A few quick points. Anderson has always had the  propensity to roam from his net and get himself and the team in trouble. This is not new. At our house, the phrase "Get back in your net" had been loudly and well used for the past few seasons

Mr. Melnyk has to spend some serious money and quit leading us on, or step aside. Beyond  Karlsson, there is not a legitimate star on the team. Not like when we had Yashin, Alfredsson, Hossa, Bonk, Havlat, Chara, Redden all at the same time, while the supporting cast was much stronger (several almost stars Fisher, Volchenkov, Mezaros, Philips, Arveedson) . Mr. Melnyk is a second tier owner, and  should not be  redeveloping the federal lands downtown, known as Lebreton Flats.

The angry firings of various top-level Senators  staff  last year are very revealing. They were well covered by the Globe.,