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Sportswriter for Postmedia currently writing weekly #NFL picks spread, covering #Redblacks , #67s and #PWHLOttawa . Who knows what tomorrow will bring.

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Don Brennan
4 years
Revised North Division predicted finish: 1. Ottawa 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Toronto Maple Leafs
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Don Brennan
7 years
I didn’t see it, but guys are saying Karlsson faked going into the Tampa room when he got to the rink. Totally believe it. He’s a fun guy #Senators
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Don Brennan
3 years
Aaron Rodgers dropping an f-bomb in an interview on the NFL Network with Kay Adams says a lot about what kind of person he is. This wasn't after a game or an incident, when emotions were running high. This was Rodgers doing whatever he wants, as usual. What a role model. #NFL
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Don Brennan
6 months
Good on Kevin Bieksa for interrupting Ron MacLean when the latter says "Ottawa is so close" as it takes a 6-game losing streak into San Jose. "Close?," said Bieksa. "To losing seven?" #NHL #Senators
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Don Brennan
3 years
There's no way your best player, the heart, soul and face of your franchise, should be missing camp because of his contract situation. No way. Especially when you should be desperately trying to change your public image. Incredible. #Senators #NHL
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Don Brennan
7 years
Yashin and the boys inconspicuously walking in downtown Ottawa #Senators
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Don Brennan
2 years
Quite often broadcasters are too soft on the team they cover. Buck Martinez has been called a homer too, but the way he ripped into the #Jays for their lack of hustle and casualness on the base paths was refreshing and deserving.
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Don Brennan
2 years
1000% agree with Gallagher
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2 years
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Don Brennan
6 years
Most interesting, hooking up Tkachuk with his buddy. Maybe it will help #Senators keep Brady a few years from now, when they can't afford him
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Dean Brown
6 years
Senators are especially excited about prospects Josh Norris and Rudolfs Balcers.  Norris just happens to be Brady Tkachuck's best friend.
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Don Brennan
6 years
A source who has a great batting average says he feels "very comfortable" with a source that tells him Karlsson will be traded to the #TBLightning Stay tuned. #senators
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Don Brennan
2 years
Very sad to hear of the passing of former 67s legend Lance Galbraith, who was killed in an accident last night. He was 42
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Don Brennan
5 years
Doesn’t matter what kind of camp Spezza had, just a brutally dickish move by Babcock to scratch him for opener, vs his former team, in his home town. Lack of respect shown to a classy, accomplished veteran. #Leafs should trade Spezza to #Senators now. God knows they could use him
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Don Brennan
2 years
For those not listening to the interview on @TSN1200 Thursday afternoon, #Senators icon Daniel Alfredsson says he's interested in getting involved with the team again. The timing is not coincidence. Alfredsson's return would bring back credibility/respect to the franchise. #NHL
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Don Brennan
5 years
Under different circumstances - and we all know what that means - Alain Vigneault would have been a great hire as coach of the #Senators . Of course, Daniel Alfredsson would also be the perfect choice as the team's president of hockey operations. Under different circumstances
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Don Brennan
3 years
Nick Paul ..... couldn't happen to a nicer guy
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Don Brennan
6 years
Stone's departure will be one of the darkest days in #Senators history. And that's saying a lot
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Don Brennan
6 years
How some NHL teams/owners deal with their stars ...............
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Dan Milstein
6 years
Nikita Kucherov signs 8 year extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning. He would like to thank the Lighting organization and all of the fans for the support. @GoldStarHockey
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Don Brennan
5 years
Not sure why the #Senators haven't already done what it takes to bring Jason Spezza back to Ottawa. One of the greatest players in franchise history would be a tremendous mentor for all the pups. Wait, is it because he's not Russian?
