Another day, another step closer. The chill in the air and the absence of sunlight upon waking this morning has my brain on one thing: HOCKEY. And I'm so ready to feed this obsession. While it's been nice having time to relax and enjoy summer while being casually invested in baseball, I'm ready to forgo my free time and re-up my subscription to a life full of hockey-addicted reading, tweeting, commenting, discussing, podcasting, fancy-stat analyzing and complete preoccupation with every shot, hit, save, and goal. I know most of you are too. I really feel like a small child counting down the sleeps until Santa arrives at Christmas, and I can't wait for the longing to be over.