...is a playoff spot. Okay so maybe I'm better off asking for a pony, but please entertain me for a second if you will.The Senators are currently sitting 7th (SEVENTH!) in the NHL. They aren't just in the playoffs, they've got a cushion! (please don't mention 35 GP, it's Christmas, just let me go with it)At 17-14-4 the Senators are 3 games over .500 (I don't understand the math either...

So I wake up today and the Sens and Leafs are tied for 8th in the standings. Can anyone help me out here? Are the Senators overachieiving or are the Toronto Maple Leafs failing miserably? (remember when they were first place in the league? Fun times!) For a team picked by most to be the cellar dwellers of the East this season (with the exception of the Winnipeg franchise formerly...

I was thinking the Western Conference would be a nice place to play, what about you? Another season of Senators hockey is upon us and if you're not excited to see this team return to the ice (only 4 years removed from a Stanley Cup final), well I don't know what to say. That's right, only 4 years ago the Senators were at the top of the Eastern Conference, finally breaking through...

The radio apocalypse is coming... have you picked a side? With the debut of TSN radio this week the Toronto sports radio scene is about to get crowded. For some time now the two combatants, Rogers and Bell, have been massing their armies of on air personalities in anticipation of the upcoming war for the airwaves. Much like the NHL, which is the bread and butter of sports talk radio...

In case you haven't noticed the Senators have been active leading up to the trade deadline.Mike Fisher... gone.Chris Kelly... gone.Under the directive of the Euge, the Senators are finally ready for a rebuild. (and only 3 seasons late!) They're looking to deal anything and everything in an effort to stock the cupboards with picks and prospects.As part of that process the...

(warning: the opinion expressed in this post is that of the author (@DHSpeedwagon) and doesn't represent the thinking of Scarlett Ice as a whole. Please feel free to complain about it in the comments)Late last week in the twitterverse Matt Carle of the Philadelpha Flyers (@mattcarle25) tweeted the following:"Also, would like to donate some $$$ to a local charity, if I get 10k followers...

I still remember that Tuesday afternoon in late august when word broke late in the day the Ottawa Senators traded for you. I had just left my office and was going to Guelph for the evening and spent the entire ride listening to the trade being broken down on my radio. It was earlier that afternoon when Ottawa made news with the re-signing of "star player" Marian Hossa only to turn...

image taken from http://www.ryancatania.com/***Co-Editors note: Apologies for the lack of maintenance over the summer, once again renewed promise for regular maintenance here now that the regular season is upon us. Look at the shiney new banner my blogger mommy has put up for us! GO SENS GO!I come to you today with a confession. I, Dany Heatley Speedwagon am not excited for the upcoming...

Our misery has ended. In what was pretty much expected by most people in the MSM and the interweb series of tubes, the Ottawa Senators bowed out in the first round of the playoffs to the defending Stanley Cup Champion, Pittsburgh Penguins. In the process of losing in 6 games, many of them being closer than one would have thought, the Sens proved to be pretty much the team most people...

(Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)Guys? This wasn't supposed to happen.I know the Penguins weren't exactly lighting it up going into the playoffs but let's be honest...neither were we. They're the defending Stanley Cup Champions. Sidney Crosby. Evgeni Malkin. Marc-Andre Fleury. They were supposed to stomp all over us and I was emotionally prepared for it. Usually, when the playoffs...

Yes, I've decided to get off of my lazy ass and make with the wordsmithing . I don't think it would be proper to usher in the return of playoff hockey to this Nation's capital without a few words from your humble scribe.It's bad enough I didn't post to recognize the awesomeness that is Daniel Alfredsson. He continues his walking-on-water ways by punching the clock for his 1000th...

I could sit here and spew to you any number of reasons for my lack of work around this place but none of them are very good. I'll just say this, since I've discovered twitter I've been noticably absent from this corner of the interweb series of tubes. Instant thoughts and reaction with people as well as numerous comedy pyramids are very distracting. That said I don't want to forget...

Although the recent lack of activity might make you believe otherwise. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it's been about month since this place has seen any action and for that I sincerely apologize. A while back I made a renewed effort to get this place up and running again and as you can see--I am obviously not a woman of my word. Real life has gotten in the way too many times and for...

That's right humble reader, it's time for ye olde blogger's faithful crutch, live bloggy goodness. The Senators roll into the other capital city tonight to take on the Washington Capitals and their newly minted Kapitan, Alex The Eight. Game starts at 7pm EST on TSN, the fun should get underway here just before 7. (I'll probably still be eating at 6:45) Please join...

It's been a bit of an up and down for us at Scarlett Ice. I've tried to renew my enthusiasm for posting with little success and can do nothing but lament my lack of contributions to the blog. I have good intentions, honest. Every time I tell myself I am going to start posting again, that little thing called life and work gets in the way.Still, that doesn't mean I can't wish all of...

It's Ottawa at Los Angeles. It's late at night. It's late night live bloggy goodness. Join us please, won't you, for all the hilarity. TSN is carrying the game Thursday at 10:30pm EST and the goodness gets underway 15 mintues before puck drop, as usual. Hopefully some people can brave the late hour and maybe let their friday work day suffer just a little for the sake of bringing...

I'm live tweeting the Blue Jackets, Senators tonight. You may now continue reading the rest of the bloggy goodness (non-live version) below.

(Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)Yesterday I sat down and thought to myself “I have been a bad blog parent”. As much as I love DHS picking up the slack and contributing, suffice it to say this place has been collecting far too much dust for my liking. We worked really hard to make this place a safe haven for depressed Senators fans and we’ve been falling behind on the content...

Yes it's true. The once pretty face of Pascal Leclaire you see above, is no more. The Senators netminder suffered an injury during last night's game against the Capitals. It would appear their may in fact be some kind of hex surronding the position of Ottawa Senators netminder as Leclaire wasn't actually participating in the game at the time the injury occurred. A clearing attempt...

I'm live tweeting the Battle of Ontario tonight. Yes, I'm to lazy to set up the chat window.

That's right kids... the Ottawa Senators are going to the city of brotherly love to battle their former brother in arms. Ray Emery will be backstopping the Philadelphia Flyers when the Senators come to visit thursday night. I can't think of a better excuse for a live blog (except maybe I don't seem to post much else lately). So come one come all, bring the funny. All the usual...

Ottawa Senators take on the Tampa Bay Lightning it what appears to be a weekly occurence now. Puck drops at 7:30pm EST, TSN2. As usual the live blog fun will start 15 minutes before puck drop. Please join us won't you? Some of the regular OBC rabble will be making an appearance as well maybe some of those fine folks from the BoO and the always hilarious Stay Classy crew. Remember...

The "B" stands for Band-AidThe Boston Bruins bring their travelling road show to the Bank tonight. They are coming in a banged up team and this might bode well for a Senators squad that for the past few seasons has struggled against the big bad Bruins. (1-5 against the Bruins last year) Boston is 4-4-1 on the young season and trying to re-establish themselves as a premier team in...

Now I'm sure many of you may have seen this somewhere before (and done a whole lot better), but I assure you, immitation is the sincerest form of flatery and originality is not my strong suit. In honour of the Senators taking on the Habs tonight for the first time with J Mart behind the bench I present to you the many faces of J Mart. For a guy with a reputation for being pretty...

What I like to call "the better half"... of the deal1. That was the kind of game I've been waiting for. Everyone seemingly clicking together. Balanced scoring. Complete game (more or less). 2. All Hail Michalek. (Making the seperation anxiety that much easier)3. Matt Carker desperately needs a nickname. (I vote M.C. Hammer... please Carkner don't hurt 'em)4. As much as I like shorthanded...