Sniffles Outbreak in Ottawa: Waaambulance Dispatched

by Chemmy on Mar 8, 2010 10:57 AM EST in Negative Nancy Notebook

Short NNN today, this article was as dull as it is long.

In a game full of plot lines, including the heating up of the nasty Battle of Ontario rivalry and an unlikely outstanding goaltending performance by Senators goaltender Pascal Leclaire, the main story was about how the Senators managed to survive a wild flu bug. - Ottawa Citizen

Full of plot lines? Flu bug: check. Leafs continue to dominate Senators despite being worse team: check. Pascal Leclaire turning in a decent performance already relegated to "unlikely" by Ottawa media: check.

I'd take aim at the flu bug but I'll never top Owen Nolan so here it is Ottawa fans: boo hoo.

Without getting overly graphic, countless Senators spent as much time in the bathroom as on the ice, leaving coach Cory Clouston juggling his lineup simply to find enough healthy bodies.

Do any of you know that guy who always says "I'd say something but I won't" as if there's some amazing dirty joke lurking just under the surface? That guy never has an amazing joke buried under there. There's nothing overly graphic about describing the flu. "The Senators had the flu whose symptoms include nausea and diarrhea". Someone fetch the women of Ottawa some fans lest they faint from this graphic material!

"I’ve never seen anything like it," said defenceman Andy Sutton

Sutton was referring to playing in a building full of fans. He shouldn't have been entirely surprised as Nassau Coliseum is pretty full of Leafs fans when Toronto is in town too.

Clouston credited Leclaire for "tracking the puck well" and that he should build confidence from the effort.

Leclaire tracked the puck well? I'll let Phil Kessel and Nikolai Kulemin do the talking for me on this one:

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Boo Hoo sums it up pretty well hehe. Glad to see the Leafs are full of piss and vinegar even if they are short on talent right now

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by Matt_Roberts on Mar 8, 2010 11:02 AM EST reply actions

I am mad I didn’t take a picture of the stands from my seat. I was in the 3rd row of the 300 level, so I had a good view of the blue and white stands with a sprinkling of red (maybe about 30%)… I always bring my camera but then never remember to use it.

Phaneuf Phever, an upgrade in skill and alliteration!

by Shield on Mar 8, 2010 11:37 AM EST reply actions

They showed the stands after Kulemin sealed the deal and there were entire sections of only Leafs fans visible on TV.

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by Chemmy on Mar 8, 2010 11:39 AM EST up reply actions

Good. It being Ottawa, they didn’t show a single Leaf fan on the screen their. They didn’t even show Sjostrom or Mitchell going to the dressing room, or the replay of why the goal was disallowed, or anything. It was tres annoying.

Phaneuf Phever, an upgrade in skill and alliteration!

by Shield on Mar 8, 2010 11:42 AM EST up reply actions

i was in Florida for the past week, and I was out that night partying with a girl from Orlando and a Guatemalan guy. the game was on the TV in the bar.

There is now 1 more person who hates the Senators in both Orlando and Guatemala. You’re welcome, world.

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by kessticle on Mar 8, 2010 12:20 PM EST reply actions

Ottawa… come for the flu bug, stay for the… the… well, I don’t know what the hell for, really.

leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.

by stucky on Mar 8, 2010 12:29 PM EST reply actions

They’re not just complaining about the flu though. Some Sens blogs have pounced on Colton’s Orr’s gesture as the most unsportsmanlike thing since someone shot a puck at a future Hall of Famer, replete with inspid and lame comments from pom-pom wavers such as Ian Mendes and co.

What will the excuses be if (when?) they lose to Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver?
Let me guess…it was the goaltending and those teams were really, really mean.

by BesterThanYesterday on Mar 8, 2010 3:34 PM EST reply actions

The quote from one of the Sens players was funny though. Something like ‘I don’t know why he was holding up three fingers, maybe that’s how many shifts he had.’

by Mirinov's Nose on Mar 8, 2010 5:36 PM EST up reply actions