July first is Canada Day, the NHL & AHL's UFA Day, and the unofficial Hockey New Year in the North American pro leagues. July fourth is the equivalent national holiday south of the 49th. Therefore today (the fifth) seems like an appropriate day to really kick off the new year of hockey.*
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Happy Hockey New Year, Everyone! (All Photos Credit: M. Richter) |
I'm also going to apologize now - this post is going to be a bit of an info-dump, designed to catch things up to the present. There's a bit of personal, a bit of rec league antics, and a bit of Caps-related news.