Starting to think if Brady Tkachuk’s whole brand is “wait until you see this guy in the playoffs” and then he doesn’t really do anything jn the playoffs that maybe he’s not worth the $17M/year he’s going to ask for.

Achieving the impossible and making the playoffs after being last place in the East and then taking multiple too many men penalties is a fun bit.

Me dressed in all my Sens gear and Stankoven scores on us again.

Go (for the love of god) Sens (for the love of god) Go

On the OC Transpo, sitting across from a Fisheries and Oceans civil servant, revving up the red

You simply have to ask “does Sidney Crosby have what it takes to win?“

Nothing compared to his Chicoutimi setup

I don’t know who this person is but his drip is fabulous

I don’t think it will happen but it would be legitimately funny if Ottawa unleashed gangly rookie Yakemchuk on the disciplined kill bot Carolina Hurricanes and he scored a Harlem Globetrotters goal against them to win it.

Sending each other voice messages and calling it a podcast is BACK, baby!

Ottawa Senators post-game analysis

Going to the dentist every six months is an invention of the dental industrial complex.

All season long: “All I want is playoffs!” Later, when the playoffs are kicking me in the nuts: “This sucks! Ah, this sucks!

*messily crying, wiping my nose on my sleeve* “Go Sens Go”

Sens are coming home with a split and win both games at home. I reserve the right to amend this prediction if Zub misses time.

I don’t think the Canes are winning the Cup with a powerplay that can’t score on multiple 5-on-3 chances.

Sens look really good. Playing playoff hockey, keeping it about as close as possible after losing a top 4 D. I like our chances in a seven game series.

It’s times like this, when your team takes two almost completely bullshit penalties in a row in the playoffs, that you question the integrity of the game. Powerplays in hockey can be like they randomly release a jaguar onto the ice just for fun.

Every game in this series is going to triple overtime

ESPN doesn’t have a shot count on their score clock but DOES have a picture of the Stanley Cup there permanently in case you forget what it looks like or what the playoffs are about.

I guess fighting three seconds in is cool? Anyway, just before that we won the face off…

My personal bracket: OTT 7 PIT 5 BUF 6 T.B 5 DAL 7 COL 4 UTA 6 EDM 4 OTT 6 BUF 7 DAL 7 UTA 6 OTT 6 DAL 4 OTT 7 No models were harmed in the making of this bracket.

LET’S FUCKING GO SENS

I can’t describe the degree to which my quality of life has improved ever since a very large Japanese grocery store opened within walking distance. Every day it’s a new delight. What are we having for lunch? How about some Zelda-themed barley tea, whipped cream sandwiches, and fried chicken?

I moved to America from Canada 10 years ago, married an American, we had a daughter, and this week my daughter got her Canadian citizenship. 🇨🇦

I have for years harbored a deep hatred of the Carolina Hurricanes, who play in…North? Carolina?…in the city of…Carolina. With its…horrible mountains

Eastern conference predictions: Bruins over Sabres in 6 Canadiens over Lightning in 7 Senators over Hurricanes in 7 Penguins over Flyers in 6

There’s a bandwagon forming and I need everyone to KNOCK IT OFF you’re going to invite excrement spirits into the arena

Loving the results of the Terrebonne byelection, which includes 41 people running as independents, 21 of whom did not receive a single vote, and none of whom received more than 5.

I’m not watching this Sens-Jersey game in preparation for abandoning my family to live in the dirtiest imaginable bar this time next week.

I don’t know what’s crazier - that the Sens are 23-8-5 since January, or that the only two other teams to be as good or better are both also in the Atlantic (Montreal and Buffalo).

Randomly finding this in the rack at a vintage store on the eve of the Sabres returning to the playoffs is an omen of some kind, I can’t decide whether it’s good or bad

The Ottawa Senators: the 10th best team in the league, and in a second wildcard spot

Checking out the Upper Deck website to see what hockey cards are like these days.

Trying to unsee the ad for Coors Light Slushie-Inspired Flavors

People will be like “Steve Yzerman doesn’t like to give out term, and is uncompromising about the team’s interests” like he didn’t give this guy four years and $19M.

My proprietary analytics model (an excel spreadsheet with “Go Sens” in every cell) says Jordan Spence might make more than $1.5M now that we’ve learned he’s apparently a 25+ minute a night player.

This play was incredible. Watched it a dozen times. Made the best coached team in the league look bush league.

Further confirmation that I would not make it as an NHL player. Chabot broke his arm TWO WEEKS ago and HAD SURGERY.

The best thing about that Stützle goal is when he makes that last deke you can hear the crowd go from “haaaaaaaaaaa” white noise to “HOHHHHHHH” simultaneous surprised appreciation. Reminds me of the reaction when we all saw the Spezza deke on Souray for the first time.

I stick by my prediction that the Senators’ playoff hopes will come to rest on the regular season finale against the Leafs and the results of that game will surface some very complex and intense undiagnosed conditions among some of the people in our lives.

The second wildcard in the East is NINE points ahead of the second wildcard in the West. The NHL is a weird place, man.

When you’re feeling cheeky because your linemate just scored a highlight reel goal and you know you’re about to show up on TV a lot but you have never looked normal in a photo in your life:

Tim Stützle got me making sounds in the house that makes our guests UNCOMFORTABLE.

This is the best time of year for people whose favorite phrase is “control their own destiny.”

In a few short years we’ve gone from “if you complain about your coach in an Uber and the driver records you without you knowing and shares it online, you are done in this city” to “you can invite your dad on the side-gig, monetized podcast you cohost with your brother to criticize your coach.”

Oh you better believe I screenshot this for later use.

Yeah, it’s Cameron Crotty time, baby! (Will not be watching the game.)

I saw Project Hail Mary and it’s as fun and charming as everyone says but my father has broken my brain and so I couldn’t get past that they discovered a fuel that produces more energy than it consumes.