Wilderness, I want to take a minute to say thank you to Joe (and Aaron, and Tony, and Barry, and a thousand others) for welcoming me to HW when I joined here. I came initially to help cover Minnesota United FC (well before they were in MLS) right around when Joe and Tony took over. They had decided to end the soccer coverage on the site, but welcomed me to write about hockey. The people I’ve met have changed me in real and beneficial ways, and I count them among my best friends.
OK, emotional sappy stuff over.