from Wayne Scanlan of Sportsnet,

In their darkest moments, all that Senators fans really wanted was to have a normal NHL franchise.

A team that spent money on free agents, but not foolishly. A team that traded and drafted well, assembled a competitive roster and had a chance to win its share of hockey games.

For many years, what fans got was something very different. They suffered through ownership comments that the franchise could be moved, embarrassing videos that went viral, the Uber ride disaster, a Melnyk/Out billboard campaign and ultimately a gallows humour approach to the blunders and losses that delivered us the dark ‘Sickos’ theme -- Senators fans loyal to the cause, not because of what the Senators represented, but despite what they had become.

And now, in a two-week span all of that has been turned on its head. The Senators have altered every preconceived notion about how this franchise operates.

Pierre Dorion, who had been the Clark Kent of general managers, put on a cape and went to work.

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