Franklin Steele has been publishing hockey columns online since 2011 and has been watching and playing since the age of six. More than six million people have read his work, and he has more than 3,500 bylines to his name. He joins the Nation Network after five years with FanRag Sports, and his work also appears on TheHockeyWriters.com, DobberSports.com and ChicagoSportsColumn.com. Feel free to follow him on Twitter @FranklinSteele or to drop him a comment.