Official Ottawa Senators Thread
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maplesyrup
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I'll be at Bert's Bar tomorrow night, sporting my Maple Leafs cap. Man, I'm going to get it! 
maplesyrup
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Madferret said:Sarge said:I'll be at Bert's Bar tomorrow night, sporting my Maple Leafs cap. Man, I'm going to get it!
Nah - you'll be taken care of. You'll see
I hope so... From what I know about it it seems as much a friendly Canada/hockey place as much as it is a Senators place so we'll see how it goes. Besides, no Sens game tomorrow night, right? Maybe a couple folks will feel sorry for me.
Madferret
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Sarge said:Madferret said:Sarge said:I'll be at Bert's Bar tomorrow night, sporting my Maple Leafs cap. Man, I'm going to get it!
Nah - you'll be taken care of. You'll see
I hope so... From what I know about it it seems as much a friendly Canada/hockey place as much as it isy a Senators place so we'll see how it goes. Besides, no Sens game tomorrow night, right? Maybe a couple folks will feel sorry for me.
I suspect you will have a couple of biere froids bought for you..
maplesyrup
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Derk said:Sarge said:I'll be at Bert's Bar tomorrow night, sporting my Maple Leafs cap. Man, I'm going to get it!
Nice! I was lucky enough to see the season opener there a couple years ago. Have fun! ;D
Will do.
Thanks.
Madferret
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Sarge said:Derk said:ErSarge said:I'll be at Bert's Bar tomorrow night, sporting my Maple Leafs cap. Man, I'm going to get it!
Nice! I was lucky enough to see the season opener there a couple years ago. Have fun! ;D
Will do.
Are you already in paradise or flying out tomorrow?
maplesyrup
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6:30 am flight tomorrow. Probably need to leave the house before 3 in order to get to park'n'fly and then check in by around 4:30... Up around 2:30? ??? Bed. Soon.
maplesyrup
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Madferret said:
5.25 I think... and I hope to though it's just not me, it's the whole fam damily and the kids, well, we'll see how much they let me (us) sleep.
maplesyrup
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Thanks man. You know, it's sad. I work for a friggin' airline and haven't been on a plane since 2009. This is looooong overdue. Anyway, I'm sure you and SP will enter my thoughts tomorrow among all that red & black. I'll raise a glass to ya both!
Sucker Punch
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The entire team owes Robin Lehner an apology.
hockeyfan1
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A financial dilemma for the Senators...?
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2012/03/01/sp-nhl-senators-liberals-tax-break.html
The cash-strapped government wants to put an end to a policy that allows businesses to write off up to 50 per cent of all tickets and luxury suites for sporting events and is asking the federal Conservatives to help.
The tax writeoff also applies to other live performances like theatre and concerts and costs the province about $15 million a year.
But the Senators, which operate in a smaller market than the Maple Leafs, can't survive without the tax deduction, said team president Cyril Leeder.
"We have a sizable portion of our operation that's run based on corporate support for suites and for tickets,"
"So if we had a 10 per cent to 20 per cent loss of that business, we would be out of business."
Corporations lease 120 of the 150 luxury suites at Ottawa's Scotiabank Place, he said. About half of their season ticket holders ? who take up 11,000 of the arena's 19,000 seats ? are businesses.
And there's no waiting list for suites or season tickets, he said. If someone pulls out, there's no one waiting in the wings to take their place.
Infrastructure and Transport Minister Bob Chiarelli, a former Ottawa mayor who holds one of the city's ridings, played down the prospect of driving his home team out of business.
There are a lot of elements that determine the sustainability of the Senators, including the rise of the loonie, which is a "huge bonus" for teams that pay their players in U.S. dollars, he said.
"Certainly the governments have been very supportive in a number of ways over the years to the Ottawa Senators, the Canadian dollar has been very helpful to the Ottawa Senators," Chiarelli said.
Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan sent a letter to his federal counterpart, Jim Flaherty, requesting co-operation on a list of proposed changes to the tax system.
"It is not clear that taxpayers should be subsidizing certain business expenses for income and sales tax purposes, such as private boxes and corporate seats at sporting events,"
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2012/03/01/sp-nhl-senators-liberals-tax-break.html
The cash-strapped government wants to put an end to a policy that allows businesses to write off up to 50 per cent of all tickets and luxury suites for sporting events and is asking the federal Conservatives to help.
The tax writeoff also applies to other live performances like theatre and concerts and costs the province about $15 million a year.
But the Senators, which operate in a smaller market than the Maple Leafs, can't survive without the tax deduction, said team president Cyril Leeder.
"We have a sizable portion of our operation that's run based on corporate support for suites and for tickets,"
"So if we had a 10 per cent to 20 per cent loss of that business, we would be out of business."
Corporations lease 120 of the 150 luxury suites at Ottawa's Scotiabank Place, he said. About half of their season ticket holders ? who take up 11,000 of the arena's 19,000 seats ? are businesses.
And there's no waiting list for suites or season tickets, he said. If someone pulls out, there's no one waiting in the wings to take their place.
Infrastructure and Transport Minister Bob Chiarelli, a former Ottawa mayor who holds one of the city's ridings, played down the prospect of driving his home team out of business.
There are a lot of elements that determine the sustainability of the Senators, including the rise of the loonie, which is a "huge bonus" for teams that pay their players in U.S. dollars, he said.
"Certainly the governments have been very supportive in a number of ways over the years to the Ottawa Senators, the Canadian dollar has been very helpful to the Ottawa Senators," Chiarelli said.
Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan sent a letter to his federal counterpart, Jim Flaherty, requesting co-operation on a list of proposed changes to the tax system.
"It is not clear that taxpayers should be subsidizing certain business expenses for income and sales tax purposes, such as private boxes and corporate seats at sporting events,"
Madferret
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Me too - place was bumping eh.
Yeah I don't know what to tell you - its lame and the last thing on my mind is the Leafs at a Sens game.
But at the same time I understand Cuthbert stopped calling the game and talked about the Wilson firing during play for an extended period of time. And then during the intermission. Or why would Sportsnet spend an intermission of a Sens / Canes game talking about Grabovski's trade value?