Hi everyone!  Well, it’s that time of year again where once again we Canadians have no representatives in the Stanley Cup Finals, but at least our Ottawa Senators made a valiant effort to break that unfortunate routine, losing an excruciatingly close series to last year’s Cup champs from Pittsburgh.  Had the Sens pulled it out in game seven, it would have made for an interesting Cinderella vs. Cinderella final series, but alas, it was not meant to be.  There’s always next year, I guess.  And there’s always the upcoming expansion draft to look forward too, which, coincidentally enough, is taking place in this, the 50th anniversary of the NHL’s first expansion endeavor, the one that gave birth (sort of) to the California Seals.  June 6, 2017, will represent, to the day, the 50th anniversary of modern-day NHL expansion, so we’ll be paying extra attention to that here at Golden Seals Hockey.

As for this week, we’ve added a brand new induction to the Hockey Hall of Fame: the sad story of Colin Chaulk’s jersey retirement, which took place just a few months ago.  For the most part, HHOS inductions are things that happened a while back, and have gained some notoriety of the years, but this week’s induction was so bad, I had to induct it right away.

As usual, there is also a brand new addition to the Overexposed wing of the HHOS.  This time, our cardboard crap fest features Don Luce in what appears to be some sort of Toronto Maple Leafs uniform, but I honestly cannot confirm this.  Since Hockey-reference.com claims he played about a half-season with the Leafs, I figure this must be true, but check out the card for yourself, and you’ll see why I have serious doubts.

Anyway, good luck to Pittsburgh and Nashville in the Stanley Cup Finals.  I’m sure they are going to put on a great show, as both have already done thus far in these playoffs.  We’ll have some special Stanley Cup-themed additions to the site very soon, so come on back and check them out.  Until next time, stay gold!