Fast forward to the present. I was at the local used book sale in Kanata. All the books being sold were donations. Browsing through the sports section I happened to run across a "Signature Edition" of "Dominant Dany Heatley". Obviously curious, I flipped open to the first page to see Heatley's signature, but surprised to see it inscribed "To Ben". Well Ben hated Heatley so much, he'd rather donate his personally autographed "Dominant Dany Heatley" book for free than keep it around the house. Just goes to show you how hated Heatley still is in Ottawa.
Ottawa fans may remember "Dominant Dany Heatley", a biography written in 2008. When it was first published, a special batch of "Signature Edition" books were released where Heatley himself would sign them at a meet and greet at the local bookstores.
Fast forward to the present. I was at the local used book sale in Kanata. All the books being sold were donations. Browsing through the sports section I happened to run across a "Signature Edition" of "Dominant Dany Heatley". Obviously curious, I flipped open to the first page to see Heatley's signature, but surprised to see it inscribed "To Ben". Well Ben hated Heatley so much, he'd rather donate his personally autographed "Dominant Dany Heatley" book for free than keep it around the house. Just goes to show you how hated Heatley still is in Ottawa.
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The large majority of people in Ottawa never liked Filip Kuba, always accusing him of being a lazy player that seemed disinterested in playing. Well, mystery solved!
As many of you probably know, The Sens Store at SBP sells player's game used sticks. Well they still had a Kuba stick available, and look at the brand name "AK * TWENTY SEVEN". A stick with everyone's favourite Senator Alex Kovalev labelled right on it. That explains everything in one simple picture! Sens fans know first hand the reputation Nick Foligno has gotten for driving the net and interfering with goaltenders. Unfortunately, when it comes to referees they won't give you the benefit of the doubt once you earn that reputation. We saw that in the playoffs last year where it was probably one of the biggest turning points in the series with the Sens having the opportunity to eliminate the Rangers. Late in the 2nd Nick Foligno was wedged between two Rangers players with nowhere to go except into Henrik Lundqvist, but the result was a goalie interference penalty leading to the Rangers go ahead goal. Maybe it was one of the reasons that Bryan Murray decided to part with Foligno, who knows. It's still early in the season and it appears that Foligno's reputation followed him into Columbus. Down 2-1 to Chicago, Foligno created a perfect screen for Derick Brassard to blast one past Crawford. However, the closest referee soon waived no goal saying "he bumped Corey Crawford and didn't give him time to reset." (https://twitter.com/ChrisKuc/status/295344872343359488) This surely changed the potential outcome of the game, taking momentum away from the Jackets and eventually leading to a Chicago victory. If we take a look at a screenshot just before the puck goes in, it's clear that Foligno makes absolutely no contact with Crawford and is barely in the crease. It's unfortunate for him, but it is what it is. He's going to have a hard time shaking that monkey off his back. Meanwhile, in Ottawa we don't have to worry about it anymore and get to enjoy watching Marc Methot who is having a tremendous start to the season.
Wade Redden scored his first NHL goal since March 18, 2010 (https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/295351151287738369) in a win over Dallas. It's nice to see him having success paired alongside Erik Karlsson West (i.e. Alex Pietrangelo). As a Sens fan I bear zero ill will towards Redden despite his play in his final years as a Senator. He gave so much to the community and provided years of consistent offensive production. As for the Chara VS Redden argument, no blame can come to him for that. It's all on John Muckler if you want to argue, as he offered the contracts. In fact, Redden should probably be praised for the fact he wanted to remain a Senator. I'm just happy he'll get to hit the 1000 NHL game milestone with my second favourite team. |
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