There are a lot of fans who believe the Ottawa Senators were born in 1992 thanks to Bruce Firestone's money, Mel Bridgman's coke bottle glasses and Alexei Yashin's and later Alexander Daigle's failed promise. But in actuality the Ottawa Senators pre-date the National Hockey League, the Montreal Canadiens, and even the 20th century. The original Ottawa Senators date all the way back to 1883! Okay, so the the original Senators and today's franchise have no direct relation. They just happen to share the same name. But ever since the rebirth of major league hockey in Canada's national capital there has been some degree of curiosity about the original Sens. They were an amateur-turned-professional squad also known as the Ottawa Hockey Club and the Silver Seven. Blessed with multiple Stanley Cup championships, it was a time where hockey interest in the Canadian capital was perhaps even stronger than nowadays. Heroes like Frank Jenkins, P.D. Ross, Frank McGee, Jack Dar...