It's headed by a few local guys that are huge Sens fans and have a passion for everything Ottawa. Aside from being fans of local sports teams and contributing to the local economy both, on a business and personal level, this group of young restaurateurs actually care about the authenticity of their establishment.
After having a couple conversations with them about the new venture, I can tell you they are committed too.
From what I've heard they plan on having a true Canadian feel with a wide array of sports memorabilia ranging from hockey, football, baseball and pretty much every other sport out there.
When I get more details I'll be sure to pass them along. In the meantime, you can find out more by following them on Twitter here, liking their Facebook Page here or checking out their website at http://thesenate.ca/
- The latest edition of the Bingo Bus is set to hit the road this weekend and according to an inside tip, there are still a few spots available on the bus. For anyone that hasn’t been to Binghamton, you don’t want to miss this chance to see minor league hockey at its finest. Check out this post for all the details.
- Finally some good news on the CBA front. The two sides met for more than 7 hours last night and are expected to continue talks this afternoon. The grandstanding by both sides is finally done and it seems like both sides are rolling up their sleeves and getting to work. Bout damn time.
The restaurant is off to a good start... lol. Submitted the site for re-classificati on.
Haha, me too.. You work for the Feds?
--- The Original Six - Don Cherry's - Kilreas -----
Local Heroes, Boston Pizza, etc...
There are a lot of businesses that turnover. Quit being so negative. Sometimes bars just change names to freshen up.
GP G A PTS
A) SM-liiga 14 3 7 10
B) Swiss-A 15 5 9 14
C) SM-liiga 10 2 5 7
D) Czech 4 4 1 5
E) GerObL 7 8 11 19
F) KHL 18 3 4 7
G) KHL 18 1 12 13
H) KHL 23 5 8 13
Yep :)
72 hours and it will be open, as per Websense.
You mean they change names for tax purposes.
Uh.. No. That doesn't make sense.
Honest Observation not = "being negative"
Sports bars are NOT a good long term investment.
I agree. Sports bars aren't good long term investments. The original post had a negative tone to it. There are bars that "make it". I just wanted to point that out.
I'll take a stab at that...
A) - Regin
B) - Spezza
C) - Greening
D) - Michalek
E) - Condra
F) - Daugavins
G) - no idea
H) - Gonchar
How did I do? Purely guesses.
Yeah Real Sports is going to kill it. Choice of beer on tap AT TABLE, variety of foods, hundreds of seats and televisions. I'll give Senate a fair shape IF and only IF the money goes into their pockets and not the Senators...and IF it is downtown. I'm not going all the way down to Iris (sorry Big Rig) or Scotiabank Place outside a game night for few brews.
Downtown or bust my brewski broskis!
it's on Clarence - Sussex Drive end
Without cheating...
A)Turris
B)Spezza
C)Karlsson
D)Greening
E)Condra
F)Gonchar
G)Daugavins
H)Filatov
After looking at yours -- I can see my are quite off. Forget about Filatov.. and would have thought Karlsson's numbers were better than either of those SM ones...
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- yeah - "I wish them luck" is REAL negative
- name one SPORTS bar that has "made it" in Ottawa
Yeah 7:05 is puck drop..
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bsenshockeylive
Got a package today from Alberta...A Flames sweater with a note asking me to forward the sweater and this letter:
http://t.co/hHvAdPt7
Now it is up :)
Had they been smart they would have been broadcasting in HD and selling it this year.
He's on the right track.
I miss NHL
Extremely sloppy plays, and very disorganized. To add to that I'v noticed that no one likes to pass the puck in that team, everyone loves to just take a shot from the perimeter, which is probably why they have one goal through there last 26 pp opportunities.
They really are missing a true playmaker in their system.
Also Silfverberg really has to get more physical, so should Zibanejad. They try to take away the puck too much with their sticks, rather than checking.
That's what I'm doing as well.....
Does it look to anyone else that there seems to be no urgency to the B-Sens game? Some times it looks like they are skating in mush..
100%. The potential is there, he just has to start doing it. I've liked his puck possession skills though
How much are they missing Cowen, Gryba & Stone.
New lines -- not much in sync. I still hold hope they will get better as the year gets on..
Rookie coach... new system.. young players. Let's hope they get it together soon.
Should be a good game on Saturday night. To those of you going... enjoy...
B) spezza
C) turris
D) michalek
E) condra
F) daugavins
G) gonchar
H) filatov
13th in defenceman scoring, but I think a lot of the guys have played 22-25 games
Local Heroes.
But conversley I also have to admit at my dismay of the display of offence from our future down in Bingo.
Before the seasson we all made strong points that Spezza needs a legit goal scorer on his line,
nothing at all was done in the offseason to acquire that guy, so we all agreed that one of Silfver, Zibby, Stone should be able to fill that spot. Well, it is more than clear that none of them are ready right now, and some are already suggesting that they may never be ( which I do think is very premature ) but the reality is that none of them are ready yet, so again we are leaving Spezza with only MM9 as a threat. It makes defending that line much easier when there are only 2 out of the three that need to be covered.
Thought?
Guillaume Latendresse
I'm trying so hard not to get too "high" on the 3rd straight days of talks.
