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With about a month left in the NHL regular season, something that was once unthinkable is finally true: the Ottawa Senators have a 91.2% chance of making the playoffs.
The price of the Sens's success? Everyone's favourite babygirl, Josh Norris. In this episode, we say goodbye to our favourite himbo, but not before getting mad about the Habs and talking ourselves into believing in the Ottawa Senators.
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Mood Boost from Ottawa Senators' Performance
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Hi everyone and
00:00:17
Speaker
them themmo
00:00:22
Speaker
hi everyone and welcome to episode dominic hashi of elite senses brain as always i'm fiaa and i am joined by blue sky power user at ericson's beer How's it going?
00:00:35
Speaker
i am doing so good, actually. Like, the weather finally stopped being so cold. The new Hunger Games book came out, and it so good. so and we'll talk we'll go more into it, but the Sens are not, like, pissing me off, so it's a good time. Look, it's a great time to be a person who ties your mental well-being to your hockey team if you're Sens fan.
00:01:03
Speaker
um because when the Sens are doing bad, i'm doing also doing bad. and now the Sens are doing good. I'm doing good. And yeah, as you said, New Hunger Games book, we were discussing this before recording.
00:01:13
Speaker
It's so good. i just like, it's like every time somebody I know has finished reading it, I'm like, I need to talk about it. I have all these things I need to say, you know? ah it's so good. And i was able to read it outside on a park bench, which is just always so nice.
00:01:29
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. So things are looking up. And it's honestly like, this is the first time in a long time, like, in my memory where the SENS are being good and the weather is not, like terrible.
00:01:45
Speaker
It's like, or like, the SENS are still, like, powering through, like, their season has not ended, you know? And like, yeah it's almost, it's like almost spring. I'm like, oh my gosh, like,
00:01:56
Speaker
It's like, I forgot that this season is still on when the weather gets warm, you know? It's oh. They made from, like, daylight savings time? I'm like, what the Yeah, I'm like, wait, I need more Sens t-shirts. Because I don't have that many, and I need to wear them, you know?
00:02:12
Speaker
no real. Like, Sens hoodies don't cut it anymore. extend your Extend your Sens wardrobe. Honestly, insanely good marketing idea for, like, the Sens lot of our, like, team store. Like,
00:02:25
Speaker
Be like, finally, you need to wear your Sens merch during the summer when it's warm out. Because i I've been realizing last few days I've been wearing my handful of Sens shirts all the time. And I'm like, man, I need more of these. And I'm going to need more, hopefully in like a month. Because usually whenever the Sens are in the playoffs, I'm wearing Sens t-shirts every single day.
00:02:47
Speaker
To show the support. It's so important.
Senators' Playoff Prospects and Apparel
00:02:50
Speaker
Yeah. So the Sens are still good. somehow Somehow. you don't and like I I'm... Whoa.
00:03:00
Speaker
And good enough that, like, we're not even that stressed about the games. Like, it's not even like they're playing stressful, meaningful hockey at the end of March and it's super exciting. It's like, no, they're basically in the playoffs. Like, not to jinx it. I'm worried that I'm jinxing it right now. We were talking about this earlier. It's like, that 5% where they could potentially miss the playoffs is haunting us.
00:03:25
Speaker
But, like... man, they've been in a really good spot for a while. Like, they've pulled away from the pack. Yeah, like, and the the charts, the math are, like, showing it.
00:03:37
Speaker
Like, at HockeyBiz, like, on Blue Sky, Micah McCurdy, chart, it's, like, the we're so back chart, and, like, then it just, like, ends. Like, it doesn't even go, it's so over anymore. It's crazy. Yeah.
00:03:51
Speaker
Yeah, to be fair, I think the Sen's whole season has been very, we're so over, it's so back. Lots of streaks. They don't alternate games. almost done The season's almost done. It's okay.
00:04:01
Speaker
It's okay. Yeah. And like, ah you know, the charge have traumatized me a little bit after how they ended last season. I'm like, you know, they still need to win like some of their remaining games. But no, I think they'll do it.
00:04:14
Speaker
I believe in them. I've believed in them since like December. And I believe in them even more now. Yeah, speaking of actually Sens t-shirts, the one Sens t-shirt that I am going to like pull out of retirement, I honestly, it's not even that old. I got it in like 2022, think.
00:04:34
Speaker
And I got it because I was thrift shopping with some friends and um So one of my friends like bought it because he was like, oh, I don't like the Sens, but you like the Sens, like I'll start getting into the Sens, whatever. He wasn't watching hockey.
00:04:46
Speaker
And it is, I don't even know what year it is from. It is Senegoth and it is bright red. It is bright Sens red. And it says, I believe exclamation point. Oh, hell yeah. You need it. Yeah. I was like, this is mine now. Like, he bought it. And I was like, that's mine, actually. Thank you. it was like $3. So it was mine. I stole it.
00:05:03
Speaker
But I was like, oh, my gosh. Like, how funny. Where it's like, this is like the fashion trends being cyclical. But it's like the Sens trends, like being cyclical of like, I believe again. Like, I don't even how old it is, though. Like, I don't even know when that was their primary logo. Yeah.
00:05:18
Speaker
I need to pull out um a, like, shirt that I got secondhand that's, like, way too big. It's, like, a 3XL or something, you know, just, like, this it's a tent on me. um But it's an old ah bring back the Senators shirt, and it says, like, i think, no, it says the Senators are back, and it's, like, cup champions, all the years that they won, like.
00:05:40
Speaker
ah you know 100 years ago it was it's so funny i love it i think it has the peace tower logo so i need to start wearing that a lot back when the seins used to make the playoffs i did like try to buy well i had like a little tradition of buying a jersey with a player name on the back for each playoff run so 2013 i bought the first one was pajot and then for 2015 i got stone which hasn't aged very well And then 2017, I got a MacArthur jersey. er jerseyie And those are somewhere in my parents' house. I think they're kind of too small now. Like, I used to wear very, like, tight shirts. And I don't do that anymore. So I don't know if I'm still going to wear them. But I feel like I need to pull them out.
00:06:22
Speaker
Yeah, it's like, it's all coming out of retirement. Like, I'm no longer ashamed to be wearing it in public. Or, like, okay, I was never ashamed, but it's kind of like a, like, oh my gosh. that Like, you still, though, hear people, like, I heard this lady recently talking. I wasn't in Ottawa, so, like, but she had she was from Ottawa, so I was like, oh my gosh, a tourist who's from the same place as me, and I'm a tourist too right now.
