Ok, I stumbled upon this page because I heard of rumours of Muckler being fired.
I myself am a diehard sens fan and would HATE it if he got fired.
I'd just like to point out a few things to you guys. The sens may not be a great playoff team but this year they finally pulled it together and gave it their all. They didn't "fall apart" in the final round, they simply got shut down. Their top defensive line cracked down on our offensive line like a whip and our contributors were 2-4. Then they take out the player who did the best the entire round. (even though he was on 4th line) Ottawa was jsut not used to the tough checking.
but anyways. Muckler physically could not get the good players this year before the trade deadline. We got comrie, great, he did lots for us. But we were already pushing the budget. We tried to aquire gary Roberts from florida, but guess who the coach/ gm of that team is.... Jaques Martin. Our former coach who we FIRED. He wouldn't give him to us. Plus, we had to get rid of Chara, he costed too much. It was either him or redden.
Also, Ottawa is DEFINATLY not the worst Canadian team out there. We have made the playofss 10/13 years (10 consecutive). I admit that our first couple of years were crap. (so are many expansion teams) but we have definatly pulled it together big time in the past 5 years.
IMO, Toronto are the biggest canadian losers. Losers since '67 actually.
Enough of my rant.... discuss.