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Don Brennan
4 years
Yup, the #Senators love Pageau. Just not enough to give the hometown boy a fair contract, as one of the leagues best third line centres and penalty killers. And the ONLY NHL player, as far as know, that fans made a song out of his name
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Don Brennan
6 years
Impatient #Senators should have been able to get more for Chris Wideman than a sixth round pick from the Oilers. They drafted Wideman with a fourth then spent six seasons developing him. A desperate team would have offered more closer to the deadline
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Don Brennan
5 years
Typically gutless act from Evgeni Malkin, punching Scott Sabourin, a guy who just missed two months with a concssion, in the back of the head. #Senators #Penguins #NHL
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Don Brennan
4 years
In case you missed it, Ottawa discard Bobby Ryan is tied for the NHL goal scoring lead with Travis Konecny and is also the first player in the almost 100-year history of the Detroit #RedWings to score 4 goals in his first 3 games with the team #NHL #Senators
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Don Brennan
5 years
Very classy of Greg Millen to stand by watching the great Bob Cole, without saying a word, bring it home in the final minutes of his glorious career @hockeynight
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Don Brennan
3 years
Wonder what guys like Stutzle, Norris, Sanderson and Boucher are really thinking when they look at the Tkachuk situation. Quite possibly, it's "so if the start of my career goes the way I want, this is what I have to look forward to?" #Senators #NHL
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Don Brennan
5 years
#Senators should take note: Spending big money on a good coach is a wise plan. Under Barry Trotz, the #Islanders became the first team to go from worst to first in goals allowed over the course of a year since the 1918-19 Ottawa Senators. Islanders now 15 wins from #StanleyCup
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Don Brennan
5 years
"It's an exciting day for the Ottawa #Senators ," Pierre Dorion says in naming D.J. Smith the team'14th head coach. It was also exciting when the 13th and 12th and 11th were named... all rather recently
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Don Brennan
6 years
A source who has a great batting average says he feels "very comfortable" with a source that tells him Karlsson will be traded to the #TampaBayLightning
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Don Brennan
6 years
Why do people do play-by-play on Twitter? "Penalty to so-and-so" or "goal scored by blank." Nobody is following the game through your feed. Offer some insight or opinion. Or shut the hell up
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Don Brennan
6 years
No irate #Senators fans bothered Pierre Dorion at Navan Arena last night, where he was watching his son play. Of course, he was also accompanied by two police officers and two security guards, who heard him tell #TSN1200 listeners, "if anybody is mad at me, be made at me there."
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Don Brennan
6 years
#Senators protecting their assets, making Cody Ceci and Mikkel Boedker healthy scratches. Belleville versus Calgary starts in about an hour
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Don Brennan
7 years
Hearing that Daniel Alfredsson is leaving the #Senators organization. He has been serving as the team's senior advisor of hockey operations
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Don Brennan
5 years
I am always going to cheer for Nick Foligno
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Don Brennan
6 years
It's absolutely ridiculous to be playing someone you know you're going to be trading. An injury to, say, Matt Duchene, could set your "rebuild" program back years. Absolutely ridiculous #Senators
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Don Brennan
6 years
Watching the @GoldenKnights I'm trying to figure out why #Senators owner Hugene Melnyk thinks he needs 3-5 years to be a contender for the Cup
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Don Brennan
3 years
How ridiculous is that? I understand the "code" and I love Foligno, but Perry felt as bad as anybody about accidentally kneeing Tavares in the head. So now he has to fight? Just stupid
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Don Brennan
2 years
Hearing from a good source that my former baseball teammate, Pierre Dorion, is "stepping down" as GM of the #Senators . Logical replacement is Pierre McGuire. Stay tuned. #NHL
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Don Brennan
7 years
Eugene Melnyk needs to see the signs and find a new hobby #Senators
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Don Brennan
7 years
Both MacArthur and Phaneuf say the goals they scored today were the biggest of their careers #Sens
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Don Brennan
6 years
If I was running the #Avalanche , I'd claim Zack Smith off waivers to weaken the #Senators both on the ice and in the room, improving chances they'd finish last and improving my chances at 1st overall pick next spring. Pretty sure that's an original thought
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Don Brennan
5 years
Refreshing, honest, brilliant. Finally ... Easily the best #Senators column of the year. Nailed it. Must read. Loud round of applause for @KellyEganColumn #NHL ... EGAN: What a crime that Sens let Pageau go
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Don Brennan
4 years
Regarding the mysterious handling of Colin White by Ottawa's NHL team - when you're getting publicly mocked on radio by Pierre McGuire, you must be really doing something wrong. @TSN1200
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Don Brennan
3 years
Logan Brown is either going to be remembered as one of the worst first round picks in #Senators history or one of the worst trades in Senators history. Either way, it's another black mark on the Dorion resume #NHL
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Don Brennan
6 years
By the way, I was NOT interviewed for the still-vacant #Senators assistant GM job. Their loss.