00:06:45
Speaker
But she was talking to someone about hockey, and then she was like, oh yeah well I'm from Ottawa and like I guess no one here likes the Sens like they're pretty bad they're not good this season and it's gonna be like you will know about them soon because everyone's gonna be talking about them yeah she was under the impression they were still bad and I was like we need to start rocking our Sens merch in public so that we need to get the word out to the people who are just trusting on like
00:07:16
Speaker
their stereotypes from a year ago. Exactly. It's like, I feel like when the Sens were bad, I would wear Sens merch if it was actually cute, you know, if it was like, oh, this is a cool outfit, and it happens to be Sens merch.
00:07:30
Speaker
Whereas now I'm like, I need to wear Sens merch so that all the losers around me know that I am an Ottawa Senators fan, that I'm winning right now. And it's been a while since since I had that attitude.
00:07:42
Speaker
No, literally. Like, I got an Eric Brandstrom jersey, like, last Christmas. That's gonna, that's gonna. Oh, hell yeah. I have so many, like, just, like, ugly, like, crusty, like, the, the, like, you know when it's, like, they press them on, and then, like, yeah it, like, crusts and, like, cracks the, like, graphic.
00:08:03
Speaker
Those are coming out of rotation. Like, those are coming into the rotation, rather. Like, it's all sends all the time. also can't wear it. Like most days, because most days I go out, I'm going to work and I can't wear them to work.
00:08:15
Speaker
But like anytime you see me outside other than that, i will be wearing SENS merch.
Rivalry with Montreal Canadiens
00:08:23
Speaker
Absolutely. i can't wait. It's gonna be fun.
00:08:28
Speaker
I'm really excited. am too. And look, if anyone here is like worried about whether this, about the SENS potentially blowing it, which is Obviously a possibility. Remember this thing that I said right before we started recording, okay?
00:08:45
Speaker
Yes, it is totally possible for one team that is behind the Sens to go on a run and overtake them. But remember, that would not be enough to knock them out of the playoffs because they're in the first wildcard spot.
00:09:00
Speaker
They would need two teams to go on a run and overtake them. And what are the chances of that happening? I'm not saying they're zero. I'm just saying I, I believe. I believe! exclamation point no exactly. That's the thing. is that like i I also, my response to that when you said it ah like before we started recording was like, but if the Habs are the team to do it, i'm it's as good as dying, basically.
00:09:24
Speaker
It's as good as me dying basically like it's like as good as I'm dead now. but um like it's true though it's like Honestly, that happens, think the antidote is just like, don't go online that you don't have to see abs fans for a little while. Spoken like someone who doesn't live in Montreal.
00:09:43
Speaker
I forgot that about you. Ooh, sorry about that. um Maybe just don't leave your house. Maybe it's like you are on house arrest until, i don't know. Until it gets better. that doesn't work.
00:09:55
Speaker
Because I know so many Habs fans who text me. And it used to be great because I could talk shit. And now it's just like, the Habs always beat us. I know.
00:10:05
Speaker
Because, like, okay, yeah, the most recent Sens game was the one where the freaking Habs won. and like, I hated it. i Because it was just like, i was like, this is so annoying. I'm so mad. This is how things are still and confident...
00:10:20
Speaker
I am, in a sense, chances, and also how much I hate Montreal and Detroit as well, but Detroit is kind of being kind of shit right now. Like, I am watching the scoreboard actively rooting for the Rangers and the Blue Jackets to win games.
00:10:36
Speaker
Because, and I am stressed about this. I'm like, we cannot have the Habs make the playoffs. This would ruin absolutely everything. Like, this is our year. What the hell?
00:10:49
Speaker
Yeah, and it's like, they're not even good Like, they're good. This is part of what pisses me off. Here's the thing. For the entire time that the Sens have been bad, only good teams have made the playoffs.
00:11:02
Speaker
So if you're, like, kind of mid, you can't just, like... make the playoffs on a fluke and like be bad and everyone laughs at you in the playoffs. That hasn't happened. And this is the first year that the East has been bad enough that a team can just like walk into a playoffs. Well, I guess kind of last year too, but like not to the same extent.
00:11:24
Speaker
And now, of course, this is the year that the Sens are actually good and actually deserve to make the playoffs. And now it's the fucking Habs and Red Wings benefiting from this. I'm so mad, guys.
00:11:36
Speaker
Yeah, it's like when Boston fell off, like we were the only ones who were supposed to derive any benefit from that. Like we like... And then, like, whoever else. You know, like, im I would be so happy if Columbus made it. I think that'd be, like, a great, like, thing to happen. So i'm I'm rooting for Columbus to be in, like, the second wildcard spot.
00:11:57
Speaker
Honestly, if Columbus is first wildcard and we're second wildcard, I'm like, that's fine, whatever. Like, if we're in the playoffs. If the Habs even make it as the second wildcard, it's, like...
00:12:09
Speaker
why? like It's like, also, they've been bad. They were just in the cup final. like You're not doing it properly. know, it's not a drought. Yeah. It makes me so mad, and it's just like, I hate that they're fake good, because as I've said in previous episodes, the Sens were never fake good during their rebuild years, and I guess maybe that was good in the long run because of draft picks or whatever, but It was just so frustrating that we never got a year of just good luck that got us into the playoffs.
00:12:42
Speaker
We always had worse record than our underlying numbers is suggested. And then now we actually deserve to be here. And these fucking clowns are joining us. The thing is, so I am like, I'm not Catholic, but I'm feeling very like Catholic about this where I'm like, because we suffered, like we will like, yeah we will like benefit more or something. I don't actually know Catholicism's views on that. But it's like, I always see like Catholics.
00:13:08
Speaker
online talking about the concept of like suffering for ultimate like salvation or something and that's how feel right now I'm like we suffered we were never fake good like we did it the right way like we played hockey the right way and that's why in the end
Josh Norris Trade Emotions
00:13:23
Speaker
we will be rewarded Yeah, exactly.
00:13:26
Speaker
But you know what also stresses me out so much about this is the fact that for so long, i have looked at the Washington Capitals and I have said, first round exit vibes, 100%. And I said this thing about the Bruins that year that they...
00:13:44
Speaker
made a new record for regular season points or whatever. And I was like, they're going to lose this round 100%. And I said that to so many people who said, that's ridiculous. They're like the best team right now. It's just sometimes a team is too good in the regular season and you know that they're going to lose in the first round.
00:13:59
Speaker
So now any team, I can just see it. I can see it. The Habs make the playoffs as the second wildcards team and they win the first round just because they got Washington and Washington is destined to lose in the first round.
00:14:16
Speaker
And then the Sens get an actually good team. I mean, obviously, objectively, a worse team. But, like, you know, a team and that is real. Like, the Panthers in the first round.
00:14:26
Speaker
And they lose. And then the fucking Habs have made it further in the playoffs than us. Guys, this is... I realize this is completely insane of me. I'm getting so far ahead of myself. But, like, this is the future that is, like...
00:14:38
Speaker
on the backs of my eyelids ah constantly. I'm just like, I'm constantly thinking about this. When this happens, like yeah like, we'll be able to point to this.
