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# From the Branches: Playoffs baby!
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/from-the-branches-playoffs-baby-no-its-not-too-early/
- Published: 2017-01-07T12:47:16.000Z
- Updated: 2017-01-07T12:47:16.000Z
- Description: Yeah, yeah, but let's dream for a second, okay?
- Author: Nafio
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:27

Here is a thing of beauty and a joy forever to start your Saturday:

### Game Recaps

[Recap: Leafs 4 - Devils 2 ](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/recap-maple-leafs-4-new-jersey-devils-2-matthews-parenteau-brown-andersen/) by yours truly

[Red-hot Maple Leafs ride fast start to win over Devils - The Globe and Mail](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/red-hot-maple-leafs-ride-fast-start-to-win-over-devils/article33540818/?cmpid=rss1&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

or have the Game in Six:

Leafs face the Habs tonight, so laissez les bons temps rouler... for as long as they can anyway.

###   
Leafs-related

[The Next Eight Months And The Leafs’ Rebuild - Pension Plan Puppets](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/the-next-nine-months-and-the-leafs-rebuild-matthews-shattenkirk-boyle-kruger-pokka-kulikov/)  
Fulemin sums things up nicely.

[Eagles Fall 4-3 to Solar Bears - Mile High Hockey](http://www.milehighhockey.com/2017/1/7/14198106/eagles-fall-4-3-to-solar-bears?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Solar Bears score three unanswered to top Eagles

[Kadri's dad has a sweet shot](https://www.instagram.com/p/BO5NfyHjmHh/?hl=en&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Things I learned during the game yesterday... Paul Hendrick has an Instagram

### Friday's Games

[Arizona Coyotes end pointless streak at eight with 3-2 overtime loss against Anaheim Ducks - Five For Howling](http://www.fiveforhowling.com/2017/1/6/14197578/arizona-coyotes-anaheim-ducks-recap-score-duclair-wagner-smith-puck-play-turnover?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
*The game winning goal is... worth checking out.*

[Flames Outshoot Canucks 46-13, Lose 4-2 - Matchsticks and Gasoline](http://www.matchsticksandgasoline.com/2017/1/6/14197376/flames-outshoot-canucks-46-13-lose-4-2?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Ryan Miller....

[Avalanche don’t lose at home, in fact beat Islanders 2-1 in OT - Mile High Hockey](http://www.milehighhockey.com/2017/1/6/14197796/avalanche-dont-lose-at-home-in-fact-beat-islanders-2-1-in-ot?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
*The incredulity in this recap still feels familiar*

[Blackhawks vs. Hurricanes final score 2017: Scott Darling saves 39 in dominant effort - Second City Hockey](http://www.secondcityhockey.com/2017/1/6/14197086/blackhawks-vs-hurricanes-final-score-recap-results-highlights-scott-darling-2017?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Scott. Darling. Enough said.

[Nashville Predators 1, Florida Panthers 2: Not Great - On the Forecheck](http://www.ontheforecheck.com/2017/1/6/14196224/nashville-predators-1-florida-panthers-2-not-great?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
With a shuffled lineup, the Preds just didn’t have it tonight against the Panthers.

I would like to register a complaint: As I write this FTB [Emerance Maschmeyer and Team Canada are facing off against Noora Raty and Team Finland for gold at the Nations Cup](http://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/Team-Canada/Women/Under-22/2016-17/Nations-Cup/Stats/game-summary?gameid=146&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) and I can't watch it.

### Other things

[Hockey East Frozen Fenway Double Header Postponed - SB Nation College Hockey](http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/2017/1/6/14196278/hockey-east-frozen-fenway-double-header-postponed-snow-storm-nesn-boston-college-providence-bu-umass?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
The Hockey East Doubleheader at Fenway Park scheduled for Saturday, January 7, 2017 will be played on Sunday, January 8, 2017 due to the impending snow storm

[The Ducks’ Trade Wars - Anaheim Calling](http://www.anaheimcalling.com/2017/1/6/14182158/the-ducks-trade-wars?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Anaheim Calling wants JVR

[Bruins diverted to Miami International in the wake of the Ft.Lauderdale shooting. Everyone is fine. - Stanley Cup of Chowder](http://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2017/1/6/14196586/bruins-panthers-boston-florida-fort-lauderdale-shooting-everyone-is-fine-no-need-to-panic?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Everyone made it. Our thoughts are with Ft. Lauderdale.

[How this year’s NHL stories are shaping up, halfway through the regular season - The Globe and Mail](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/how-this-years-nhl-stories-are-shaping-up-halfway-through-the-regularseason/article33535097/?cmpid=rss1&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Taking stock at the midpoint of the 2016-17 regular hockey season, Eric Duhatschek finds some unexpected and startling developments