The Never-Ending Spezza Drama

UPDATE: Just found out this Facebook group/page from Ottawa fans who want to rally to keep Spezza. An amazing step forward to drown the voices of all those Spezza haters, I just hope this catches on and actually happens. Thanks to @CassiieD for this link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=133266120016899

After the Sens got eliminated in 6 games to the Stanley Cup champs, Ottawa Senators GM Bryan Murray had his usual "exit" interviews. Jason Spezza was reportedly not happy with being blamed for all the team's woes and constantly being booed by his own fans. Not surprisingly, the Ottawa Sun decided to twist the whole story up into a Jason Spezza trade request dilemma.

To be honest, I don't understand why Murray made the content of that meeting public out of all the players' meetings, what was he trying to accomplish? If Murray trades Spezza two things will happen a) He'll get half the return that he should get b) Mike Fisher will be Ottawa's new whipping boy just because that's how things turn out with some Ottawa fans. The truth of the matter is that other than Spezza we have no real "stars", yes we have Alfie but he's more than just that, he's an Ottawa legend but also on the verge of retirement. Whether you like it or not, Jason Spezza is the future of this team. He's also turning 27 in 10 days meaning he's just getting into his prime.

Fans can rant all they want but the truth is nobody is more responsible for the excessive Spezza hate around town more than the media. It seems that it would kill one of our beloved Ottawa journalists to write something positive about the team and when there's nothing negative to say about the team, they make sure they come up with something. The problem is, they also represent a very small fraction of fans who just want to see big moves and don't appreciate what we have here while true fans remain unspoken for the most part.

July 1st, 2010 is when Spezza's NTC kicks in (assuming he's still in Ottawa), I'd like to say that we won't hear many rumours afterwards but I'm sure something will come up with him. Spezza currently in Toronto has denied the rumours that he wants out, there is no reason why he shouldn't be upset with the fans but a) Murray should've kept it a secret and b) the media needs to stop twisting things for their own amusement. All I know is trading Jason Spezza was, is and never will be a good deal from a Senators perspective.