Happy New Year! It's the one year anniversary of this podcast and we are excited to talk about exactly one professional hockey team located in Ottawa!

In this episode, we recap PWHL Ottawa's first two games and general excellent vibes including their on-ice play and off-ice content. 

Next, in honour of this podcast's anniversary, we go through our favourite moments from the past year. We also begrudgingly talk about the team this podcast is named for and discuss how the Sens failed nearly all of the resolutions we gave them in our very first episode. What does this mean for feminism?

Finally, we give our in's, out's, and trend predictions for 2024.

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This holiday season, we are mad at the Ottawa Senators and we're making sure everyone knows it. The silver lining? Other fanbases hate the Sens too, which means we've been doing our jobs as haters.

After venting our feelings about the Sens' recent losing streak and doing our best to annoy other NHL fanbases, we turn our attention to the PWHL, where we discuss the league's recent merch drop and Beata's unfortunate run-in with the PWHL Boston twitter account.

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The Ottawa Senators won their games in Sweden then came back and fell apart... where have we heard this one before? In this episode we recap the Sens Sweden trip including Erik Brännström's iconic goal, Alfie beating everyone at padel, and Josh Norris learning a new language. Then, we discuss their return to Ottawa, where they decided to be bad again. 

We also give our takes on recent PWHL jersey discourse (spoilers: Ottawa's is the best).

Then, we talk about the Sens revealing how they picked their numbers and Thomas Chabot being a math genius.

Finally, we discuss the Tkachuk brothers fighting each other by proxy.

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We have lost our sneaky little guy. In this episode, we say goodbye to Pierre Dorion, the most Ottawa Senators man there ever was and may ever be. 

We also discuss everything going wrong, from everyone being injured to Shane Pinto's 41-game suspension. Then, we go through the few things that have gone right, including more Sens promotional content, Josh Norris' return, and Chabot and Chychrun's twin day.

Finally, we give a recap of last game but only the important parts - the Beach Day theme and Brady Tkachuk being hilarious and getting mad at everyone.

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The regular season is finally upon us, and we have thoughts on two of the three games the Sens have played at time of recording.

Most importantly, we review this year's in-game experience and new promotional material, and give a special shoutout to one Sens player who has turned out to be a shockingly good actor.

Then, we react to some of the difficult truths revealed in the Sens "called out" video, and speculate about Daniel Alfredsson's new role with the team.

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Preseason is upon us, and the Sens have just paid a visit to Beata's former home, Halifax. After spending a healthy amount of time dunking on the Penguins and their fans, we introduce a Maritimes-themed segment.

But first, we present our official rebuttal of a certain Leafs podcast's recent slanderous words about Tim Stützle.

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With players starting to arrive in Ottawa and the roster nearly set, we bring you a season preview episode, where we answer such questions as "which teammates will Thomas Chabot hug this season?" and "which players will cause the most controversy?"

But first, we call out the Sens for their blatant misogyny in making an important announcement right after we finished recording our last episode.

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There is finally hockey news about a team that will actually play within Ottawa city limits! With the news that Ottawa was one of the cities chosen for the new Professional Women's Hockey League, we discuss the new team, potential names, and their 3 free agent signings. We also discuss the other, less important teams in the league and our disappointment that Montreal will be good.

Finally, we talk about the only bit of Sens news that was available to us at the time - Erik Brännström and Tim Stützle in Europe.

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Years ago, before this podcast even existed, there was a plan for erikssonsburner to appear on Beata's old podcast, This Amelnykan Life, to talk about sensposting. In a true full circle moment and the most ambitious crossover Sens fandom has ever seen, Beata's Amelykan wife, Poppy, joins the show to discuss what she's been up to since the end of This Amelnykan Life, and brings a special surprise.

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Brady Tkachuk is a married man, the Sens are all out of cap space, and hockey fans on tiktok are going viral after being called out by a Seattle Kraken player and his wife. Come for a discussion of all those issues, but stay for the real main event of the episode: our full review of Barbie (2023), complete with references to feminist theory and concluding with the question that no one seems able to answer: Does Brady Tkachuk have Kenergy?

Read Beata's article about Kenergy: https://www.silversevensens.com/five-thoughts-for-friday-barbie-ken-edition/

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