When was the last time apart from last year you had reasonable hope in your team
How many years was your team the favourite
2006-07 Sens almost won the cup. I'm not saying Sens can match Tampa in recent disappointments
All I'm saying is we've been in that club lol
Almost every year for nearly the past 22 years is Ottawa going "great, we made the playoffs, We made it past round 1, is this the year? Aaaand we're out"
Or we make it past quarter-finals, everyone loses their mind and then we lose and everyone hates hockey until the start of the next season.