It still baffles me that the main sticking point is owners not wanting to pay out the contacts THEY signed. Especially considering all of these owners are lawyers/have extremly high business backgrounds.
What sort of business ethics/business practices would that be saying, by signing a contract that you KNOW you will not fulfill?!??? Something "stinks" that's for sure.
Here's hoping that on Monday we're all making our playoff predictions!!
Postive thoughts SENS fans!
very good point brought up by 383, like he mentions most of these owners are very successful businessmen,whe re would they be today if eveyone changes their contracts whenever they wanted to pay less? You signed those contracts, much to many peoples shagrin... now you honour them like respectable businessmen, going forward we hope you learned your lessons
you really think he is first line material?
and then who plays with Alfie and Turris?
Does nobody think that Greening will improve from last year?? 17 goals for a rookie is nothing to be dissappointed with. I see him more as a 3rd liner, it adds a lot of depth. but I mean, if he works on his shooting he could be a 25 goals scorer, its not that far out of reach
Nah, From what I'v seen in AHL, and SEL highlights, Silfverberg is an extremely one dimensional player, even hockey prospectus mentioned that. He has no dynamics to his game, in the SEL he had plenty of space to cruise coast to coast, shoot and score, and that was all he knew basically. If he is going to play with spezza he is going to have to find different ways to make plays and score goals. He also needs to take away pucks using his body rather than stick.
I saw him at WC last year playing ALfredsson, he had zero chemistry with him, and Alfredsson ended up getting most of points off the powerplay.
As of right now I think Stone is the best fit, he is a extremely smart player that knows when to make the right passes and plays, and knows when to get into the dirty areas to score. He has 4 assists in 4 games, but those numbers come from him playing third line minutes, just like how he had his 1 assist in his only playoff game last year despite playing like 6 minutes in the game. I think 10 games in if he was not injured he would have had a couple of goals aswell.
While I agree that Silfverberg was a bit overhyped and too much expected too fast, Stone has not played enough games to really make that judgement. Especially since Stone and Spezza have shown great chemistry any time they have been put together in past games or training camps. Zibanejad is progressing at around the pace most expected, but is not so far first line NHL material, but again he's still young and has time to grow.
As was mentioned above by others, Greening could play there again if needed. And really once we got Turris this team was no longer a 1 line pony. I don't think having a great top 3 is more important than a solid top 6 and right now opposition teams will have trouble having to shut down both lines. Long term we'll definitely need a better sniper for Spezza though, agreed.
Really though, until a training camp happens and we are able to see who has chemistry where, it's a bit premature to get worried about it all. Hoffman could still be a nice darkhorse in this whole conversation as well.
however I still have to question Greening on a first line,
Although I feel he is a very competent player, he is not better than a third line player IMO.
Spezza has not had a full line to play with since Heatly was here, he clearly needs a bonafide NHL talented player on his line... not Butler, Greening, Foligno, or Filatov, or unproven rookies,
Latendresse may be a interesting trial
I like Greening a lot but don't think his ceiling is much higher than 17-20 goals a season.
You want a player like Greening to be in your bottom six mainly because you don't want a player like Greening to be good enough to be on your top two lines.
I don't care about boycotting the NHL or whatever. That heritage jersey is totally tits.
Would you consider a knock-off jersey? I'm thinking of placing an order online.
Hey man I work over at the Sens Store.
The Heritage jerseys are still being sold, they have 4, 65, 19 and 25 left right now.
Theres also a deal on right now that is 50pct off a second item but not alot of people know it counts for stitching too.
If you were to get a $130 jersey you can get the pro stitch for half off and the total comes to $203, which is actually cheaper than buying a player jersey.
Hope that helps.
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Etem, Baertshi, Schultz, Granlund... all these guys have been doing well, Mika's gotta step it up. That being said, the team as a whole, other than Robin Lehner, has been mediocre.
Pretty good for Karlsson... BUT I want him back here in Ottawa playing for the Sens. I'm hoping and praying this gets done... but still not going to get my hopes up.
Don't know if anyone can answer this.. but Ceci, Monahan & Graovac (sp?) are playing in the Subway series tonight. Does that mean they won't suit up for the 67's tomorrow? That's a lot out of their lineup if that is the case.
Can Anderson have as good a season this year as he did last.. I'm sure management has some concerns on Bishop's couple of games in Bingo this year. Although he could be rusty with no training camp...
On that note, what did ya's think about that comment today on the Team, where Molson may sue the NHL for financial compensation? I don't know anything more than what I heard and have not looked it up online. First thought is they wouldn't have a real case, but when you think about it... why not? Seems everyone is sueing everyone these days, for issues much dumber than this. Hell, if Fans could find a reason to sue I'm sure some of them would.
Sandy, you hit on something I've wondered too, how will Anderson come into the year after such a solid season. He doesn't have much of a history of performing big after a good year, because he's been traded away in those situations in the past. The one year he did play was after taking the Aves to the playoffs and the year after, well... he ended up in Ottawa for Elliot.
I have to agree, then MLSE buidling is going to blow away this "Tavern & Eatery". Too bad it has that silly MLSE tag but its going to be the hottest place in town to watch a game, well except for SBP...
EEYYYORREEE!
Vicky? what say you?