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It's Friday December the 9 around 6:58AM and

City on Edge as Senators Come to Town

The Province bows to the awesome power of the Ottawa Senators overlords with a back cover headliner of "In presence of greatness." To think that Jason Botchford could begin a story like this, "There's a certain scent the Ottawa Senators are wearing in Vancouver. Eau de awesome. And it's strong enough to put the Canucks on their heels before the game even begins." When Iain MacIntyre writes in The Sun, that the "Ottawa Senators Jason Spezza, Daniel Alfredsson and Dany Heatley are the best forward line since various combinations of Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri, Esa Tikkanen, Mark Messier and Glenn Anderson played together in Edmonton two decades ago."

Meanwhile, also in the pages of The Province is Ed Willes asking some tough questions. "So here's today's discussion question, sports fans: Are the Canucks now at the same point the Sens were at the close of the '03-'04 season? Is there still room for growth on this team or has it gone as far as it can? Can the Cloutier-Jovanovski-Ohlund-Bertuzzi-Morrison-Naslund core deliver a deep playoff run or has it stagnated?"

Nothing to see here Vancouver. Except that Ottawa has had the benefit of a week of shock and awe hellfire from 70,000 feet via the media love for the Senators. PS: it's the 100th sell out in a row at GM Place.

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Posted by: Marko

January 4, 2006 03:07 PM

I heard that Dan Cloutier was involved in an auto accident causing the death
of 2 people (hit and run), one of whom was a friend of mine. When I heard
this rumour (that is all this is at this point) I was shocked as it was my
friend Stanley Wong who was mowed down by a Porsche Cayenne outside the Aqua
night club. The papers said it was a hit and run. I have heard no updates
to this point. I heard this from a so called Canuck insider who did not know
I knew the victim, but it all makes sense given the time of the his injury,
car involved, and apparent cover up. The accident occured on Rememberance
Day, your paper reported on it. I understand this is just a rumor so please
don't use my name or contact me, I thought it may be worth looking into.