When we're talking about excrement, we're talking about stink. We're talking about disgusting waste by-products, the dirty and the gungy; the stuff that makes you want to retch. So we must be talking about the Senators power play. Look down the bottom of the NHL toilet in power play numbers, and there reside the Sens.



Guys, you have to put the puck on the net. Yeah, I know, it's great to get that perfect unanswerable tic-tac-toe, but if the defense of the opposition knows what they're doing - and they are in the NHL so one would figure they do - then that play is not going to happen often. Granted, you need someone who can lob bombs from the point with some accuracy so you can go for the dirt, and Kuba is usually the designated bombardier and he's injured, I get that. But take a page from Mike Fisher who innocently put the puck on the net against the Bruins and lit up the lamp. Take a cue from the 4th line who usually scores dirty goals by putting the puck on the net. Not every goaltender has perfect rebound control. Few do, actually. So put the puck on the net, and good things will happen.

All that being said, I'm not too worried about the power play. The 2006-2007 Senators who made it to the Stanley Cup finals were 15th in the league in power play percentage with 17.9%. Nothing to write home about, but they made it all the way to the finals. They did it by lighting up the lamp a lot, either 5-on-5 or short-handed. The shorties look good so far, so let's hope it's an omen.