The universe aligned this month and Devlyn's Winter track out took place the same week as the Greater Raleigh Sports Council's annual "Lunch with the Hurricanes". My company (Glyph) sponsors a table there and we had extra seats so Devlyn got to go! Poor Blake was in preschool. They break the room up into about 40 tables of 8 and each table gets 1-2 members of the Canes. Devlyn had high hopes we'd get a Staal. Eric Staal's brother Jordan joined the team this season so it's cool for Devlyn and Blake that brothers play on the team together. Eric Staal is their favorite player anyway : ) Long story short, we stopped in the team store on the way up to the luncheon and got Devlyn a new team jersey. He's grown out of the one we bought him when he was 3 and Blake can wear that one now. After lunch and mingling is over, you get to walk around and seek out your favorite players. So Devlyn rolled into the luncheon with a fresh, clean team jersey and came out with 6 or 7 of the top players' autographs! Man did he have a good time. He would not let me take pictures of him with any of them but he started with Jordan Staal and ended with the coach. He had the Staal brothers autograph his shirt right next to pins he has with their numbers on it. And of course all the players are extra nice to kids he really got the full treatment. We sat with Grayson Bowman (newbie) and an old Whaler, Steve Rice who was at the luncheon as an alum. Dad - thought you might remember that name. Here are some pictures including one stealth pic Devlyn took about 5 seconds after the players sat down at our table. It's of Bowman. Next year I'll have to plot a way to get Weebsie in there : )
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