Fiver, rumours and ... Gerz (who, right?)

The number five seems to be something the Ottawa Senators have issues with right now. Five losses in a row with only scoring five goals in total. While the ship is sinking fans are scrambling to make sense of it all. So, what is there to look forward to?

It is unlikely the Senators will face another 1994/95 style season and will most likely rebound, but in order to do so they may need to make a deal and shake up the room. There are players in the room that have absolutely no confidence -- Vermette? Break away failed and then was put in a shoot out situation? There are others that are brimming with so much confidence that they carry on with individual play -- Spezza? Nice that you can undress the blue liners, but bad when you can't pass the puck without first knitting a sweater to prove how awesome you are. The Senators need to return to what works for the Senators before it is much too late. Play their game, their tempo and play for the jersey not the name. If they must play for a name then play for either Alex Auld or Jarkko Ruutu ... easily the best Senators on the ice as of late regardless of losses and/or suspensions. At least they are not quitting on themselves or the team.

Who would we trade into the club and who would be leaving? I have been reading and hearing about Boumeester from Florida... de Vries from Nashville.... Ohlund from Vancouver and even the return of Forsberg to the NHL here in Ottawa. However, for any of these players the club would need to give up a snakebitten player and sweeten the pot in most cases (de Vries could be a straight up trade though and Foppa would be a matter of moving cap space) just to get the deal done. Is Bryan Murray ready to do what Muckler did not have the back bone to do and make the blockbuster? He has done it in other markets, but I am a little apprehensive to say he's going to go for gusto and get the Senators a big deal. Murray has long said he is looking for a puck moving blue liner, but there isn't the market or movement he is willing to do. He also stated in the off season that this is a season of retooling the club. We just have to wait and see.

Moving on to this Gerz character. Stop reading here if you don't want to read me trash someone from Hockeybuzz.com or you have sensitive sensitivities. Mmm, redundant!

Who the hell is Gerry Bourdeau and how come he blogs on Hockeybuzz.com for the Ottawa Senators fans? The latter I am not entirely sure, but the former I am dead positive about! From his patriot "Don't Tread on Me" facebook picture to his Boston Red Socks and Boston Bruins jersey, he is a son of Massachusetts. Now, his profile claims he is from Ottawa, but the circumstantial evidence is a little unnerving. It would not shock me that the site that hosts Eklund and his wondrously wrong predictions also has a jerk from Boston posting for the Ottawa Senators blog. What happened HB? Did JC at SensChirp tell you to stuff it? Rightly so if they did too!

Oh on that note: congratulations to SensChirp to getting a real domain name! Must be nice.