> ## 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. # From the Branches: Two days til Stammergeddon - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/from-the-branches-two-days-til-stammergeddon/ - Published: 2016-06-23T09:43:11.000Z - Updated: 2016-06-23T09:43:11.000Z - Description: When can teams come a'courting? Saturday. - Author: Achariya - Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:01 Hmmm, wonder if anything happened while I was aslee -- > Keith Yandle has agreed to terms with the Florida Panthers: seven years and $6.35 million average per season > > — Pierre LeBrun (@Real\_ESPNLeBrun) [June 23, 2016](https://twitter.com/Real%5FESPNLeBrun/status/745830499332067332?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Oh, okay. How about Stamk -- > If the [#Lightning](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lightning?src=hash&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) are going to make a bold move at the draft coming away w/ Toronto's #1 pick would soften the blow of losing Steven Stamkos > > — Kevin ODonnell Fox13 (@ODonnellFox13) [June 21, 2016](https://twitter.com/ODonnellFox13/status/745260846914273280?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Oh, that rumor-mongering reporter again. Yeah, no. Any controversial takes on the award show this morning? > The real NHL awards controversy is Habs players not nominating PK for the Clancy charity award the year he gave 10M to a children's hospital > > — Bruce Arthur (@bruce\_arthur) [June 23, 2016](https://twitter.com/bruce%5Farthur/status/745803670768484353?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Yeah, I agree with this one. Anyway, on to... #### Hockey News [Auston Matthews blazing his own trail to NHL stardom | SI](http://www.si.com/nhl/2016/06/22/nhl-draft-auston-matthews?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) 'Along with the presumptive No. 1 pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, the Matthews family imported a cupboard’s worth of Mexican food through Swiss customs last August. Dried cilantro, corn tortillas, jalapenos, assorted seasonings—all the home-cooking ingredients that Ema would need, but couldn’t find locally, while her only son Auston played professional hockey for the Zurich Lions. "He has a sauce that he really likes, a bottle of sauce that he puts to all his meals," she says. "We pretty much have to bring the sauce with us everywhere. That was the first thing.' -- I love everything about this article. [Toronto Maple Leafs: Don’t Wait On Lupul Trade | Editor in Leaf](https://editorinleaf.com/2016/06/22/toronto-maple-leafs-lupul-new-home/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) "Joffrey Lupul is a $5+ million cloud hanging over the Toronto Maple Leafs, and he’s almost untradeable – almost." [Maple Leafs Lou Lamoriello: The Goalie Whisperer | Hockey Buzz](http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Lucas-Neilson/Maple-Leafs-Lou-Lamoriello-The-Goalie-Whisperer/222/77689?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) "Looking over the Maple Leafs off-season check list, it’s almost complete and in perfect order." [Maple Leafs trying to avoid history in NHL draft | Toronto Sun](http://www.torontosun.com/2016/06/22/leafs-trying-to-avoid-history-in-draft?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) "But if the ‘best player available’ approach prevails with Mark Hunter and his scouts, there will be choices at wing and centre. Nathan Bastian, a 6-foot-4 winger and part of the powerful Mississauga Steelheads draft class, is ranked in the 20-to-30 category, but depending where teams finally get into picking a goalie or two, it could mean Boris Katchouk from the Soo Greyhounds and others gets bumped." [Murray still looking to maneuver | Buffalo News](http://sabres.buffalonews.com/2016/06/22/mike-harringtons-inside-the-nhl-murray-still-looking-to-maneuver/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) "The free-agent interview period starts Saturday and word is the Sabres want to be as close to the front of the line with Stamkos as they are with Vesey. And it’s a word that extends all the way up to owner Terry Pegula. The chatter at the Stanley Cup final was that the Sabres’ ballpark could be seven years and $77 million, and TSN said this week the figure might be $12 million a year." [Highlights from 2016 NHL Awards show | USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2016/06/22/highlights-2016-nhl-awards/86272652/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) More like Western Conference awards amirite? [NHL unveils 2015-16 NHL All-Star Teams, All-Rookie Team | Sportsnet](http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/crosby-kane-headline-2015-16-nhl-star-teams/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) They had to get McDavid an award somehow! [Shaky Loonie Checks Quebec’s Bid to Return to NHL | Wall Street Journal](http://www.wsj.com/articles/shaky-loonie-checks-quebecs-bid-to-return-to-nhl-1466635535?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) "When Quebec lost its bid for a new National Hockey League franchise on Wednesday, fans were quick to finger a longtime nemesis of Canadian sports teams: their country’s often weak currency." [5 potential coaches for the new Las Vegas NHL franchise | Vegas Review Journal](http://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/hockey-vegas/5-potential-coaches-the-new-las-vegas-nhl-franchise?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) "Travis Green: Head coach of the AHL Utica Comets. Made it to the Calder Cup finals two years ago and is considered a rising star in coaching." [NHL players, coaches ponder 'Las Vegas effect' | CBC](http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/nhl-las-vegas-nevada-1.3646416?utm%5Fcontent=buffer2f416&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fcampaign=buffer) So losing the two points doesn't matter because it stays in Vegas, right? #### And then there's this: > Swedish police nab drunk-driving lawnmower man[https://t.co/Z2udE3FR9u](https://t.co/Z2udE3FR9u?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/1AGciMfw3L](https://t.co/1AGciMfw3L?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — The Local Sweden (@TheLocalSweden) [June 23, 2016](https://twitter.com/TheLocalSweden/status/745922096350494720?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)