So, you’ve just arrived back from your annual trip to the moon.
You’re checking the Senators’ statistics for the first time all season. A number of things jump out at you.
Foremost among them: Who is this Mike Condon person and how is it that he has played nearly as many games as starter Craig Anderson? The first consideration — Anderson must be injured. Condon was picked up on an emergency basis and somehow wrestled the backup-turned-starter job from Andrew Hammond.
The real story, no one could have foreseen.
No one imagined Anderson’s wife, Nicholle, would be diagnosed with a rare form of throat cancer, requiring Craig to be away from the team for prolonged periods.