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Ottawa Sun Declares "We Will Not Rest Until All Of Your Favourites Hate Playing Here" E-mail
Written by SLC   
Tuesday, 08 June 2010 20:14

OTTAWA (SLC) -- Despite a growing public backlash against what Ottawa Senators fans are calling a smear campaign stoked by "those two fatties and the bald guy", the Ottawa Sun remains steadfast in its mission to rid the team's roster of any and all players those same fans actually like.

"It has come to our attention" today's Sun press release read, "that there remain unexplored personal stories about Senators players that, when exposed for no other reason than the production of titillating headlines, will not only allow our writing staff to continue to justify their slovenly, unshaven, sweat pants clad, free chicken wing inhaling existence, but will also ensure that the Ottawa Senators become a pariah throughout the NHL, spurned by draft picks and free agents alike, thus creating a perfect storm of negative stories that can be mined into eternity, and therefore furthering Don Brennan's quixotic quest to be seen as a real journalist when he isn't chasing Hooters girls in a drunken stupor and running out on bar tabs.  HAHAHA!  Oh, yeah, let's send that one out.  What?  No, of course that's not the official release dumba**.  Stupid fu**ing interns.  WAIT! NO! DON'T HIT SEN---"

Fuelling the debate was a story in today's edition about winger Chris Neil's three brothers screwing up their construction company and declaring bankruptcy, a company in which Chris Neil may or may not have been the majority owner.  We're not sure.  The story gets a little fuzzy at that point, truth be told.  A little.  Kinda.  But the Sun absolutely maintains that Chris Neil was totally involved.  Tenuously.  They think.  Maybe.

"C'mon now", said a Sun sports editor who asked that his name not be used.  "Do you honestly think that, under ordinary circumstances, we'd be interested in three goat fu**ing yutzes who can't pay their bills?  Please.  Chris Neil's name makes this a story."  When pressed on how this could possibly be of any concern to anyone but that of the parties involved or how Neil's reported fiduciary difficulties reflected his worth to the team on the ice, the editor replied "Fu**ed if I no.  I cover real sports, like professional wrestling" before grabbing a fifth of bourbon from his desk drawer and diving through a third floor window.

Coming, as it does, hard on the heels of Bruce Garrioch's latest hard hitting story in his ongoing campaign to drive Jason Spezza out of town on a rail, there is a growing feeling among Sens Army that the publisher of the Ottawa Sun, Montreal based Quebecor may have ulterior motives.  Namely, that by directing their idiotic minions to invade the privacy of Senator fan favourites and publishing irrelevant materiel about their private lives, no player will ever want to sign in Ottawa, thus ensuring a perpetual third place finish in the North East Division to the Montreal Canadiens.

"I stopped taking anything the Sun writes about the Sens seriously years ago.", said one obscure Sens blogger of little note and even less renown.  "Stevenson is a wannabe Cox, Garrioch is a joke, and that drunk son of a bit** Brennan still owes me sixty bucks.  Fu**ing bar tab skipping, walk-out fu**tard".

When asked for a rebuttal, Mister Garrioch replied "Malkin to the Kings.  Bank."

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written by XXXStar, June 09, 2010
There really should be a movement among the real fans to boycot the sun. I'm can't believe that what they do can be considered journalism. And the team should make a strong statement and ban those fucktards from coming near any of the players. Its time the Sun be held accountable for their slander and second rate opinions on our team.

FUCK THEM!!!!!!!
Silver Seven
written by Peter Raaymakers, June 09, 2010
Here's the movement: Ottawa Deserves Better. Because we do deserve better. We deserve responsible journalists with realistic and intelligent analysis of the hockey team. Occasionally, that coverage will extend to the players' lives off the ice, but it must be done with prudence and rationality. Presenting speculation without basis in actual reports is a disservice.
OTTAWA DESERVES BETTER
The Sun is a joke!
written by Oman, June 09, 2010
At least the Citizen was good enough to clear up the irresponsible story posted by the sun:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/Senators+Neil+never+bankrupt+agent+says/3129397/story.html

I would not blame the Sens for banning "those two fatties and the bald guy" from their premises.
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written by SLC, June 09, 2010
@Peter: TESTIFY! Feel free to weild your unearthly interweb powers and giddy up! I'm with you!

Besides, you guys need something to do after giving away No Habs No to...erm...THOSE other people.
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written by SLC, June 09, 2010
@Oman and XXXStar: Personally, my favourite part of the blurb in the Citizen is that the whole thing is four years old, and as of A YEAR AND A HALF ago, all accounts have been settled.

Can't wait to see what salacious tidbits they pull out of their asses on Stan Neckar.
Bad news sells...
written by Steve HL, June 09, 2010
Anyone remember how boring it was when we had all those successful teams, getting 100 points and finally culminating in a Cup finals run?

Actually...the Sun and Citizen still found things to complain about. Back then it was Radek Bonk being too slow, Alfredsson not getting it done in the post-season, Yashin and whether or not he did donate to the National Arts Centre, whether Bryden looked like a stud with that leather jacket with the Sens logo, Alanis...should she or shouldn't she sing our anthem (split duties with Lyndon) and so on.

Bear in mind that even the facepalming stupidity of the past few weeks is pretty beer league. If the Sun printed what it REALLY KNEW (alleged drug incidents, off-ice incidents at various hotels involving departed players, etc etc) the team and Sun would look even worse.

I guess my point is, the media in this town are yutzes, but they are actually pretty nice overall. They could be even MORE of an attack dog pack.

And let's be honest, the days of athletes taking "Stanley Cup discounts" to play in our watering hole ended with the Emery fiasco, the Heatley fiasco, the Murray hires, the multiple coaches being hired...and the team missing the playoffs.

We're now back to being a hockey market being attractive for mid-30s scrubs that want to settle down in a quiet city that's 45 minutes away from Montreal (hai Alex Kovaloaf!)
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written by SLC, June 09, 2010
@Steve HL: All good examples of past campaigns, but the difference now seems to be in the nature of the attacks. Then it was "He's a lousy player!" while now it's "he's a lousy person"! Ironic, considering it's only starting now, after the happy impish scamps you mentioned are long gone.

And don't think for a second that they haven't run WITH WHAT THEY REALLY KNOW out of the goodness of their hearts. Sure, some of it might be to preserve access, but I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts there's an overworked libel lawyer somewhere holding a very tight leash, no matter how badly Boo Boo wants to jizz all over the press box buffet table.
suggestion
written by neil_danz, June 09, 2010
....Fire?
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written by FarthestSen, June 09, 2010
I would actually welcome responsible journalism on the Sens. If players have issues off the ice with drugs or anything else that is a worthy story. You get the sense there might have been some complicity from the Ottawa media (compensated?) during recent years on this subject.

It's the scapegoating that bothers me. Players haven't been run out of Ottawa on a rail (with the possible weird exception of Emery) for the investigative journalism stuff. They have been railroaded because the press corps has decided that they "weren't good enough" or "didn't justify their salary", as if those things alone, even if true, would have solved all the Sens' problems. It's essentially the mentality that if you are not the silver bullet, you're trash.


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