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"I don't know why fans would bother to go to the rink to boo Alexei Yashin," said his agent, Mark Gandler. "The people need to get over it. They've got to forget what's happened in the past and enjoy going there to see good hockey. Alexei enjoyed his time in Ottawa." Ah, we're over it, we just need to remind Alexei he's a money-grubbing, over-paid bum who used Ottawa as a means to get one of the most ridiculous contracts in NHL history. And hey, it's fun...If you traded Jason Spezza and Zdeno Chara for Alexei Yashin today, you would be fired...Ottawa's top attendance was reached last night with 19,700+ paid customers, but for some reason they didn't use the word "sellout"...Ottawa has scored 31 goals in their last 5 games; I'd like to take the time to thank Bryan Smolinksi for contributing 1...The best line in hockey is the Alfredsson-Spezza-Heatley line...Coach Bryan Murray must be a front-linner for coach of the year. You might argue the Sens have so much talent they can't help but be a winning team, but Murray has been vocal to his players and he has their ear. He's not afraid to call them out if they've been underperforming and it works; witness Havlat's 6 goals since coming back from his suspension, and Mike Fisher's strong play since returning from injury...Is Chris Neil going to reach the 40 goal plateau? Well, probably not, but hey, give him credit for playing the best hockey of his career...In more NHL scheduling ineptness, Ottawa doesn't play again until Thursday. With a lot of games being crammed in during the months of February and March to accomodate the Olympic break, this really doesn't make much sense. This also hurts the Sens because man, they're on a roll...The question isn't if Dany Heatley will break Marian Hossa's 13 game point-streak record, but how many games he'll go before it ends. And aside from his great play, did you watch the highlights of him being mic'd by TSN on Wednesday? He was singing (poorly), making fun quotes, just having a ball. Welcome to Ottawa Dany, the fans in this city already love you.