There is a part of me that is having a hard time shaking the disappointment of the 2015-16 Blue Jackets. Those seasons that are done before they even get started are hard to stomach, and the impact seems palpable throughout the fan base. I am not really jonesing for hockey the way I normally am at this time of year, though the fact that there will be a USA-Canada exhibition game Friday night is definitely stirring the juices. But I am strangely indifferent to the start of the CBJ training camp, at odds to my normal behavior.
So I was thinking of this post, and developing that theme, and then I started thinking about the amazing run of the Lake Erie Monsters and how I got to go to a couple of those playoff games, and how fun they were.