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Don Brennan
8 months
If I'm running #Senators I'm targeting Chris Kelly, a #Bruins assistant for 3 yrs, as my next head coach. Very smart hockey guy who played 10 yrs in Ottawa, where he saved Dan Alfedsson's career by getting him to change his skates, and 6 in Boston, where he won a Cup. #NHL
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Don Brennan
6 years
After the game Crosby sent a text to Batherson, who he skates with in summer. Batherson came out to meet him but, not knowing how fast teams leave,missed the connection. He'll have time to learn. It looks like Batherson will become one of #Senators best middle round picks ever
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Don Brennan
6 years
The buzz is there could be less than 10,000 fans for #Senators second home game of the season, tonight against the Flyers. An attempt to lure people back to the rink with the reduction of "premium" parking spots from $30 to $25 and $35 to $30
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Don Brennan
5 years
Mark Stone has a tan. Life in Vegas must be good. Wonder if he knows Ottawa's warm months have not yet started. And the #Senators have made another round of front office changes. Yup, Stone looks happy
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Don Brennan
6 years
Told Chabot he now has more points (33-32) than Sidney Crosby. He just laughed. #Senators
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Don Brennan
7 years
Phaneuf was a good player for the #Senators last year and without him, they likely would not have made it as far down the playoff road as they did. As a person, a very classy guy and a true gentleman
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Don Brennan
10 years
Message on Saddledome scoreboard to Bryan Murray ; The C of Red is behind you #sens http://t.co/ZcObumvsKc
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Don Brennan
7 years
The Johnny Oduya era in #Senators land ends with Flyers claiming him off waivers. After all that, Erik Karlsson primary blue line partner couldn't even fetch them a bucket of pucks
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Don Brennan
7 years
All things considered, the @BrookeHenderson resurgence today (-8) has to be the best Ottawa golf story, in Ottawa, of all time
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Don Brennan
6 years
Wholeheartedly agree with @TSNJR .. #Senators should not be hiding what happens at Town Hall from those who aren't invited to attend. Only one representative from each media outlet is invited. Why not let everyone actually see and hear what's going on? My opinion - it's gutless
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Don Brennan
5 years
BRENNAN: This time, Karlsson might be more inclined to consider Senators' offer #Senators #NHL
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Don Brennan
8 years
Is it really necessarily to defend Ryan and Neil for them going after Sieloff, after he concussed MacArthur? They did the right thing. #sens
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Don Brennan
9 years
#sens are not coming back from 3-0 first period deficit tonight.
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Don Brennan
5 years
Have to agree with @CoachsCornerDC .... #Senators should remove the "interim" tag and go forward with Marc Crawford as coach
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Don Brennan
5 years
Alexis Lafreniere is really going to help the #Senators , but he won't be able to wear No. 11
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Don Brennan
4 years
So Ottawa is getting crushed again in Vancouver and its best player has to fight.... and nobody is going to step up for him? Quite a team
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Don Brennan
4 years
I don't think they win 10 this year ...... There, I said it
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Don Brennan
6 years
#Senators are 39-69-10 with Matt Duchene in the lineup since he was acquired November, 2017. And that's with him scoring 50 goals, 57 assists and 107 points in the 118 games.
