The Washington Senators of the NHL

1979-1980

1980-1981

2010-2011

2011-2012

All thanks to some remarkably shitty owners. RIP Atlanta Thrashers, slowly and gruesomely murdered by Don Wadell, Patrik Stefan's flop (not this one), Steve Belkin, Dany Heatley's driving, the stupidest lockout in the history of sports, Kari Lehtonen's groin, 400 draft picks for 18 games of Keith Tkachuk, Ilya Kovalchuk's insane contract demands, Joe Johnson's dumb contract and the Atlanta Fecking Spirit Group.

Of course we are talking about Bettman's expansion-era trainwreck of a league here. It sure won't be long before one of the other half dozen floundering franchises takes a long hard look at an empty Philips Arena smack dab in the middle of a city with a population of over five million and decides to become the next

Of course shitty owners tend to migrate to new cities along with their ruined teams, unfortunately.

This is the funniest thing ever

Gotta love the New York tabloids....

I personally see Brady as Anakin and Bellichick as Emperor Palpatine but that acknowledges the prequels so is probably not a good idea.

In other news, a 13-3 number 1 seeded team with home field advantage is almost universally picked as underdogs due to a guy who has rushed for less than 300 yards in the NFL.

I'm honestly surprised all the bloggers out there who are Packer fans aren't trying to get me to place a wager on a game that Green Bay is destined to win by birthright.