I wonder how the Avalanche feel about this…

Cheryl, get on that press pass.

I also admit I’d much rather write a story and accompanying blog about, say, Chris Stewart and his unique family background than worry about who’s playing the point on the second power play unit and rush to be the first to report who’s going to be the healthy scratch among the defensemen tonight.

And that’s the exact opposite of what I like to read. Frei wrote features, and I understand that, but now that has to fall to Adrian or Chambers and we may have less of the day-to-day stuff that I actually do enjoy.

There are thousands of other places you can get specific coverage of other favorite teams and the league.

But none of them have the access that the Post has.

But I don’t mind being identified with hockey. Part of the fun has been being a dissenting voice, reacting to the traditionalist wing of the sport and even to the fans who believe that any disagreement with the "Canadiac" wing of thought means you believe the game should be played in skirts and that "you don’t understand the game!" I’ve frequently noted the double standards: When rotten NHL teams in "traditional" markets aren’t drawing, it’s because the fans are so discerning; when rotten NHL teams in "non-traditional" markets don’t draw, it’s because they’re "bad hockey towns." And, of course, when Avalanche attendance dropped dramatically, it was because this "isn’t really a hockey town." Interestingly, that often came from the same people who never once opined that having 3,000 people in the building for Nuggets games meant "this isn’t really a basketball town."

This is one thing I always appreciated about Frei.

But in general, I think any drop in hockey coverage is a bad thing.

I always liked Frei, I felt that he stated his opinions very well. And I generally agreed with them. I hope Mike Chambers gives us material to read, but regardless, it’s this blog that gives me the vast majority of reading material having to do with anything hockey.