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Don Brennan
3 years
I stand corrected. #Senators have lost six in a row and are ALONE in 31st place, clinging to a four-point lead on #Coyotes . But hey, at least the rebuild is over #NHL
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Don Brennan
7 years
There has to be some concern from the #Senators of their image. Right now it's taking a beating.
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Don Brennan
7 years
#Senators Eugene Melnyk needs to see the signs and find a new hobby
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Don Brennan
2 years
There's a very good reason #Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny would take great joy in beating #Senators for the second time in less than two weeks. Hint: It has to do with Ottawa's ownership. #NHL
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Don Brennan
3 years
Ever wonder what the #Senators would be now if they were run by @DAlfredsson11 ? Of course that would never happen in their current, um, format, but you know, if things were different. I still believe it might happen some day. #NHL
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Don Brennan
3 years
Suzuki from Caufield and Galchenyuk #Habs
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Don Brennan
4 years
Strong reporting, analysis from a very good journalist #Senators #NHL GIBBONS: Melnyk's tussle with #Sens Foundation could be a messy one
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Don Brennan
5 years
Clearly goalie interference. If the #MapleLeafs are going to win their first series in 15 years, it will include an asterisk
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Don Brennan
6 years
Worst defensive team in the NHL by a long shot. Worst road team in the NHL. One point out of last overall. I don't even think the pundits thought the #Senators would be this bad
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Don Brennan
4 years
Good piece, bigger story than it's being played in Ottawa. Can't wait to hear the team's explanation as to why it's turning away from a player who fits so many needs on a young roster. On the ice and off, he's a great leader and role model #Senators
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Hailey Salvian
4 years
After nearly 10 years in the #Sens organization, and 6 NHL seasons, Mark Borowiecki is set to test the waters of free agency for the first time in his career next month. Details here for @TheAthleticNHL as well as what his new team has to look forward to:
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Don Brennan
3 years
If all who have worked for #Redblacks took truth serum you'd find that Marcel Desjardins was not as beloved as is being portrayed. Also common knowledge is that OSEG's decision to fire Rick Campbell and side with Desjardins is a big reason Jeff Hunt left the organization #CFL
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Don Brennan
6 years
#Senators fans should get a kick out of this ... or not
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CBJ Artillery
6 years
Duchene flew to Ottawa and grabbed his family...oh and Ryan Dzingel 😂
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Don Brennan
8 years
Anderson wearing No. 23 during warmups in honour of his wife. Sabres' Foligno just tapped him on pads as he stretched at centre. #sens
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Don Brennan
8 years
Great news this AM: #Sens PA man (and helluva guy) Stuntman Stu Schwartz has found a bone marrow donor. Transplant early May #stustrong
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Don Brennan
9 years
Totally classless Habs fans start chanting for their team in the middle of moment of silence for #Senators assistant coach Mark Reeds #sens
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Don Brennan
6 years
My favourite email from reader after Karlsson trade: When Ralph Kiner of the Pirates asked GM Branch Rickey for a raise, Rickey asked him, “Where did we finish?” Kiner said last. “Well, we can finish last without you” Insert Melynk for Rickey and Karlsson for Kiner. #Senators
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Don Brennan
7 years
Still waiting for someone to say something about Karlsson that isn't so obvious. Teams are calling. Really? Senators are listening. Really? It would take a lot to get him. Really? He's going to want what he's worth when his contract is up. Really? #mustbetradedeadline #Senators
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Don Brennan
7 years
Boucher is losing it at practice" "Enough of the B.S. turnovers," he screamed. "I've had enough of this s- - t." #sens
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Don Brennan
2 years
Andrew "The Hamburglar" Hammond has announced his retirement at the age of 34. He should be included into the #Senators Ring of Honour for his dizzying 20-1-2 run that carried a team going nowhere into the 2014-15 playoffs. #NHL
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Don Brennan
6 years
Bobby Ryan was not surprised Turris hacked at his hands. Says it's the way the guy plays. Asked about the relationship between the two when they were teammates, Ryan said it was "cordial." #Senators
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Don Brennan
4 years
#NHL playoffs would be awesome, wonderful and great, but whatever happens, we've seen enough of the 30th place #Senators this season. Even the team's biggest supporters should admit that
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Don Brennan
6 years
Did he say for who?