00:14:49
Speaker
Like, it's true, though. The other thing is that it's like, I don't like I think they should like allow us to seed for vibes like like we should be allowed to like be like like you know how like in the PWHL it's like the top seed that gets to pick their opponent right yeah it should be that the bottom seed gets to pick like if they are like The second wildcard gets to, or the first wildcard gets to pick if they want the top seed. i think that's the rule. Because then technically it's not an advantage. or It is an advantage, obviously.
00:15:21
Speaker
But it's like, oh, like you just want the challenge of playing a harder team? It's like, no, the vibes are telling us what's happening. Yeah, yeah. I would be on board with that. I'm just, guys, mark my words. I'm sorry to any Capitals fans.
00:15:35
Speaker
and But I just believe in my heart that the Capitals are losing in the first round, no matter who plays them. Yeah, it's also like going into this season, I literally thought they were going to miss the playoffs. Like, wasn't that everyone's like thinking because they saw last year and then last year slightly made it in.
00:15:56
Speaker
Well, yeah, because last year, and nobody in the East wanted that wildcard spot. So Washington just like ended up there despite losing a bunch of games. And then they like got swept. It was just very quick.
00:16:08
Speaker
Like, I remember also the conditions of them making it in involved like the Flyers beating Detroit in overtime or something like that. And i like the Flyers pulled the goalie.
00:16:20
Speaker
Yeah, like Tortorella pulled the. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. I like I can't remember the specific details, but I remember that just being like Tortorella just did that because he's like a hater and because he wanted to try to miss the playoffs or whatever. I don't really know.
00:16:33
Speaker
But yeah, so it's like they made it by like and then I like, OK, I don't really pay attention to the Capitals. at all like sorry to Joe sorry to any other Capitals fans um like love you guys but I don't care about that team but like did they even make any offseason or like trade deadline moves like I think they're just the same team as last year no but Ovechkin is they did bring in Jacob Chikorin is he the reason I don't know he got them on that raw meat diet it has helped them so much
00:17:07
Speaker
The way I literally forgot about that. They don't even have Nick Jensen. How are they good?
00:17:14
Speaker
Man. um my gosh. i do I pay so little attention to them that I forgot that they were the landing place for the Liver King disciple himself. Oh my gosh. Wait, is is that why they're good? Or is it just because Ovechkin started going crazy again? Maybe Ovechkin started going crazy because he started eating raw meat.
00:17:34
Speaker
Yeah. whoa I can't wait for him to break the goal record and Chikrin be like, yeah, I put him on to like beef heart and things of that nature.
00:17:46
Speaker
Yeah. I know it just, like, it sounds like I'm complaining so much and I'm not grateful for the Sens making the playoffs. And it's like, obviously, I had to choose, right? Sens make the playoffs, but Montreal makes it too.
00:18:00
Speaker
Or, like, Sens miss the playoffs and Montreal misses too. Obviously, I would pick both of them making the playoffs. It's just so frustrating. It's pissing me off. It's also frustrating because it's like, if I think, like, the haves making it is one thing.
00:18:15
Speaker
the The idea of, like, the haves making it further as a fake good team is so frustrating because it's like, you're fake good. We worked hard. It's the same concept of, like, we earned this. We were real bad for a very long time, you know, and now we're finally actually good.
00:18:32
Speaker
and you don't deserve to be here with us so that's why like if they make it further not just them being the Habs but them being like the mid Habs because like if they were like actually good like as a hockey team I'd be like okay you know what like it's very annoying but it's like almost like inevitable it's like you respect it you know this is the rivalry of the future knew we were gonna face you in the playoffs but it's like you're not even good enough to be here like why are you here also like What is... I am actually, like... It's, like, everyone, I guess, wants the spot. But I'm, like, what is going on? Like, I thought that, like, the Rangers were coming. Like, I thought the Rangers were going to have that spot.
00:19:15
Speaker
was so funny. Rangers were going to be extreme. Yeah, and after the Habs game, ah they were like interviewing whoever, Josh Anderson, or whatever, i don't care.
00:19:25
Speaker
But they were like, well, it's not confirmed yet, because like the Rangers haven't finished their game, so like we don't even know, actually, if you're in this wildcard spot. It's like, oh my gosh, you're such frauds, ignoring the fact that that was the Sens a month ago or whatever.
00:19:40
Speaker
like You're such frauds that you don't even have a cushion to say for sure if you're going to be in this wildcard spot. like The Sens are in the wildcard spot firmly right now.
00:19:51
Speaker
who Yeah, nobody seems to want that playoff spot except the fucking Habs. It's just like last year. it was like nobody wanted it. So nobody was winning. Everybody just kept losing all their games down the stretch. Like Columbus was in that wildcard spot for a while. And now they just keep losing. Like they're on a four game losing streak.
00:20:10
Speaker
I'm looking at NHL.com right now. Detroit also losing like crazy. They clearly don't want the playoff spot. New York, like, they they started the season really badly. Like, they they were really falling out of the standings.
00:20:27
Speaker
And then they came back. And now it's like, you're so close. And yet, like, you just you just keep losing. Yeah. You know, randomly the Islanders are here too. Like, I thought they got eliminated ages ago.
00:20:41
Speaker
i literally have not heard of anything to do with the Islanders this entire season. Like, I was like, what the heck? But yeah. But they're tied with Columbus now. Oh, yeah. And also they're like, oh, yeah, the Habs have been the hottest team since, like, whenever time. And it's like, why? Like, why is no one else thinking that they should win games?
00:21:00
Speaker
It's really frustrating. The Sens have been winning games. We're doing our part, but we need the other teams to also step up. her Yeah, it's been because it's also it's just like, I'm happy, obviously, that this is Oh, it's today the Habs are playing the Islanders. thats That's a good one. I hope the Islanders, please.
00:21:21
Speaker
Whoever is on that team, I have no idea besides Peugeot and Brock Nelson. Oh, Peugeot. We can count on Peugeot. Peugeot against the Habs? Let's fucking go. Okay, i yeah we're we're safe. We're safe in his arms.
00:21:35
Speaker
At least Detroit seems to be kind of falling out of the race. That's been big for me personally.
Senators' Rebuild vs. Canadiens' Playoff Delusions
00:21:41
Speaker
Yeah, especially because they were so, so close last year It'd be funny if they miss again.
00:21:49
Speaker
i'd be very happy to see that. Yeah, it's like, I was trying to think if one of those, if Montreal or Detroit made the playoffs, like, which would I prefer?
00:21:59
Speaker
Which would be, like, more devastating to me? don't know. feel like with Detroit, it's just funnier when they miss because they clearly think they deserve to be in the playoffs. They clearly think their rebuild is on the same time as Ottawa's. So it's like, it's extra painful for them, I'm sure, to see Ottawa make the playoffs when they miss them.
