Hi everyone! Well, the All-Star game has come and gone, and now the players get down to the nitty gritty, the second-half push to the playoffs and then the trade deadline when we find out which teams are going to be buyers and which teams are going to be sellers. I love my Habs, but I’m pretty sure at this point that they are going to be sellers. The only question is who is going to stay, and who is going to be looking for a new dwelling. Of course, miracles do happen – Just ask the 2018-19 St. Louis Blues – but with the injuries Montreal has, I don’t expect any celebrating on St. Catherine’s St. this June.

This week, I’ve added a new article featuring the then-newly acquired Wayne Merrick from an old Goal magazine from 1975-76. It was published right around this time of year, when the Seals were just a few points out of a playoff spot in the Adams Division, so enthusiasm was sky high since the team hadn’t been in an actual playoff race since 1972. Merrick in particular was excited about the prospects of playing hockey in mid-April. Little did he know that when the decade ended he was about to embark on a four-Cups-in-four-years run with the New York Islanders. Thanks again to Pete Manzolillo for sending me the article so I could share it with all of you.

There is also a new Overexposed card featured in the Hockey Hall of Shame. It features one of the first, if only, hockey themed superheroes. No, I’m not talking about the Guardian Project, that awful Stan Lee-driven series of characters who were supposed to save the Earth from a hockey-tornado-darkness thing… I really don’t know what it was all about; you’ll have to check out the Guardian Project over here if you have such an insatiable need to find out. All I know is that it was weird, but this week we have a real superhero to gush over, and you can find out who he or she is over in the Overexposed wing of the Hockey Hall of Shame.

In closing this week, don’t forget to cast your votes for the inductees into the Seals Hall of Fame class of 2020. The voting has been close so far, so start clicking to start breaking some ties. You can vote up to three times per device, so come back as often as you like to cast your ballot.

Until next time, stay gold!