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c9In 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1911, 1920, 1921, 1923, and 1927, the original Ottawa Senators (a.k.a. the Ottawa Silver Seven) won the Stanley Cup. This ties the Senators with the Detroit Red Wings for number of championships won, with Montréal (24) and Toronto (13) ahead, and Boston (5), NY Rangers (4), and Chicago (3) rounding out the Original Six.
Unfortunately, the current Ottawa Senators, who started playing as an expansion franchise in 1992, don't get to claim this history as their own. While I understand the idea of a franchise remaining in operation for 80+ years being different than a franchise that took sixty years off, it's still a bit annoying. Other teams have changed owners, arenas, logos, and players, but still get to claim they're the same team. Toronto, for example, last won the Cup in 1967, but that 41-year-and-counting* gap is always going to be less significant than the unfortunate Depression bankruptcy of the original Sens.
Oh well. In my heart they've won plenty of championships, and we'll see another one pretty soon**.
* They missed the playoffs this year, so it's already at 41 years. And let's be serious -- it's not going to stop at 41.
** Soon does not necessarily this year, but I can dream.
Unfortunately, the current Ottawa Senators, who started playing as an expansion franchise in 1992, don't get to claim this history as their own. While I understand the idea of a franchise remaining in operation for 80+ years being different than a franchise that took sixty years off, it's still a bit annoying. Other teams have changed owners, arenas, logos, and players, but still get to claim they're the same team. Toronto, for example, last won the Cup in 1967, but that 41-year-and-counting* gap is always going to be less significant than the unfortunate Depression bankruptcy of the original Sens.
Oh well. In my heart they've won plenty of championships, and we'll see another one pretty soon**.
* They missed the playoffs this year, so it's already at 41 years. And let's be serious -- it's not going to stop at 41.
** Soon does not necessarily this year, but I can dream.
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Date: 2007-05-10 04:26 am (UTC)And.. oh, yeah... Go Sens Go!
-OG