Checkers broadcaster Jason Shaya checks in each week with his 10 Thoughts - a series of observations about the team and the hockey world in general. This week: struggles over the weekend, the upcoming road trip, Manny Malhotra and more.
After two weeks off, the Checkers finally played their first home games of the season at Time Warner Cable Arena last weekend, though they did not go as well as hoped.
There’s no replicating game action, but the Checkers feel as though they’ve done as well as they possibly could under some strange, strange circumstances.
At this time one year ago, Mike Murphy couldn’t have been further from the Checkers’ starting job, both figuratively and in terms of actual, physical distance. Things have changed very quickly.
