Back in action after two boating trips, to Grand Lake over July 4 and Lake Powell last week. I obviously missed a ton with the — it used to be a non-skating event, with prospects only available for an hour during Day 1 — and the , plus the signings of new forwards — who was acquired from Buffalo as part of the O’Reilly trade — and 2015 first-round draft pick .
As always, your one-stop Avalanche/NHL site is .
Thanks to colleague Terry Frei for working the Avs’ entire development camp. As of late June, we thought it would again only entail an hour or so of availability.
Here’s on the O’Reilly situation. And is the Olean Times Herald.
I don’t see Ryan O’Reilly on Twitter anymore. Don’t blame him. But before his trade to Buffalo, I noticed his tweet about My Morning Jacket’s new album, The Waterfall, and it’s No. 1 bonus track “Hillside Song.” O’Reilly LOVES this band, as do I, and we’ve chatted about them in the past — our favorite songs, recent concerts etc. I have tickets to My Morning Jackets’ show Aug. 13 at Red Rocks, and I know O’Reilly attended the band’s 2012 or 2013 show at the world’s marquee outdoor venue overlooking the Denver skyline.
In his tweet, O’Reilly was promoting this song like it was his anthem, his heart. After reading the tweet and listing to the song, I felt O’Reilly was talking about himself and the Avalanche, the team he joined at age 18, and its fans. Here are the lyrics:
“Hillside Song”
I wanna tell you I need you but that sounds so cliché
The grass is always greener on the other side anyway
Why do I value our time now that it’s done
Rollin’ down the hillside song
Rollin’ down the hillside just playin’ like two kids
In this grown up world, you’re all I understood
At the top of the hillside we were standin’ on
Rollin’ down the hillside song
You in the moonlight and me in the dark
Night after night, we did always have that spark
What about the music we made so strong?
What about the hillside song?
When times were difficult, what was I runnin’ from?
Rollin’ down the hillside song
Wanna tell you I need you but that sounds so cliché
The grass is always greener on the other side anyway
Why do I value our time now that it’s done
Rollin’ down the hillside song
Reading the lyrics might not be enough. Listen to the song.
The sad irony of Ryan O’Reilly allegedly driving impaired into a Tim Hortons is the actual Tim Horton died due to driving drunk.
— Seth Rorabaugh (@emptynetters)
