Hounding haul: Columbus Blue Jackets

For the most part, especially over the past few months, Tuesday afternoons meant leaving early for the rink and beating rush-hour traffic and getting Colin to his Jr. Lightning practice in Oldsmar. Three weeks ago, thanks to some free tickets to the Columbus-Tampa Bay game, we had a change in plans.

Given this newfound opportunity, we followed part of our routine -- leaving ahead of the road-clogging drive-home crush-- and got in a little hounding.

While we didn't add many autographs to the collection (10, in total), it was the still fun to go out and get back into the hounding groove. Given out activities since then, I'd day it jump-started the season for us.

Rick Nash, commemorating Canada's gold medal in 2010;

Ryan Johansen, who was drafted fourth overall in 2020;

A couple of cards signed, if that's what you want to call it, by Nash; and

A quartet of cards, including a pair from sets-in-progress, from Colton Gillies.