00:22:19
Speaker
So I think it's funnier that way. And I'm like, the Habs, their fans are always delusional. This doesn't change anything. But I do hate the Habs more. So pretty frustrating. Yeah, it's a toss up. It's also I think they're gonna turn on like, the Iserman. Like if... Yeah, sounds like people are. Finally. So like... I mean, we've been way ahead of that.
00:22:43
Speaker
Yeah, like... Like, it's so funny to be like, oh, my God, like, however many years later, be like, wait, he's not actually good. Like, yeah, guys, when you miss the playoffs all those years. OK, like the Stens were also missing the playoffs, but they had the good sense to then like fire people. You know what i mean? Like, I think the Red Wings fired their coach like a few years ago or something. But it's like.
00:23:09
Speaker
like Yeah, he's probably not a mastermind. Sorry to like break it to you. No, for so many years they were like, this is all part of the plan. Like, you just don't understand Steve Eisenman's mastermind plan and it's like, average rebuild.
00:23:23
Speaker
Like, yeah yeah, it is part of the plan to like, sell off good players for picks. That's what you do in a rebuild. so Don't know what to tell you.
00:23:35
Speaker
Mm-hmm. It's just like, I was just like so annoyed seeing it all the time because I was like, is there just something that I'm not getting here? Like, is this genius? And I hate to feel like deceived. I was deceived. I bought i bought into it slightly. I was like, maybe I'm missing something.
00:23:53
Speaker
no. It's like, it's always the easiest answer. It's always, no, he's not ah hockey genius. You guys are just really on Twitter, which is so fair. I'm really online. But it's like, at least like i see things mostly for what they are when it comes to like people who are bad at their jobs.
00:24:11
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. And I will say about the Habs, I do think it's a little bit funny that, like, you know, they're still at the phase where they'll probably benefit long-term from being low in the standings and getting good draft picks, and they're not doing that. So I can kind of laugh at them a little bit in that way, in the same way that people used to laugh at the Sens for going on runs late in the season.
00:24:32
Speaker
Like... At least there's that. They're always going to be mid. That's what the Habs have always been. Just a mid team that is in the playoffs some years and always on the bubble. And that was their problem for years and why they were never able to be actually good. And I don't think they have enough like good prospects yet for them to be like an actually good team.
00:24:54
Speaker
So maybe maybe this is okay in the end. But I still want them to just barely miss the playoffs by one point. because then it's like they don't even get like a high pick like absolutely perfect and then not get close to the playoffs next year yeah because it's like even the satisfaction of like the hope i'm like their fans don't deserve it i know it's like their fans are always delusional thinking that they're so good and the team's gonna turn the corner every month every any minute now and like oh you don't again it's like they don't even understand the concept of a rebuild they keep thinking like
00:25:28
Speaker
They always think it's possible for the Habs to go far in the playoffs because they're so used to... like I guess they just have such high expectations where they're like, oh, our teams always win the Cup.
00:25:39
Speaker
Our teams are always good. So they just believe it's going to happen. Not us. But it's funny because it's like... Yeah, they were in the cup final, ah like, literally four years ago or whatever. It's like, are you, like, I feel like you can still, like, kind of ride that high and be like, yeah okay, now it's time to, like, fully commit.
00:25:59
Speaker
Because it's like, obviously, like, they can't control what the team does, like, what the players do or whatever. And obviously, like, no fan is going to be like, no, no, don't make the playoffs. No, guys, like, we need a pick or whatever. But it's funny how, like, only been, like,
00:26:14
Speaker
four years since you lost in the cup final right so it's like like I feel like you're allowed to like you know what mean it's like you don't have to be like why are we turning in the corner I mean I'm like just too used to that as a Sens fan yeah being like no no you must be dad for like seven years at least but like I also feel like that cup final run definitely fueled their delusion even more. Oh yeah, because that was was not good team. The team is going to be had that bad and manage to make the cup final. Of course the Habs are the one team that get that lucky. And it it fuels their complex where they're like, oh yeah, our teams can just like win Stanley Cups all the time. It's not hard at all. Yeah. oh those so That whole thing was just so hilarious.
00:27:01
Speaker
Because also it's like, it's so funny still seeing like Habs fans and Leafs fans discuss that because it is truly like these women are having a mid-off. Like, okay. Like, it's so funny also. Yeah.
00:27:15
Speaker
The Sens know we're close to the playoffs any of those years, but I can still laugh at the other people for being delusional. It was all we had for so long. I wonder if us, like, our team is in the playoffs and we're still hating on the other teams. It's just like...
00:27:31
Speaker
a symptom of our team being so bad for so long that, like, we can't turn off the being haters. But also, like, it's sense-fan culture, you know? No, literally, it's like if anyone points out to me like, okay, well, why do you care about this team? Like, I feel like also Sens fans do that quite a bit where like, oh, if the Leafs are so good, like, why do you like if there's no rivalry, like, why do you tweet about us all the time? And it's like, oh, it's like we're annoying and stuff. But it's like and it's like now it's almost like reversal where it's like, why do we care? so And it's like, oh, it is like because you guys are annoying.
00:28:04
Speaker
Like, and that's why it's fun to tweet about it ah post about it. And it's like, there's only so much like brain space I can dedicate to my own team. It's like, I also care about the other teams in the sense that I care about other teams losing.
00:28:19
Speaker
yeah like, to be honest, so much of my brain in terms of like the space taken up by hockey, so much of it is sense. But the entire segment that sense right now is just like, yay.
00:28:29
Speaker
so like, there's a lot of extra space to just be like, I hate you and I hate you and I hate you. Yeah. And it's like, we're finally having our big moment. And all these like stupid fakers are trying to like steal our spotlight right now Literally.
00:28:48
Speaker
It's so rude of them. it's like yeah It's like, just let us have this. God. Do we talk about the trade now? don't.
00:29:01
Speaker
ah Something so bad happened. Something horrible happened, guys.
00:29:07
Speaker
So bad, we can barely even talk about it Oh my gosh. Where were you when you got the news that Josh Doris had been traded? Okay, where was I? I was at home. i was preparing to leave home, so I was very like on edge. I was already stressed, so i hadn't checked online.
00:29:29
Speaker
a lot of that day then ah like checked blue sky and I saw people talking about something like crazy this was before it actually went through but I was like there's just no way like why are they lying and it's so funny because like I didn't see any tweets or any posts like specifically saying like Josh Morris is gonna get traded it was just a lot of like people on our side of sense twitter being like no baby girl and but yeah that's pretty much where i was and then it just like slowly unfolded and unfolded and then it finally like happened and i was like oh god
00:30:12
Speaker
God, I and planned to spend the entire day at the library doing schoolwork, and I knew it was trade deadline day, but I was like, the Sens aren't really expected to make any huge trades, so you know, I'm just gonna, I'll keep Twitter open in one tab, might be a little bit distracted, but, like, it's fine, you know? I'll i'll still be able to get work done, and it was, like, almost as soon as I sat down and opened Twitter, I saw Twitter.
