Live from Boston: Sun rises on the NHL season

Just as I would settle in, my feet would hit the ground again...

Thinks that's from Slaid Cleaves, no?

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Shook out the cobwebs with a bright cold morning stroll through the Commons.

A little brisk for these bones to run, but sweet anyway, plugged into Ryan Adams radio on Pandora, past the trees and the old cemetery and the Earl of Sandwich, the few dogwalkers with pets unleashed, the sun peeking behind the office buildings and all the paths stretching ahead, open from Emerson to Beacon….

Will be grabbing a cab to the Rangers optional skate at TD Bank Garden shortly....