NyQuil
Big F$&*in Q
sports? nope. all English.
They show Senators games on RDS.
But yes, in general, it takes a lot more effort because we live in a saturated English culture. Unfortunately, it's not easy but there are definite benefits, particularly in this town.
It's very easy for us to travel globally as a result because everyone else learns English.
Despite the fact that I speak German, I rarely had to speak it all in my recent trip to Munich and Vienna which was surprising because I grew up there and it was a lot different even in the 80s. For the most part, a lot of people's English was better than my German.
Anyway, I do think that in Ottawa, French is an asset with respect to the Senators but not a requirement, unlike in Montreal, which is a good thing IMO. I'm not sure if the pool of candidates is large enough when it comes to professional hockey coaching / management experience.