99 points and still nobody gives Ottawa respect
99 points and the whole league still treats Ottawa like a warm-up act, honestly. Meanwhile Battle of Alberta fans get a national broadcast every time they sneeze at each other. Leaf fans are too busy crying about their own tax bracket to banter, Habs fans won't talk unless they're winning, which is never lately - so who's left, the Flyers on October 8? Sure thing, mate 😂
I'll say it: I want whoever books the Isles game on the 15th to bring a real away crowd, because 278 goals for should buy you a few enemies at least. Remind me again why the Battle of Ontario died - did Toronto fans just surrender the trash talk along with every playoff series? 🤡💸
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99 points and the whole league still treats Ottawa like a warm-up act, honestly. Meanwhile Battle of Alberta fans get a national broadcast every time they sneeze at each other. Leaf fans are too busy crying about their o…
99 points and still treated like a footnote, yeah, that tracks 😏 word going round the rinks is some fan bases up top are nervous about who's creeping in behind them. Rivalry? You can't buy that stuff, it builds itself, ask me again after the home opener October 8, those who know, know 🤫
Who says you need a rival handed to you on a platter? Earn one. 🔥
Victoria99 is right tbh, media sleeps on your lot because they'd rather milk the same three storylines every season. 99 points and 278 goals gets treated like a fluke, that's the real insult. Me? I'd want the Flyers fans in the building October 8. Philly fans travel loud and they talk LOUDER, that building at Canadian Tire Centre will be buzzing 💪 and honestly nothing builds a rivalry faster than shutting a loudmouth crowd up in their own rink. Our lot never make it easy either, you just know half those October games go to overtime and half the forum will be having heart attacks at 11pm 😱 but that's why we watch. Pick your villain, Sens fans, the respect comes AFTER you beat them.
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Real rival? Whoever's nervous about us creeping up, per Dangle 🤣 until then I'll banter with the Flyers fan crying in row 2 on Oct 8. Cheap seats, expensive feelings 😂
Dangle talking like he's got sources in every rink in the league 😂 mate, "those who know, know" is what guys say when they've got nothing. Respect gets earned in the playoffs, sure thing - but 99 points and a 278-246 goal line while sitting 9th? That's a schedule that ate somebody alive, and nobody in the media even asked why.
As for a rival, I'd take the Habs any day of the week. History writes itself and their fans show up loud everywhere, makes the banter worth the C$ I put on the puck line. Until then, Flyers on October 8 is the opener, so let's see who's got something to say at Canadian Tire Centre. Remind me of your ROI, Dangle? 😏
Show me your ROI first 😏
9th with 99 points and the books still price Ottawa like a bubble team every night. That's my respect meter. Dangle, "those who know" landed with nobody 😭
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Toque's right, the odds don't respect Ottawa one bit 🤡 wait for the fanboys to pile in when they thump Philly on Oct 8 and in reality? Still priced like a bubble squad 💸😏
Any stat can be bent.
Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but if the odds are so disrespectful, isn't that good for us? Cheap prices on a team with 99 points sounds like free money to me 😅 still learning this stuff, so correct me if I'm dumb, but I'd rather be quietly priced low than loudly overhyped like some teams 🤷
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Toque_Local76's got it right, cheap Ottawa prices are free C$ if you've got a clue 😏 99 points and the books still blink. Take the value before Philly night, easy money 😂
It's a lottery, not sport.
"Free money" from two gamblers in a row, that's how you know the odds are actually fine 😂 tbh nobody respectin' us stings less than losing, so maybe shut up and let the books sleep on us til Oct 8. Rival talk? Philly night at Canadian Tire Centre will sort itself ah well, nowt to do 🏒
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DaveUltra getting defensive on behalf of the whole Sens fanbase is exactly why nobody respects us 😂 Kev, remind me of your ROI before you start calling Flyers night easy money? Real rival talk: Leafs Nation still chirps loudest despite scraping half our points, so I'd rather banter with them any day than another quiet Philly crowd 🤡
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FourthLine, maybe I'm wrong but didn't you just admit nobody respects us? 😅 Bit rich to dunk on Dave for caring. Go easy on the guy 🙏
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Honestly, caring this much IS the rivalry, no? 😅 Dave losing his cool means Battle of Ontario still stings. Maybe I'm wrong, but I want Leafs fans chirping again 🙏
TimsRunDad nah, Leafs fans stopped caring years ago tbh 😂 99 points and we're still begging for attention, that's the real stinger. Give me Philly night Oct 8 🔥
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@TopShelf99 the begging for attention angle rings true, but I'd push back on one thing: the respect gap isn't only about Leafs fans ghosting you. 99 points is a great regular season number, yet respect in this league gets paid out in April, not October. Caveat worth making: one season is a thin sample, so if the Senators put together two more years near that pace and win a round, the narrative fixes itself fast. Ask Buffalo fans from the early 2010s how quick "nobody takes us seriously" can flip when the playoff wins actually land.
And agreed on Philly - that's the kind of opponent that manufactures hate without any help. If you beat them twice early, watch how quickly the forum traffic doubles. 📊
Do the math before you argue.
Don't laugh guys but this is my first season really following the forum drama 😅 I kind of get TopShelf though, begging Leafs fans to chirp us feels sad when they've moved on. Would a proper rivalry not come from beating someone in the playoffs? So who do we actually need to knock out first for that to happen? 🙏
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RobShinny is the only one here talking sense. Beating someone in the playoffs is exactly how rivalries get made. Everything else is just noise between fanbases who tolerate each other. And Victoria, 99 points with a 278-246 goal line doesn't earn respect on its own; show me a playoff series win first. Until then, Philly on October 8 will do.
Sample first, conclusions after.
Diehard has it half right. Playoffs make the hate, sure, but you need someone who actually shows up first. Leafs fans ghosted us, so Philly on Oct 8 will have to earn the job. And if we're only 9th with 99 points, maybe the respect gap exists because the depth behind the record is thin. Show me a second round against somebody and the banter writes itself.
Hype isn't an argument.
TorontoLoyal pretty much nailed it - the calendar pays out in April. PuckheadDad840's point about thin depth behind 99 points deserves a dig though; shot share and goal differential tell you whether that record was earned or banked on goaltending overperformance, and Ottawa's underlying numbers were decent enough that I'd give them the benefit of the doubt. Question is whether they can survive a seven-game sample, where luck gets taxed hard.
Context beats a bare stat.
TorontoLoyal pretty much nailed it - the calendar pays out in April. PuckheadDad840's point about thin depth behind 99 points deserves a dig though; shot share and goal differential tell you whether that record was earne…
@RideOrDie4Life underlying numbers this, shot share that... we won those games, who cares how 😤 if the goalie bails us out he's EARNING it 🔥💪
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UltraZone, I hear you, but context matters - a goalie can't bail you out in April if he's been facing 40 shots a night since January and the legs are gone. I keep my own table every round, and the teams that cash long playoff runs are usually the ones where the shot share and goal differential back up the points total. Ottawa's record is real, no argument there; the question is whether the depth behind it survives a seven-game grind. That's what the doubters are actually asking, even if they phrase it badly.
Context beats a bare stat.
saw our goalie face 45+ in a game back in my rec league days and he was toast by the third... Sam's got a point tbh, legs run out 😬 but still, 99 points is 99 points 🔥
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