Over the past 2 months my life has been completely turned upside down.  Hockey is in its transitional phase, my own personal hockey play has been put on hold and my weekly podcast (The Weekly Deke) has been handed over to Schrembs.  My routine was normal and consistent – Monday nights I play hockey, Tuesday nights I talk about hockey on The Weekly Deke and Wed – Sunday I watch, read, blog, dream, discuss at length and argue the many amazing opinions that surround this incredible sport.

On August 8th I drove from Celebration, Florida to Brewton, Alabama to pack up my 17 year olds clothes and boxes to move him into my house (well the condo Dawn and I live).  Tyler wanted to spend his junior and senior year with me … get to know me … build a relationship with me.  This was my dream coming true – I have always wanted my boys to show an interest in living with me at some point and building a stronger relationship together.  It has finally happened, you know that saying “Be careful for what you wish for.”

What does this have to do with hockey and why am I venting about this on a hockey blog … well, with all the preparation and planning and everything else that goes into moving a 17 year old young man into your house, something had to suffer.  The Deke was the first to be set aside – put up on the shelf to collect dust and become stagnant.  It is my fault – and I am now pulling it back down and will be putting some thought into the content that gets posted.

I don’t think I need to recap what has been going on in the NHL (from my limited understanding) – San Jose is cleaning house and freeing up cap space for something to happen.  Tampa has one guy driving the bus now, plus, they just added Alex Tanguay.  I remember back in ‘99 when Alex was part of that amazing Colorado team with Sakic, Forsberg, Hejduk, Drury, Deadmarsh, Yelle, Ray Borque “cause he wanted to win the cup!” ROY in the net and of course Ozolinsh.  I am looking forward to seeing what Alex brings with him to Tampa … I can not wait.

I hope everyone has had an enjoyable and relaxing off season – this is going to be an awesome October watching hockey and sharing it with Tyler and Dawn … and of course all of you!

Tags: Life, san jose sharks, Tampa, Tyler