00:30:37
Speaker
I saw the rumors and I was like, oh God, I'm not getting anything done today. And i spent hours at that library just like scrolling like, no, no, no.
00:30:49
Speaker
Yeah, it meant so much to like, to borrow a phrase that I think, Someone said about like Flyers fans, like a small group of online progressives, like that was like, that was the worst day their lives.
00:31:08
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. And it's like, I don't know It's kind of weird to think about with being a little bit removed from the trade now, because when the rumors first started about Josh Norris potentially being on the trading block, it was like, well, that's stupid, right? Like,
00:31:24
Speaker
You know, kind of forgot that you could do player for player trades. You know, it's like, oh, you're shipping out Josh and Orris for a bunch of picks. Why would we need that? Like, we're making the playoffs. um You know, we, the team is terrible without him. So like, we need him in the lineup. Like, immediately you need to replace him if you trade him. Like, this is a bad idea. Like, do it during the summer. And then he needs to have ah the best end of the season ever. Like, I'm... i I'm picturing myself like holding him by his shoulders and shaking him being like, Josh, you need to be so good.
00:31:58
Speaker
yeah
00:32:00
Speaker
Like, Josh, Josh, listen to You need to have the best end of the season ever so that we could keep you. You know, that's kind of how I felt. And then as soon as I saw that the rumors were like, oh, the Sens want Dylan Cousins and they're including Josh Norris in the trade.
00:32:16
Speaker
And then it's like, okay, yes, that makes perfect sense. And I mean, i think it has actually been a slight consolation that the trade worked out so well from a hockey perspective. Still, still.
00:32:30
Speaker
Like, I get it, but that doesn't mean I have to be happy about it. The other thing is that people kept being like, this trade makes perfect perfect sense. Dylan Cousins is younger, healthier, um cheaper Josh Norris.
00:32:42
Speaker
And I was like, No!
Player Friendships and Team Culture
00:32:45
Speaker
He's different. I see him for his personality, not just how he plays on the ice. know.
00:32:54
Speaker
And oh my god, seeing Brady actually cry the locker ah And like, Emma Kachuk's Instagram story, where it was Josh with like, the baby.
00:33:08
Speaker
she was like, Uncle Josh? Like, what the fuck? We're tearing this family apart. It's so like, oh my gosh, like they literally are best friends. And when Brady was like, I asked him for all this stuff, like on ice, off ice, he's my go-to. And I was like, what are you guys talking about? sorry.
00:33:27
Speaker
and What advice could Josh Norris possibly provide off the ice? Because, like, for some reason, my brain immediately went to, like, well, Brady is a new father, so, like, parenting advice? And then I was like, wait, what?
00:33:38
Speaker
Josh has no children? I mean, like, I don't know Josh Norris in real life, but I feel like Josh Norris is the last person I would go to for anything!
00:33:52
Speaker
For any advice! Yeah, maybe I'd just be like... for a laugh or oh no remember he's so good at cooking steak and asparagus well actually did you see the video with tim stutz the with the nhl or the nhlpa where they did a video where they're like tim stutz that has so this many assists but who would he call for assists with various things and it was like you know who would you ask which teammate would you ask for help like building furniture moving cooking meals and like almost all of his answers were josh
00:34:26
Speaker
oh yeah like guys who is Timmy gonna ask for help now so funny because I wouldn't think that Josh Norris maybe he's just like a fun guy to have around you I know he must be you know or it's like and maybe he maybe he is super helpful and good at those things he just never came across like that I know, like, I'm picturing Josh Norris assembling furniture, and I'm like, there's no way he is the best guy on the team at doing that, you know?
00:35:02
Speaker
Like, this is definitely Timmy and Josh lived in the same building, and so he was conveniently there to build furniture, and now Timmy thinks he's good at it. But, like, he definitely took several days to build, like, one bookshelf.
00:35:14
Speaker
And Timmy was like, whoa, that's so impressive that you know how to do that. No, yeah, I think it's, like, very much probably a matter of, like, none of these guys know exactly how anything is done, so they're just like, Josh is so good at it!
00:35:26
Speaker
And it's like, I don't, like... Jimmy's furniture is all assembled completely incorrectly, but he's like, man, Josh, like, he looked at those instructions, and he built this furniture!
00:35:41
Speaker
He assembled the furniture, I don't think he built it completely. Oh my gosh, yeah, it's all, like, he's... Yeah, like, everyone is sitting on everything upside down or whatever. They're just like, did a really nice job on this all.
00:35:54
Speaker
But yeah, it's very, very sad to see him go. He was so fun and so loved in so many ways by so many. man and yeah, just messes with the team vibes so much.
00:36:07
Speaker
And so many people were like, well, maybe this will give them a good kick in the ass. So they remember that like players can get traded. It's a business. They need to win. These are the consequences of losing. And like, they're probably right. But still, I don't like it.
00:36:21
Speaker
It feels very much like if you don't get your grades up, I'm selling your puppy. And it's like, that's not proportionate response. Okay. If they had traded someone one else, like some other people I don't like, I would have been like, yeah, ship them off. I don't care.
00:36:38
Speaker
But Josh, like, oh my gosh. Like, I think, like, Prawn afterwards was like, yeah, like, if we win, this doesn't happen or whatever. and it's like, first all, that's not even true. Like, a lot of teams... Well, sorry. Like, I'm sure David Prawn knows more than me about, like, hockey as a business.
00:36:54
Speaker
But it's like, oh, I feel like a lot of teams, like, are good. And then they make their trades to get even better. and it's like... Yeah. I kind of feel like the injury problems were yeah A big part of it, like, maybe if Josh had a really, really good season, they would have been more reluctant to say Dylan Cousins is an upgrade, or at least, like, a lateral move.
00:37:17
Speaker
And, you know, because Josh wasn't playing as well, they were like, yeah, we'll we'll get the new guy instead. But, yeah. Yeah. And it's funny because like Buffalo fan reactions were just like, so good. Like we needed to get rid of cousins. And i was like, isn't this guy like 22? Or no, he must be older. But it's like,
00:37:39
Speaker
He's so, is he actually, is 22? When was he, wasn't he drafted like so recently? i know. And even when he came to Ottawa and he was like, I'm so excited to be on a team that's in the playoff hunt. And then all the Buffalo fans were like, you're the reason we're not in the playoff hunt. Like guys, have you seen where you are in the standings?
00:37:58
Speaker
I don't think it was one player making that difference. Yeah. Also, I've looked it up. He just turned 24 in February. So like still pretty young. you. Yeah.
