Gentle Reader, we were in New Orleans this past weekend, and because we were there for our grandmother’s funeral, we weren’t exactly spending every minute of every day thinking about how we were missing four regular-season games. But there were some down moments during the family activities, and we decided to sample a bit of hockey coverage in the Crescent City. Here is our report from the field of the games in Europe, as seen from New Orleans:
*Crickets chirping*
*Marching band music from the street beneath our hotel room window, either playing jazz very poorly or supporting Tulane, we’re not sure.*
*Crickets chirping*
