I learned today that we also have to cheer for Ottawa to miss the playoffs. Just too much of a burden to bear with watching this Coyotes team over achieve this year.
There's another way. There's always another way.
a) Sens get hot, win a bunch of games but narrowly miss the playoffs. They win a draft lottery and move from 16 to 6. Bill wears matching blue suits with his scouting staff. Rejoice.
b) Sens get hot, win a bunch of games and make it to the semis. We pick super late in 23' but at least the '24 2nd gets upgraded to a 1st (top 10 protected). Chychrun blows out his knee while doing box jumps in the gym with Stutzle, who also blows out his knee. The Sens finish 9th worst in '24 so the '24 1st (top 10 protected) is transferred to '25 1st (unprotected). Stutzle picks up an aggressive fungal infection while recovering his knee in hospital. Doctors are baffled because the strain of fungus was previously incapable of surviving in the warmth of a human body. Climate change helped evolve the fungal strain to attack the entire Sens lineup and we draft 1 OA with their pick in '25. Chychrun proves that consuming raw liver is key to thriving in the next pandemic. Bill wears matching blue suits with his scouting staff. Rejoice.