What's next? I'm not sure...

Not much new to report this morning. As I mentioned in the comments section, the rumors of Jeremy Law being suspended by the WSHL/USA Hockey are untrue. I'm not sure how that one got started, but there is simply no basis for it. On the player side, there's supposed to be a league conference call today to determine what to do next, and I suppose this will lead to a dispersal draft. I'm sure the league will find some way to complicate things, however. I'll go way out on a limb here and put my money on the communication being less than exemplary, but I hope I'm wrong. From Topeka this morning there's a post-mortem column in the Capital-Journal on what happened - from the perspective of the relocation. It's also includes a "what's next" for Topeka hockey in general. I spoke to the author, sports editor Kurt Caywood, while he was working on it, and am a little disappointed he made no reference to the NAHL. Topeka's market size, history of support levels, and facility quality would seemingly make it an ideal NAHL market, and I told as much to Caywood. Oh well, at least he referenced the blog. Update: Whoops... my early morning sleepy-eyed glossing of the column missed this: "A low-budget junior team — those who know say that a North American Hockey League team would be the best option; I say whatever — would give them hockey and still be able to survive without widespread commercial appeal, the hockey version of a hearty houseplant that greens up a room but lives in spite of neglect." I still think Caywood could have done more to present the NAHL as the best option, especially at a modest (say, 3,000 seats) sized facility such as Topeka Ice has been conceived to be.