On skating without laces

and the creative genius of a demi-Canadian hero

Underneath everything dear reader, I’m living with a very simple truth.

I sleep easy at night and know that life will be ok because of one thing:

The Montreal Canadiens are back.

Not only are they back, but, because of their collective age - the youngest team in the NHL and their salary structure, they will be a dominant team for years.

Exciting eh?

Perhaps you don’t consider yourself a hockey fan.

That’s ok. I have room in my life for people of all religious backgrounds. Even if you worship at the church of eternal hope and disappointment as a Leafs fan, I’ll pray for you.

On player on the Habs is a Demi-Canadian.

His name is Lane Hutson. His father Rob is Canadian, so Lane is entitled to Canadian citizenship.

The same can be said about scoring ace Cole Caulfield. His dad is also Canadian.

Both of these young men are small for hockey players at 5’8” tall. Neither were expected to amount to much. Lane for example, despite his talents, was not drafted until the second round.

He was easy to ove…