> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Break Time - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/break-time/ - Published: 2011-01-27T12:01:06.000Z - Updated: 2011-01-27T12:01:06.000Z - Author: J.P. Nikota - Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:27 So [Phil Kessel](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54905/phil-kessel?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) will go to the All-Star game instead of Mikhail Grabovski, which is whack, but at least we have a player representing the Leafs. Being that [this is a mediocre team](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/leafs-beat/leafs-enter-break-mostly-healthy-and-totally-mediocre/article1883508/?cmpid=rss1&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) (at best), it's hard to get too worked up about it. Dave Shoalts has a couple of articles today about [the shape of the Leafs going into the break.](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/leafs-beat/gustavsson-downturn-echoes-leafs-woes-at-all-star-break/article1884305/?cmpid=rss1&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Naturally, it's a bleak picture he paints: > A look around the names on the dressing room stalls in the Leafs practice rink on Wednesday showed there were too many in the same boat as Gustavsson – not living up to expectations. > > The list of those who exceeded expectations so far is short, indeed: The line of [Mikhail Grabovski](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54327/mikhail-grabovski?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com), [Nikolai Kulemin](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54310/nikolai-kulemin?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) and [Clarke MacArthur](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/55209/clarke-macarthur?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) and defenceman [Luke Schenn](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54281/luke-schenn?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com). That is about it among 24 players. Um, [James Reimer](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54304/james-reimer?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)? **Leaf Links:** [Gustavsson would consider conditioning stint](http://www.640toronto.com/Blogs/EatSleepLeafs/BlogEntry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10197262&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Well, we remember that a player always has to approve of being sent down, so that explains the title. That said, it also makes me wonder once again about the conditions under which a conditioning stint wouldn't be perceived as waiver avoidance by the league. [Leafs Fan Forever: Time for change?](http://leafsfanforever.blogspot.com/2011/01/time-for-change.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Oh, probably. [1/26: Marlies This Week](http://mapleleafshotstove.com/2011/01/26/126-marlies-this-week/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) MLHS has a few tidbits on the youngins. **Other Hockey Links:** [Group to probe $400M Quebec arena cost](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/group-to-probe-400m-quebec-arena-cost/article1884037/?cmpid=rss1&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Municipal committee to determine whether $400-million price tag is accurate. Yeah, hockey rinks cost a lot of money. Just ask the City of Glendale. [Skinner, Stastny added to NHL all-star game roster](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/skinner-stastny-added-to-nhl-all-star-game-roster/article1883318/?cmpid=rss1&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) So NHL’s youngest player gets nod to play in front of home fans in Carolina. Cool. [Current, former NHL players lose more than $13-million in resort deal](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/current-former-nhl-players-lose-more-than-13-million-in-resort-deal/article1883049/?cmpid=rss1&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Shoalts and Duhatschek team up to explain how. [Glendale bond issue fails; what's next for Coyotes?](http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck%5Fdaddy/post/Report-Glendale-bond-issue-fails-what-s-next-f?urn=nhl-312923&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) If you're like me, you've given up trying to figure out what the hell is going on. Suffice it to say that it's not good. [Wednesday's Three Stars](http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck%5Fdaddy/post/Wednesday-s-Three-Stars-Ondrej-s-Pavelectric-?urn=nhl-313046&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) From Puck Daddy. [Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr: who wins five on five?](http://vintageleafmemories.blogspot.com/2011/01/wayne-gretzky-and-bobby-orr-who-wins.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Neither. The tear in the fabric of the universe necessary to have these two play at the same time blasts wide open, obliterating life as we know it. [![Facebook_16](http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o282/buddhafisch/facebook-buttonSMALL.jpg)](http://www.facebook.com/pages/PensionPlanPuppetsSBN) [![Twitter_16](http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o282/buddhafisch/twitter-buttonSMALL.jpg)](http://twitter.com/mlse?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)