year on the horizon, what better time to hit the ‘now and then’ button. Overall? Not too many surprises so far, especially with the season rounding into experienced form. There are troubled waters in certain [...]
Read full storyOttawa Senators: More burgers?
Sports December 23, 2022
PHOTO: Courtesy USA Today So Andrew Hammond retires. Is he not, then, the Paul Henderson of Ottawa Senator lore – noted for a moment in hockey history rather than something lengthier? Ponder this, as incredible as Henderson’s moment was (and it was hall of fame stuff, people), how [...]
Read full storyIt’s hockey and there are injuries, get over it.
Sports December 14, 2022
As the late, great Omar Little (played by the late, great Michael K. Williams) would say: “It’s all in the game, yo.” The outstanding character from the outstanding crime-political-drama The Wire likely never watched a hockey game, but his words ring kinda’ true here. If you’re [...]
Read full storyTurkey Day haunts Senators
Sports December 07, 2022
This is why the much-talked-about U.S. Thanksgiving model makes so much sense in the National Hockey League. The Ottawa Senators sport a 4-2 record in – roughly – the last two weeks. Good record. Roughly (again) two weeks ago they were 10 points out of a playoff spot. After going [...]
Read full storyOttawa, Montreal, Toronto: A tale of three cities
Sports November 29, 2022
Safe to say there are enough tasty, juicy bits in Canada’s east to fill up a large platter. Tantalizing storylines from Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto? As we roll past the quarter-mark of the National Hockey League season, the answer would be yes. So let’s delve in and see exactly what’s [...]
Read full storyHorror show continues in Ottawa
Sports November 22, 2022
Pierre Dorion meet Victor Frankenstein. Actually . . . just look in the mirror. Like the fictional doctor, Pierre has tried his best to build the perfect entity, selecting the optimal ‘parts’ and stitching them together, hoping it all works out. Similar outcomes, eh? What started [...]
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