Summer is slowly wilting away. We are all collectively counting just how many weekends we have left that could be spent on a patio somewhere, enjoying a beverage of some kind, or just even think of being outside. How many days left until we need a second layer of clothing? That plant you put outside is probably going to die in a month or two.
But, this change of season means one thing: Hockey is back. The sport we love so much is set to return in under a month’s time, but until then, all we have is the brief snippet of news and hot gossip from around the league that spring up in the dead heat of August like a whack-a-mole that people claw and grab onto; so desperate to talk about anything relevant.