*We’ve reached the dark days, friends. No hockey. Only the burning heat of the sun that will eventually consume us all. Anyhoo, the St. Louis Blues quite literally went from worst to first, and it may be relevant to our interests to see just how they did that. [ESPN]
*And since I’m writing this, would all of you get a load of what a gem Ryan O’Reilly is? From the effusive apologizing for saying a bad word on TV to the big hug for his parents, it’s really hard not to like this guy.