00:38:10
Speaker
So, yeah, it was so weird. And it's like, your issues predate him by many years. Like, you guys, like, have not been really in the hunt for a while.
00:38:22
Speaker
um they're gonna be mean to Josh. I know. don't deserve him. was also like, Josh helped us get here and now he won't even get to enjoy know.
00:38:33
Speaker
And now is he still injured? Like, didn't he get injured? He, like, immediately got injured. It's so sad. yeah I know, like, that that's the thing that really gets me, the fact that, you know, Josh Norris was such good friends with all these players, played so well when he was healthy, and, like, you know, was finally going to enjoy the the results of all that and finally get the playoffs, and then he goes to Buffalo, a team that's never going to make the playoffs.
00:39:01
Speaker
It's so sad. I also imagine, like, feel like somewhere Pierre Dorian is like, no, he gave him eight billion dollars. Like, he saw something in that kid.
00:39:13
Speaker
Also, for those who are not Sens fans listening to this podcast, the entire reason that we traded for Josh Norris in the Eric Carlson trade was because he was Brady Kachuk's best friend.
00:39:25
Speaker
Like, San Jose at the time had objectively better prospects. And Dorian was like, no, I want Brady Kachuk's best friend. And that's why we got Josh Norris. He's only here because of that.
00:39:37
Speaker
Yeah. And now he got traded. Underratedly, so many, I feel like, of the early jokes where it's like everyone just like we had just trade for everyone's best friend. Because think that happened like a couple more times. And we were like, why did we not draft um JJ Paterka? Because he's Tim Stupas' best friend. So many like the bedrock was built on like the Eric Carlson like trade, like getting Josh Norris in that.
Impact of Trades and Future Hopes
00:40:01
Speaker
And like, there's so many memories. Like Mark Stone's house, I was thinking about recently. i was like, oh my god, like that feels like forever ago. But that's where he learned to cook steak, maybe.
00:40:13
Speaker
ah That pumpkin carving video that made us all love him, that changed everything. That's when we saw he had no thoughts at all. But yeah, it's like, it's it's nice though that like, there's definitely like, no ill will from like, anyone. Some people were like, some people like, reply, could we ah for like, Norris had to go, like, he was really injury prone and overpaid. And I was like, you guys aren't invited to the farewell party. But like, everyone else was like, Josh, like, we're gonna miss you, like all that stuff. So...
00:40:44
Speaker
Yeah. And I feel like, I actually feel like that sentiment has remained because the trade has worked out so well where it's like, oh, we miss Josh, but like, we're not mad at the team or anything. It's just like, oh, yeah, you know, it sucks a ja that it didn't work out with Josh Norris. Right. who And I just, yeah, anyone who is, who was like, immediately trying to be rational about it just being mean.
00:41:07
Speaker
Yeah, it's like, we can Like, yeah, you're allowed to be upset about a really fun and likable player being traded, even if you think it was objectively the correct decision. And, like, the other thing is, like, obviously you can be upset about a player of any caliber caliber being traded.
00:41:26
Speaker
Like, if Joel Faraby... when drill therapy got traded like you can be upset about that the fact we were making fun of flyers fans i know and we had no idea what was coming know but it's like we weren't making fun of them we were like you're no yeah you're like your favorite player can be any caliber like any line doesn't matter but like also like josh norris objectively was like good player so it's funny that people like no no he had to go like why are you even upset it's like He's literally like a fan favorite and also like played like second line or whatever. Like it's not like he was a rando like...
00:42:01
Speaker
And part of what made him so easy to root for was the injury struggles. that just like You know that he's such a good player and you just want him to get back to that. And it's so easy to root for him. It's such a good story, you know, be like, Josh has like struggled with so many injury problems and just like has had so many setbacks. And you just want him finally...
00:42:24
Speaker
finally be good and stay healthy, right? And I was rooting for that so much. And it's just, it's sad that we won't get to see that, you know? Like, it's really sad that, like, we won't get to see him, like, in the playoffs this season in or, like, in a Senators jersey. Like, that's so sad. Yeah. Like, I was kind of thinking of...
00:42:43
Speaker
if people remember in 2017, Clark MacArthur scored a huge overtime goal against Boston. I think it was the one that sent the sense to the second round. And it was such a big emotional moment because it was like, oh, Clark MacArthur, like it looked like his career was over at one point. Like he has struggled so much with injuries. And so to have him come back and score this massive goal, you know, this hugely, hugely important goal. And I could, I could so easily picture Josh Norris doing something like that, you know?
00:43:11
Speaker
yeah so it's very sad but again like it ended up I guess for now it's like been working out like Cousins has been good and like scoring and stuff we freed up cap space that helped us get Zetterlund who's been quite good so like him so that it like honestly ended up being like objectively like remove emotion from it I feel like it was like a good trade deadline for the Sens I feel like they did some good work And, like, I didn't want to like Cousins because I was upset, but actually he is very endearing to me. i do like him.
00:43:46
Speaker
I'm glad that he's so excited to be here. And I have enjoyed watching him play. And I do kind of appreciate not having to, like, constantly worry that he's going to get injured at any moment. I'm so sorry, Josh.
00:43:56
Speaker
I know it's not your fault. Yeah. Yeah, but like that's funny because like the only thing I really remembered about Dylan Cousins, like obviously before he got traded, was I remembered his World Juniors where he, whenever he touched the puck, they said the worker horse from Whitehorse.
00:44:11
Speaker
Yeah. whatever. And I that's like really funny, actually. um And then I remembered he had like such a good season a few years ago. Like I remember like he scored so many points and stuff and he like did it on Buffalo. So was like kind of nuts. Yeah. And I was pissed off because it was Buffalo. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Like I remember being like damn it, that should have been Josh Norris.
00:44:29
Speaker
um then I was under the impression that he had just been quietly good something this whole time but according to Buffalo fans he is Satan but then he came and was like he's been good so I don't really well maybe that's why he was so happy to leave if Buffalo fans were being so mean to him yeah that's why Josh looked so sad keep calling him Josh like he's my friend to me he's just Josh he'd be like Josh Norris No, he is just Josh. Like, he's the one player I can first name, I feel like.
00:45:03
Speaker
But yeah, it was so funny because, like, they were like, oh, like, Buffalo fans talking about Dillian Cousins were like, finally, he's off my team. It's like, he's been here for five minutes. Like, he's only been in Buffalo. a child.
00:45:16
Speaker
Like, how are you mad at him already? like what would it take for Sens fans, and I mean, our side of Sens fandom, to turn on a player that quickly? Like, we turn on players, but I don't know.
