Well, what a fun filled past couple days it's been here at SI headquarters. Sherry Bomb's computer is apparently giving her grief and some current and former residents of Sens Nation have appeared to go off the deep end.

Tonight on Primetime Sports with Bob McCown, Eugene Melnyk was his guest. He defended his comments yesterday when he said "anyone thinking this team needs to be blown up should get a bomb and blow themselves up." He wasn't exactly apologetic about it the day after. He more or less blamed it on being a joke but did say if he offended anyone he's sorry, but he only meant it as a joke. I guess in this day and age of over sensitivity and political correctness it just doesn't look like the smart thing to say, joke or not. Also with the amount of media coverage hockey has in this country doesn't it seem a little stupid to say anything and think it won't be taken WAY out of context or blown out of proportion? Sloppy seconds anyone?

As for the leaders comments about the hockey team, I'm not quite sure how to take them. Much has been made of the Leafs lack of success in the past and it has been linked with the failure to have a singular owner. An individual behind the scenes with the passion and drive to win it all, and the pockets to make that happen. Well witness now what comes with that passion, drive and deep pockets. It appears to be a whole lot of crazy. While it's nice to have an owner who believes in his team (or says he does) it's a little worrisome that he almost seems reluctant to admit there is even a problem. Melnyk either has his head burried so deep in the sand or he is just putting on the most amazing act ever.

Eugene still believes, though he admits it will be a longshot now, that his team can make the playoffs. He justifies this by saying they went on an amazing run to start the season last year before they tanked and says teams have turned it around in the past and gone on incredible runs no one ever expected. "In sports these things happen all the time and no one ever knows why." He trotted out teams like the Red Sox to back up his crazy idea that things can just magically turn around and all they need is momentum, "momentum is a special thing". The only question I have is how can he possibly think it will just happen... just like that? We've been waiting since about 2000 and goddamned SEVEN!

He also says if you look at the roster, only 4 players have left the team since the Stanley Cup and he doesn't think that can explain the difference from Stanley Cup finalist and high scoring team to basement dweller with a porus defence. Really? He has been watching the last calendar year right? I might be inclined to agree though if only because I think that maybe losing just two players, like puck moving defencemen Corvo and Redden could easily preciptate a fall like we are experiencing.

As delightful as it is to see an owner who wants his team to succeed it's hard to stomach that he's just waiting for some miracle to happen when in all likelyhood as every day goes by the performance of this team is turning more into the norm rather than the exception.

The other dose of crazy today came from none other than Ray Ray, former Ottawa Senators punching bag and cause of all evils in the nations capital, even the transit strike I'm sure of it. It appears in a game the other night it was Emery's annual game in which he decides he'll get into a slugfest. Unfortunatly the combatant on the other end was a trainner from his own team. Now I'm not about to excuse his actions or even try to begin to understand why it happen but I will say this... I've heard from many a person who has played hockey in their lifetime and if there is one thing they all agree it is that you never, EVER, talk to a goalie after they have just been pulled from a game. Goalies the world over already have a reputation for having a couple of screws loose. So if you go over to Ray Ray, a man who has previously demonstrated temper problems as well as pugilistic ability, after a game in which he just got torched by a bunch of NHL rejects and try to put a hat on him whether thems the rules or not, well that would be about the equivalent of poking a bear I would think.