I hate this part of the year. It's the hottest part of the season (hey, all you goobs who said you hate winter and can't wait for it to get warm so you can go to the lake...Can you even FIND a lake right now?), football talk starts to take over, though all of it seems to revolve around players who won't make the team and will be back in accounting in 6-weeks and baseball's 4,659-game schedule starts to get mundane. Worse of all, there really is no hockey to speak of whatsoever. The draft is long behind us. The developmental camp is done and all the kids are back with their respective schools/teams.
What makes this time more difficult is the last few days have been spent within the confines of the NICU with my wife and newborn son. Even though he's by far the healthiest and strongest in here, this place still sucks. The nurses and doctors are great (most of the nurses). It's the walls and the alarms and the not being with our other son that is just got me to a point where I'm so ready to get out of here. Already, Shmooshy has spent more time in the NICU than Bug ever did. Now, let's just hope that'll be the end of the shenanigans.
But, thankfully, yesterday was passed with a fun scenario of what if Shea Weber became available (assuming the Stars owner situation was completed) and whom would people be willing to give up. The first names thrown out were Jamie Benn and Loui Ericcson. I personally think that Jedi Jamie Benn "Kenobi" is far too valuable and the upside is too great to lose. This is Dallas' future captain and could potentially challenge Mikey Mo's records. Now, as for Weber, he knows he's a number one defenseman, and he'll expect to get paid as such. With the exception of Trevor Daley, I am very pleased with our defense going into this season. We get to have the services of Alex Goligoski and Sheldon Sourey for an entire year. Right there, we'll see substantial improvement.
I'm so ready for October to get here. Cooler weather...the Texas Rangers will exact revenge on the national league and will be World Series Champions...the Cowboys will be making excuses as to why they keep losing games and hockey will be starting. The 109 degree heat will give way to 500 square feet of frozen water, and a new era for the Dallas Stars will have begun.
