Happy NHL Free Agency Day!

Posted on July 1, 2024 by jrcoggins

A holiday celebrated in Canada but not in the US. It is a day when men of many nations are offered millions of dollars to come to our great land and chase a frozen piece of rubber across sheets of ice.

Four days later, Americans celebrate Independence Day, when some hockey players celebrate that they have become independently wealthy and those players without contracts bemoan their independence. Americans celebrate the day, as they do every other day, by firing off explosive devices.

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James R. Coggins is a professional writer and editor based in British Columbia, Canada. He wrote his first novel in high school, but, fortunately for his later reputation as a writer, it was never published. He briefly served as a Christian magazine editor (for just over 20 years). He has written everything from scholarly and encyclopedia articles to jokes in Reader’s Digest (the jokes paid better). His six and a half published books include four John Smyth murder mysteries and one other, stand-alone novel. In his spare time, he operates Mill Lake Books, a small publishing imprint. His website is www.coggins.ca

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