[mlocher]

Yup. I split a pair of season tickets with a friend. My only expensive vice, and my wife goes with me to five or six games a year; I take my son to the rest. Not a bad deal.

I get to a couple of games a year and it is enjoyable. I am hoping the team plays up to expectations this year. I grew up outside Detroit, so the Red Wings are my favorite team, but the Blue Jackets are second. My wife is Canadian, so to keep peace in the family, I also have to root for the Maple Leafs.

[buccaneer81]

My wife is Canadian, so to keep peace in the family, I also have to root for the Maple Leafs.

I fear that if the Jackets don't make the playoffs this year and the next, Nash may well go the free agent route. And he's never made a secret of the fact that he has idolized the Leafs since childhood.