00:45:29
Speaker
i feel like most Sens fans were at least rooting for Josh Norris. Yeah, like, honestly, to think about, like, the whatever level of I feel like Suns fans are also famous, actually, for, like, being, like, no, no, this player who we drafted, like, he might be 24 and still, but he's gonna figure it out. And then he's gonna make it. Like, we just need to wait a little. Like, we just need to do X, Y, Z. And then he'll make it. Like, I feel like there's such, like, uh, at least from what i have seen, I feel like there's, like, a real reluctance to, like, ever give up on a player. yeah.
00:46:03
Speaker
Yeah, well, but then there's also the side of the fandom that's just like any highly skilled player they just hate. Like they hated Spezza, they hated Carlsen, they hate Shabbat, you know. But that's different, you know. That's, first of all, like well, no, I was going to say it's a very small portion of the fandom. i It's larger than I would like to think.
00:46:20
Speaker
But I think that's a very different attitude because that's like this player that everyone thinks is amazing. is actually bad and I can see this because I just hate skilled players. Whereas this is just like, this young player who had a down year sucks and he's the whole reason we missed the playoffs.
00:46:35
Speaker
Yeah, that's the thing. I feel like part of the reason fans fans don't tend to do that that much its because there is no shortage of reasons why we have missed the playoffs. Like, you could, like, we could probably list, like, at least 20.
00:46:50
Speaker
Like, for, like, many, many reasons. And I feel like it's, like, it's, hard then to' be like no it's our young it's our random young player he didn't have a good enough season and that's why it's like even before doing that we'd be like he wasn't developed properly it's this person's fault like it's like there's so many other people you can blame so it's interesting that buffalo fans were like dylan cousins you
Emotional Rollercoaster of Supporting the Senators
00:47:12
Speaker
evil you're evil then thing is, I kept getting mad at them, and I kept thinking, like, ah okay, well, have fun with Josh Norris, who's going to be injured half the season, and I felt so bad for thinking that, but it's like, they're going to hate him. They're going to be even more mad.
00:47:27
Speaker
Especially because Cousins is playing so well for Ottawa, and they're all like, oh, so now he's playing well. Like... Yes! Yeah, it's like, it makes sense. It's also like, yeah, bad teams are bad because most of their players are probably playing bad. Like, it probably wasn't like if everyone was firing on all cylinders, but like Dylan Cousins was just the one person who couldn't do it.
00:47:50
Speaker
It's like, you guys would probably be better right now. Like, it's definitely not all his fault. so silly but yeah like i guess yeah i haven't actually paid attention to buffalo fans the trade but i guess they're frustrated that josh more is least you my timeline yeah they don't deserve our princess they don't even know his lore probably they don't deserve his lore see a part of me is like i need to update buffalo fans on all the lore so that they can appreciate him properly but that i'm like they're never gonna appreciate him properly
00:48:24
Speaker
They really won't. They just don't get it and we have to play him this season too. There's a game against Buffalo. They can't handle it Oh my gosh. but the like is it Oh, but he'll be injured.
00:48:39
Speaker
is it in Ottawa Buffalo? do you know? i don't know. Because I'm thinking like the little clip show that they can put together, like there'll be no shortage of like awesome clips.
00:48:50
Speaker
I know, even the the goodbye video that the Suns posted was so emotional. think there's a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff. Because that's the thing, like he had great moments on the ice, but I feel like we're mostly going to remember off-ice stuff. Oh god, the game is next Tuesday.
00:49:07
Speaker
no. Yeah, that's the thing. It's like he was injured so often that he got to star in so much content. Yeah. Well, I feel like most of the content was when he was healthy, though. Oh, yeah. That's fair. That's fair. Yeah. He's just starving looks in the press box.
00:49:23
Speaker
That's the thing. That's literally what I was thinking about. Like, his little scarf is like the content i was thinking about. um And one time when he dropped his By the the game is Buffalo. ah okay. So we won't get to see the video.
00:49:34
Speaker
But yeah, remember that time he dropped his soup? There's so much. Yeah. Man, or when he like, when Brady was doing an interview on Hockey Night in Canada and he showed up in the background and just pulled funny faces. Like, okay, but also the Sabres do come to Ottawa on April 1st.
00:49:53
Speaker
No. We have to play them twice. Next Tuesday. I'll bet Dylan Cousins is going to play well in those games. Oh, yeah. See, as soon as a player, like, was on bad terms with, or, like, the fans hated him, and, like, they're being really mean, and he was treated badly by his old team, and then he comes to Ottawa, I'm always, like, okay, he is my favorite little guy. Like, I love him now. um It's, like, what I've said about, you know, i get attached to players that Sens fans hate.
00:50:22
Speaker
I'm, like, okay, if people don't appreciate him, I will. Yeah. It's, like, it makes it so easy to be, like, oh my gosh, like, you guys are mean. Like, and it's like, it's like built-in adversity, kind of. It's like, I will defend and protect you So yeah, but yeah, so far Sens fans are very happy with Dylan Cousins, so nothing to protect him from yet.
00:50:44
Speaker
But I am protecting him from the Sabres fans, who are being so mean. Yeah, it's true. get like I still don't fully you get it. i need to like find Sabres fan's full thoughts on it or something.
00:50:56
Speaker
There's got to be like an article that's like, why do these people on Twitter hate Dylan Cousins so much? I know. I feel like they're just, they're probably angry all the time because Buffalo is so bad. Like, I know from experience, when your team is that bad, you just, the the online spaces are not fun.
00:51:14
Speaker
Well, it's like either you just decide to have fun with it, or you just become miserable. And I think most Sabres fans have become miserable, which is fair given that they have experienced more misery over a longer period of time than Sense fans.
00:51:29
Speaker
Yeah. It's like they need a ah sickos season, you know? They need they need to be joking around. They do need to be joking around. They need content creators. They probably have them and I just like don't see them.
00:51:42
Speaker
But like they need to have probably more content creators online. Because if they're getting that upset, I feel like they don't have people creating funny enough and like bringing enough levity To be fair though, some Sens fans, like when we were like so so bad, like five minutes ago, they were just pissed all the time. Even though like there was some fun stuff happening on Sens Twitter, they didn't care. They were just like, trade everyone. It's like, okay, you guys, like maybe that's the Buffalo fans we're seeing. Because it's like I feel like those guys do hang out in the replies of tweets.
00:52:13
Speaker
of like trade announcement tweets. Yeah, that's the thing. If you're basing your opinion on Buffalo fans on like who is angrily replying to your tweets, it's like, I don't think the Buffalo fans who are just vibing and appreciating Dylan Cousins are are the ones doing that, you know? Yeah.
00:52:29
Speaker
So this, so everything we said not apply to like fun and normal Buffalo fans. Just the weirdos. So yeah. And also goodbye Jacob Bernard Docker.
00:52:41
Speaker
Yeah, I really like him. I like him not much as but as a person. Yeah, all of us, I like him. It's also like, oh, he's one of Shabbat's sons.
