Ian Mendes

This has to be the worst week of the year. January in Canada is just brutal. The weather is crummy, the credit card bills from the holidays are piling up and Leafs fans still think their team has a realistic shot at making the playoffs.

On top of that, nobody has the motivation to go back to their cubicles and work this week. (My rule of thumb: you don't need to work hard until the egg nog in the staff fridge has expired).

So for the good people of Ottawa, I've decided to put together a fun Sens quiz from the past decade. Fifteen multiple choice questions to help you kill some time and pretend you are working at the office.

I hope you enjoy "The Ultimate Sens Decade Quiz"

1. Which was the best moment of the decade?

A) Daniel Alfredsson's OT goal in Buffalo to put the Sens in the Cup Finals

B) Chris Phillips OT goal to force a Game 7 in 2003 vs. New Jersey

C) Team is saved from bankruptcy by Eugene Melnyk

2. Which late-season addition had the least impact on the Sens?

A) Tyler Arnason

B) Petr Bondra

C) The Gladiator Guy From 2008

3. What was the worst decision of the decade made by Sens management?

A) Choosing Redden over Chara

B) Signing Martin Gerber

C) Trading Havlat for Preissing/Hennessy/Barinka

4. What was the funniest moment of the decade involving the Leafs-Sens rivalry?

A) Alfredsson's fake stick-toss to make fun of Mats Sundin

B) Tie Domi deciding to take on noted tough guy Magnus Arvedson

C) Zdeno Chara ragdolling Bryan McCabe

5. Which player wore the biggest goat horns in the decade?

A) Ricard Persson for his untimely boarding major on Tie Domi in 2002

B) Patrick Lalime for his infamous Game 7 meltdown in 2004 against the Leafs

C) Peter Bondra for his no-show in the 2004 playoffs

6. Which player did the most damage to Ottawa from a PR standpoint?

A) Alexei Yashin

B) Dany Heatley

C) Ray Emery

7. What was the best thing about Dominik Hasek's tenure in Ottawa?

A) We learned what an adductor was

B) Hasek leaving at the end of the season with all of his possessions in a Glad garbage bag.

C) We got to do impressions of Hasek's thick Czech accent on a regular basis.

8. Which one event do you wish actually happened to the Sens this decade?

A) They acquired Gary Roberts at a trade deadline

B) They beat the Leafs in a playoff series

C) They acquired Gary Roberts and then beat the Leafs in a playoff series.

9. What do you miss most about Ray Emery?

A) Driving on the Queensway seems boring now

B) Sens practices seem boring now

C) Everybody's suits seem boring now

10. What was the most annoying thing about playing the Leafs in the playoffs?

A) Constant TV shots of Ken Dryden awkwardly clapping in the press box

B) Alyn McCauley pushing the net off repeatedly - but never getting called for a penalty

C) Hearing Leafs fans saying their team was "built for the playoffs" - but avoiding the fact that their team lost every series immediately after playing Ottawa.

11. What ritual do you miss the most?

A) Jacques Martin constantly looking up at the scoreboard

B) Patrick Lalime in a Stevie Wonder-like trance listening to the anthems.

C) Bill Muckalt missing the net

12. What was the most heart-breaking goal scored against Ottawa?

A) Jason Pomminville's OT goal in 2006

B) Jeff Friesen's third period goal in Game 7 in 2003

C) Cory Cross' OT winner in 2001. (I mean come on, seriously...Cory Cross!?)

13. Which was the best Sens celebrity girlfriend of the decade?

A) Carol Alt

B) Hilary Duff

C) Carrie Underwood

14. What was the best trade the Sens made in the decade?

A) Yashin for Chara/Spezza/Muckalt

B) Comrie for Kaigarodov

C) Leclaire and a 2nd rounder for Vermette

15. What's the one thing you'd like to see the Sens do in this next decade?

A) Win a Stanley Cup

B) Beat the Leafs in a playoff series

C) Acquire Gary Roberts