Are you missing hockey badly these days?

Of course you are, and we've got a long ways to go until the 2012-2013 season opens, both in terms of the calendar and the grind of CBA negotiations between the owners and players.

But here's something to get that hockey blood pumping through your veins.

The Nashville Predators have been asking fans to submit ideas for a tagline for the upcoming season, and while I've held off featuring or endorsing any of the entries here, when this item got posted on the OTF Facebook page, I simply had to share it this morning. Just check out the video that goes along with this entry, "Fortune Favors the Gold" by Joshia Pickens...

#Smashville - Fortune Favors the Gold from Joshua Pickens on Vimeo.

Rinse and repeat as necessary to help get you through the summer. And congratulations to Joshua Pickens on a job well done! I'm always amazed when stuff like this comes along, it just shows how one fan's passion + a healthy dose of effort & creativity can inspire us all.