**Editor’s Note: We’re very excited to debut a new feature today, called Long-form Wednesday. Going forward, each week you can expect to see a new, longer, more in-depth piece of writing from a member of the staff or potentially from special guest writers. It’s one of the ways that we are going to be working to give you the best coverage of the Ottawa Senators out there. I’m very excited to kick things off with this first piece from Ary. Please let us know what you think in the comments and feel free to suggest any topics you’d like to see us dig into.