Dear SHL of the future. I don't know what the future of hockey looks like. Maybe by the time this is open, the idea of someone's job on a team being "punching people" will be laughably absurd. No matter what, I hope that the league is still full of passionate people playing the sport they love. Never forget all the little kids looking at you from a screen or in the stands, telling their parents they wanna play hockey. That's what it's all about.