Manny

Pre-season hockey is just about a month away. Even though my darling Manny Legace is no longer a Red Wing, our beloved Captain Stevie retired and Shanney has moved on, I still find myself as excited as ever for the new season.

Last night's dream didn't help any. It was another dream about Manny. I have them fairly often. I honestly can't think of anyone other than family that I dream about more.

Background: My darling Manny was let go under less than ideal circumstances. There are actually a lot of us Red Wing fans that aren't too happy about it. I've stated aloud...and will do so here publicly... I hope Manny gets a shut out against the Wings.

So anyway, last night's dream....The Wings were playing the Blues, at the Blues arena, which looked much more like a small community ice rink. I hovered at the edge of the rink, trying to find Manny, not sure what his number was with this new team. I looked everywhere and couldn't find him. I was afraid that maybe he had the 'Red Wing flu' and was being a sissy.

Then Punky decided he needed a bath, so we walked around the hall to where there were several homey bathrooms and he climbed in a tub while I took advantage of being 'backstage' and continued to look for Manny.

Alas, I never found him. But I had a clean kid.