Hey Melnyk!

Great job last night at Scotiabank Place honouring our troups. Taking our military for granted is something many of us civilians are guilty of, myself included. It felt good having all the military personnel in the crowd and seeing the reaction of the rest of the fans and players toward them.

I particularly liked your speech where you reminded us all that it is because of our brave Canadian soldiers that we enjoy such basic freedoms as: deciding where we live and work; expressing our opinions openly; attending hockey games and battling securities regulators in court.

Just one thought though. You came out and gave your speech wearing a sweater with "#1" on the back, proclaiming yourself the number one fan of the military, at least for that evening. This got me to thinking, even though you organized this event was is not the Senators' ticket holders who anted up their tickets for military personnel to attend the game? These regular Joes or small businesses are the ones who actually paid for those brave men and women to be present last night, not the Ottawa Senators as I understand it.

So may I suggest that next year if you're giving a similar speech, perhaps you should come out with a sweater reading "#2201" to give credit where credit is due.

On another note regarding last night, I have one small complaint that I would like to mention. Now please realize that I am anything but a complainer. For years I have dutifully paid for my season tickets, bought my $8.50 Coors Lights or $12 draughts and $6 hot dogs, or whatever the hell they cost, without so much as a peep. But would it be too much to ask, in return for my patronage, to do something about the ridiculous situation in that mud bowl you call parking lot 6!

Once again I was directed into this lot only to be forced to park in three inches of schlop! The freaking lot is a complete quagmire? Did you not buy this $300 Million complex for something like a hundred and eighty bucks? Would it kill you to pave the freaking main parking lot of the stadium so people don't have to stand around all night eating their overpriced food with dried up mud up to their ankles. If you can't afford that then grab a rag and get your ass to the main lobby and clean people's footware as they enter the rink. What type of chickeshit operation are you running over there anyway?

And another thing, would it be possible to pipe in some warm water into those washrooms so that we can wash our hands properly? My wife reminds me of this problem every time we go to a game together.

Other than that we had a great time...keep up the good work.

Go Sens Go!

JFK - Loyal Sens Fan