This is different

For the first Monday since September, I don't have to get ready for the week's hounding trip(s). It's weird, too. It became so much of the routine, a couple hours of research to cobble together a list, the digging through cards and pucks to fill it.

And, now, hockey is over for the season down here in Tampa Bay. It's time to put away and display the season's bounty. Some pucks, like the Gretzky, will stay out, joining the mix between two display cases. Most, though, will be safely tucked away.

Please know, too, that the break from hounding down here doesn't mean Hound Central 2.0 is going on hiatus. Oh, no, not now. There's still plenty of hockey to be played. And I always have something to say.

Thanks for stopping by.