[Ron] Wilson said that Marlies goaltender Justin Pogge will likely get some action with the Leafs before long ...

My home girl and yours Wrap Around Curl is the newest OFFICIAL fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Make sure you give her a hearty, official, welcome to Leafs Nation, over at her blog, my blog and here at PPP.

You see, as fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs, we may not get to celebrate a Stanley Cup. But we always get the girl.

D Carlo Colaiacovo hobbled off the ice at practice yesterday after taking a shot off his foot. He went to hospital for an X-ray. "He's okay," said GM Cliff Fletcher. "He should be all right for the game on Saturday.

Impromptu PPPub Night - Saturday Nov 15?

I find myself with a free evening this Saturday. I was thinking of retiring to a downtown TO (or somewhere subway-accessible) pub to watch the Leafs take on Fat Welly and the Vancouver Canucks.

Anyone up for it? Nothing crazy, just some beers and the Leafs. And possibly nachos.

Location TBD, based on attendee list.

Forward Alexei Ponikarovsky missed Monday’s practice.

"I was going to tell you we traded him and you guys would go running," Wilson told a clutch of reporters. "But his wife had a baby at 3 a.m. last night. So, obviously, I excused him and congratulated him and he’ll be in the lineup tomorrow."

Was it a boy or a girl?

"He had a boy," Wilson said. "He named him Ron."

What bothers me is that tv-commentators do announce Vesa Toskala with double s's
Like Vessa Toskala.

Vesa is knows Finnish name but vessa on the contrary means toilet in Finnish.

We have to put together an extended roster of people we're considering for 2010 pretty soon; this isn't a team Canada thing, it's for the IOC, and the players to know that they are on call for random drug tests leading up to the games. We're looking at 70-80 names, a lot can change from now until then, you see guys like Luke Schenn who seems to be way ahead of the curve, and start wondering where he's going to be in a year and a half. He has international experience on his resume...'

Nobody is out to screw Mathieu Schneider

"Caber would be a great addition to our team," said Belak. "Now we have to work on Mats. Let's get the entire band back together, man! I'm all for that."

1858: Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa to be the capital of Canada. Seemingly at random.