No Summer Lovin` Here
by Charles Solomon
The summer is a challenging time for hockey fans. Sure we have crucial dates like the draft (June 21-22) at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, and July 1st, when all it takes is a wad of millions to acquire some of the games elite players, but most of the summer is boring. Trades come and go, like last year’s now famous trade between the Ducks and the Devils that sent Jeff Friesen and Oleg Tverdovsky to Jersey for Petr Sykora however, most of the summer is spent hoping and waiting for the season to begin.