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Ken Warren🇨🇦
6 years
Duchene says he’s preparing as if he’s playing tomorrow
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Don Brennan
3 years
#Senators positioning themselves nicely in Shane Wright Sweepstakes. With 5 L's in a row they are 4th last in league, with 9.7% shot at top pick - just behind #Habs (10.9%) #Blackhawks (12.1%) and #Coyotes (16.6%). The rebuild may be over, but Ottawa trailing #Kraken in standings
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Don Brennan
9 years
Borowiecki took five stitches in left cheek. "Lucky I'm already engaged," he said. "She can't back out now." #sens
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Don Brennan
5 years
Is there no way to watch the OHL's Eastern Conference final on TV if you're anywhere but Ottawa and maybe Oshawa? One of the networks couldn't pick it up? We make a pretty big deal about the world junior championships and the Memorial Cup - this would be an obvious, no?
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Don Brennan
2 years
Tale of 2 teams. #Isles miss playoffs and fire the coach who took them to Cup semis, conference finals and 2nd round in his 3 previous seasons. #Senators miss playoffs for a 5th straight year with a winning % lower than they had in 4th and they fire Pierre McGuire? Unbelievable
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Don Brennan
6 years
Liked TSN's first intermission feature on #Senators season, but I do object to the narrator's claim that this team is "better than the pundits predicted." At this moment they are one point out of the NHL basement. How much worse could anyone have predicted?
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Don Brennan
3 years
CLOUD 9: Ottawa's Jake Gaudet on high after Minutemen defeat St. Cloud State in Frozen Four final
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Don Brennan
6 years
Hockey is better than basketball
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6 years
Classy move by #Senators players to gather in a group on the ice and salute Bob Cole, the broadcasting legend calling his last game in Ottawa.
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Don Brennan
5 years
The Worst Sports Franchise Owner in North America Is in Ottawa #Senators via @ringer
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Don Brennan
9 years
Erik Karlsson was asked if #sens can come back from 0-3. "Oh definitely," he said, which is upgrade from Alfredsson's "probably not."
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Don Brennan
6 years
The only goalie to lead the #Senators to the Stanley Cup finals. Tragic news
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Andrew Collins
6 years
Friends and first responders have identified victim in early morning drowning at the Hamilton Harbour as former @NHL goalie Ray Emery. Ray played the @ottawasenators , @NHLBlackhawks , @AnaheimDucks and the @NHLFlyers . He was swimming with several friends & never surfaced #HamOnt
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7 years
Zack Smith given two minutes for the rarely called "verbal abuse of an official." Dying to know what he said. #senators
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Don Brennan
6 years
Still waiting for Erik Karlsson to report for #Senators camp. Apparently, 55 of 57 players have checked in. Karlsson and Marion Gaborik have not
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Don Brennan
5 years
While on vacation hoping someone has put their #Senators pompoms down long enough to look at what trading of a locally grown player - who was so valuable to team both on and off the ice but had the audacity to ask for a fair contract - really means in return for gamble of picks
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Don Brennan
6 years
If #Senators want to "tank" by losing to #Sabres tonight, they should probably use Craig Anderson, not Danny Taylor in goal
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Don Brennan
5 years
Sure feels like I just witnessed one one the single greatest moments in Toronto sports history. Like watching Tigers putt drop. #lovesportsdrama #raptors
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Don Brennan
5 years
Pre-season or not, in his new role as an official leader ('A') Pageau has to show more battle than to be pushed off the puck by a skinny rookie for the winning goal #Senators #Habs #NHL
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