The SBP Archives - Your less than frequent dose of SBP!

Jason Spezza's OT goal against Montreal will be remembered for some time. That has to rank as the prettiest goal ever scored by an Ottawa Senator...It was a pretty sloppy effort overall though against the Habs, a lot of mistakes were made, but it made for a fun game...With all due respect to Chris Phillips, announcer Dean Brown really shouldn't refer to him as a "Team Canada hopeful"...A few months later and I'm still giddy knowing Dany Heatley wears an Ottawa uniform...And speaking of Dany, he trimmed those curly locks and I read he's visiting the dentist to lose his gapped-tooth grin, a Heatley trademark. C'mon Dany, if it ain't broke, don't fix it...Not much to complain about the 8-0 Toronto Maple Leafs spanking on Saturday, Ottawa did a good job in exposing the thin defence roster Toronto has...I'll give credit to Darcy Tucker to try to motivate his team by trying to throw some hits, but I couldn't help but laugh when he accidentally ran into Anton Volchenkov and laid out on the ice like he was hit by a car. At the same moment, the camera was put on Tie Domi who was returning to the ice and he looked ridiculous with his bloodied, broken nose courtesy of Brian McGrattan, which illicited another SBP laugh. A comedy of errors indeed...Yes Leafs fans, I know it isn't the playoffs...Mike Fisher had the best game of the season thus far on Saturday, no doubt listening to the challenge brought forward by Coach Bryan Murray. He probably also noticed he was not included on Team Canada's short list, despite playing in the 2005 World Championships...Funny how at work today, hardly a mention of Ottawa's loss to the Flyers, it was all 8-0, 8-0, 8-0. It's all good...Or is it? The Sens completely blew their load the night before, they came out flat and Philly made them pay for it. Maybe one of those "lessons" the team needs to learn as they build towards the playoffs...Thanks to the A Channel and Senators for showing America's Lousiest Home Videos instead of the game last night...If you're looking to go to the Tampa game on November 3rd, use the code TAMPA on capitaltickets.com for some discounts...Looks like the Brandon Bochenski experiment will soon be over, Martin Havlat will be back on Wednesday and Bochenski has been struggling to score ever since the pre-season ended. He's trying, but maybe a trip to Binghamton is what the doctor ordered. And the prospect of a Havlat-Spezza-Heatley line, wow, that could become the best line in the NHL