Opening Faceoff

This isn't so much a hockey update as an introductory post for my new hockey blog. Tomorrow is the big NHL Draft Lottery wherein we get to find out the order of next Saturday's entry draft. The league will probably also announce rule changes that will take effect when the new season starts in October.

But that will be tomorrow's post. Tonight, I'm just writing a little about how this blog is going to work. Oh, and before I go on, I should note that I've been a Tampa Bay Lightning fan for 13 years.

As soon as the season actually starts, I'll be posting after every Lightning game — naturally. Until then, I'll just be posting whenever there is a league event or big news (for example, tomorrow's draft lottery).

But first thing's first. For a couple of weeks now I have been racking my brain to come up with a good title for this blog. Unfortunately, none have come. That said, I've decided to use some sort of commercial logo and create a goofy, hockey-related spin-off.

Take this current one for example. If you are a movie-goer or really are alive in any way, surely you've seen the DreamWorks SKG logo. If not, it's the movie studio founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen (the men whose last initials lead to the SKG in the company name).

So for now, the site will be titled RinkWorks SKL, the SKL standing for Lightning Stanley Cup heroes Martin St. Louis, Nikolai Khabibulin and Vincent Lecavalier, three people without whom Tampa Bay would never have seen a hockey championship.

I'm sorry if you don't like the current title. Please drop me a line (via comments) if you have any better ideas. Plus, like I said, I plan to change it every few months. Speaking of which, if you have any cool ideas for future blog titles, let me know. I'd be happy to hear it. (If it's stupid, I'll definitely let you know.)

The last thing is that every post will have a photo of the day. And here it is...




Remembered Forever: The names of the 2004 Stanley Cup Champions as they are engraved on the side of the Stanley Cup. How cool is that!