time for another thread of #NHLFlames drinky thoughts - Quarter season lamentations edition. Today I'm going with @knobcreek smoked maple bourbon. Simple recipe - a couple of fingers of the good stuff + an ice ball in a glass

It’s boxing day, it’s -28 outside, and there’s no Flames hockey to discuss.

So instead here’s the story of how my family started a company in our garage 6 years ago that is projected to break 8 figures next year. In late 2015, I was FT in digital marketing (PT hockey writing). My youngest brother was working as an SEO specialist. My middle brother had recently quit his day job to launch an ergonomic bucket handle product (didn't work out).

I’m kind of forming what I call the “theory of scapegoat management” in hockey, where a team that notably fails or disappoints will focus on the undesirable quirks or weaknesses (however marginal) of a key player, and then project the failures of the team onto those issues. Once that happens, the team seeks to excise those failures by getting rid of the player, supposedly curing the team the of ills he imposed - or symbolized - in them.