One year ago, if you had asked me what it would take for me to fall out of love with the Ottawa Senators, I would have laughed in your face.
For as long as I have been a hockey fan, the mere idea of abandoning this team has been absolutely ludicrous to me. I could handle endless losing streaks, favourite players leaving town, an owner who refused to spend to the cap. Even if members of the organization turned out to be reprehensible human beings, I could condemn them while still cheering for the team. The Sens could finish dead last in the league every year and I would still wear that jersey with pride.