Hi everyone and belated Happy Halloween! I don’t know about you, but we got one hell of a torrential downpour on the Day of the Dead this year. But my son Emmett was a real trooper and walked in the rain in his Superman cape for two hours and never complained once. All he wanted after collecting candy from one house was finding the next house he could exploit. At the end of the night, his hands were cold, his rubber boots were soaked, his hair was drenched, but he couldn’t have been happier. All in all, we all had a great time, and now I’m back for a new update.

This week, I’ve been going over my book and identifying little hiccups here and there that I’d like to have corrected. Most of the time it’s just stats, since my book was published before the NHL released all of its game summaries from 1917 to the present day. Therefore, there are a lot of instances where plus-minuses and shots on goal figures are off by one, which is really annoying, but at least I getting a mulligan on my book and I have the chance to do a few things over. I’m a perfectionist so I’m more than happy to do the job.

One thing that always bothered me in researching the Seals was the understanding the history of the famous, but short-lived Wrecking Crew Line. I just didn’t have access to anything that indicated when, and for how long Dave Hrechkosy, Butch Williams and Ron Huston played together, and so the book is a little vague on their overall impact on the Seals. As I started reading through the 1974-75 chapter, I started looking more closely at the stats and I made the necessary corrections. I thought it would be a good time to update the original 2016 article I wrote about the Wrecking Crew which had been posted to the articles section of the website. So, this week’s new article is not so much “new” but rather a 2.0 version, and you can find it where the old version was, in the articles section, of course.

And, to acknowledge the spirit of Halloween, a trip down memory lane to remember some of the scariest Overexposed cards we’ve featured! We’ve got Anders Hedberg’s crazy eyes! We’ve got Emerson Etem’s crotch! We’ve got Dan Cleary threatening to slit his throat! And we’ve got Dave Gagner trying to scare the crap out of everyone within earshot! Enjoy!

Until next time, stay gold!