Five Thoughts: On Hope and New Beginnings for the Ottawa Senators

Photo by Steven Kingsman/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesWelcome to the last Five Thoughts for Friday of the 2021 season. With a couple of days since the season-ending victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs, I’ve had some time to think some thoughts about the year that was. Here’s what I’ve been noodling on:

On Endings:

When Josh Norris scored in overtime to end Wednesday night’s game, I did not think to myself “well, thank God that’s over” for the first time in four seasons. As someone who watches something like 95% of Ottawa Senators games each year, I’ve been subjected to a lot of bad hockey recently. 2017-18 and 2018-19 were two of the most unpleasant seasons you could imagine, and even…