I swear fall weather is never late. It takes well into May to get consistently warm (with nights that are still cool) but come mid-September, it’s like a switch is flipped and it’s in the 60s during the day and high 40s at night.

Fall does bring hockey back though! The pre-season just started and the Rangers beat the Islanders 4-1 and are currently beating Boston 2-1. Great start even if it doesn’t mean much. These exhibitions are more about shaking the dust off and figuring out where the rookies’ skills are at to figure out the best lines to start the season (Oct 11). There are a ton of rookies out there, a bunch of them I don’t remember even seeing their names before. But everyone is looking really good. Jimmy Vesey (a former Ranger who I liked) and Vitali Kravtsov are making their presence known as both of their NHL careers are at a crossroads. It feels like they’re both going to make opening night, which is against Tampa Bay. For Vitali, Coach Gallant clearly thinks highly of him as he’s been practicing on the second line with Panarin and our newest major pick-up, Vincent Trocheck. That’s a big deal.

Still a ways to go until the season starts but I think we Rangers fans have a lot to look forward to very soon.

As we’re barreling towards October, it’s time to turn to horror movies! I’m going to start with Antlers and the new Hellraiser movie, so keep an eye out for those reviews first. Not sure what else I’ll be checking out, I’ll have to see what promising titles are out there.