00:52:53
Speaker
Like, what's great for Thomas Shabbat? His family is just... getting sent away. He is so strong and so brave. really is. God.
00:53:04
Speaker
Anyways, that's all we had to say about the trade. Simple episode this time. we are happy about the Sends. We're angry about the Havs. We're sad about Josh Norris. I feel like that kind of just describes our state most...
00:53:18
Speaker
Like when the Sens are doing well, that's kind of just like where we're at as a baseline. Even when Josh Norris is not getting traded, something about him just makes me a little sad sometimes. Yeah, it's funny because whenever the Sens were bad, i was always like, oh.
00:53:32
Speaker
I'm so tired of this discourse. I can't wait to have more fun conversations. Now the Sens are good. I'm just like, cool. Sens are good. Like, I've spoken to other podcasters and, like, content creators for the Sens who say the same things. Like, there's shockingly little so little to say about the Sens right now. Because it's just like, keep keep it up, boys. Yeah. It's like, yay. Woohoo.
00:53:56
Speaker
Yay. But hopefully we will have more to say the playoffs start. Yeah. start If the Sens aren't in it, the playoffs will not start.
00:54:08
Speaker
It's true. Yes. The whole I'm sorry. i Like, that's so severance. It's like the league is severance such that we only remember things when the Sens are in the playoffs.
00:54:19
Speaker
Bro, that's a good analogy. yeah Yeah, do you have any, like, ah preferences? Are you already thinking about who they might play in the playoffs? he les eye like I think once they hit that 77 point mark, it was like five points ahead ah of the, you know, next team, I was like, okay...
00:54:39
Speaker
I feel safe. Now it's time to think about who I want them to play. Because, like I said, I feel like they could take Washington, but they'd have to move down to the second wildcard spot. So I don't really want that to happen. yeah Florida scares me, but also like they have made the final two years in a row. So I'm like, maybe... Sometimes with those teams, it's like they either lose in the first round or they make it the final again, you know? So maybe...
00:55:06
Speaker
I don't really want to face Tampa. Honestly, i am ready for Toronto. Okay, like... in like my like the like part of my brain where like I keep my like deepest darkest dreams I'm like I want them so bad to play Toronto and just like beat them it would be the best like thing that's ever happened to me I'm so happy I'd be so happy I'm also surrounded by like a decent number of Leafs fans in my life so like from a personal life perspective it would honestly be like I can't talk to these people for a little bit about hockey specifically like I'd still be like hi how are you blah blah but I'd be like
00:55:39
Speaker
ooh, we're enemies in one specific category, but like it would just be so amazing if they could beat Toronto. On the flip side, if they lose to Toronto, I'd be devastated. see that's the thing. I feel like, and I've thought this for years, especially before Toronto won a playoff series,
00:55:56
Speaker
I just kept thinking, like, if they lose, that would be the worst thing that's ever happened to me. But if they win, that would be the best thing that's ever happened to me. And because of that, I would just be too stressed to, like, appreciate being in the playoffs. Like, that doesn't sound fun to me. That sounds really stressful. But now, because the Leafs have won a playoff series, it's like, okay, there's not that risk of we give them their first playoff series win.
00:56:22
Speaker
You know, it's been a long time. Sens aren't necessarily... expected to win so I'm like even if they lost like obviously it would be terrible but i feel like it wouldn't be as awful as it would have been like before but oh my god if they win that would be like the best thing so now I'm on board and also I feel like they would have a good chance against Toronto so many Toronto fans are terrified they've been talking about it terrified of having to play the Sens so I I am on board with this
00:56:53
Speaker
Yeah, like I think Toronto just has like a certain like, there's so like, like the fan base all like it all just screams very like fragile. And I'm like, I feel like that is so easily exploited. Like, I really think that the fans could do it. But yeah, the fact...
00:57:08
Speaker
Like, if they gave them their first win since, like, whenever ago. Well, it was literally, wasn't it 2004? Yeah. Which was when they beat the Sens? Yeah, I'd like... Yeah, no. Like, it would be terrible.
00:57:19
Speaker
But, like, now, yeah now that, like, Tampa fell on the sword a couple years ago or whatever, like, they've kind of, like, taken that embarrassment factor away. So, i think it'd just be, like, a fun one.
00:57:31
Speaker
i think it'd also just be, like, objectively, like, a Battle of Ontario first round would be, like, a good... like that'd be that would be that would be like the series to watch which is what the sens deserve their first playoff series in million years deserves to be must watch television we deserve to be canada's heroes because we're playing the leaps you know h like i it really does so that's like what i'm hoping for just from like Yeah, I think, like, the Sen beat the Leafs.
00:58:03
Speaker
Obviously, like, that's what everyone wants, like, in theory, but it's like, that's my dream. Yeah, but then there's also this part of me that's like, every year, i am so stressed watching the Leafs series because I am rooting against them so hard. I'm like, they need to lose. so the idea like even if it's not their first ever win I'm like oh my god if they make it to the second round and I have to be stressed hoping for them to lose and it's because of the Sens and of course the whole country is rooting against the Leafs so we'll let them all down like it's it'll it would be very intense yeah it'd be very stressful but I'm at the same time I'm like you know what playoffs are supposed to be stressful like not that stressful like not like oh my gosh like my heart so I'm like okay there's a part of me where I'm like I could do without
00:58:47
Speaker
But like I'm like, you know what? like They deserve to enter with a bang. like They deserve to just... I just feel like it would be perfect. The fact that they used to lose to the Leafs all the time. like What a way to usher in a new era by you know beating the Leafs your first appearance in the playoffs. like God, i want it Yeah.
00:59:08
Speaker
Again, I'm getting greedy. I'm like, I already have the playoffs. Now I want like the perfect matchup. And I want all the teams I hate to not make it But I need it. Yeah. ah I'm so excited.
00:59:19
Speaker
um and Watch them. like They cannot blow this in the sense of like, they need to make the playoffs. Like, that, like, going god like we said at the beginning. I can so see them. Like, they're going to lose their next five and it's going to get to the point where it's like, they're only ahead by like two or three points just to make us stressed for the rest of the season.
00:59:39
Speaker
Literally, like, those percentage points haunt me. Oh my god. Yes, so anyways, we will see you all for our next episode, which will either be the saddest episode of any podcast you will ever listen to or ah playoff preview. Probably. like Probably we will not get another episode out until...
01:00:08
Speaker
We know whether the Suns have made the playoffs or not. So stay tuned for that. We've got some exciting stuff, some ideas bouncing around for what we're going to do.
01:00:19
Speaker
should be very fun. on that note, thank you all so much for listening. Subscribe to the podcast. Follow us on Twitter and Blue Sky. our podcast account is EliteSenseBrain.
01:00:32
Speaker
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01:00:43
Speaker
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01:00:54
Speaker
Bye. Bye.