It was not a fun night. The Maple Leafs fell to what is a now category 5 Hurricanes team last night. It figures. The Leafs have no defence against south-east division teams on a Tuesday night.

Leafs vs. Hurricanes Recap: Carolina Is Good Again - Fulemin
The Leafs fall 2-1 to a quick, defensive Hurricanes squad.

It’s another back-to-back for the Leafs as they face the New Jersey Devils tonight. We will have a game preview up shortly.

The Marlies also lost 3-1 to the Albany Devils. Some good news is Lindberg returned from his injury.

Peter Holland on the trade block; Leafs want a shutdown D - Katya
Water is also wet.

Las Vegas

After a laborious and poorly executed announcement event last night we finally found out the new Las Vegas team name. It’s the Vegas Golden Knights.

I think Gold Knights would have been better, and not expanding at all would have been much better, but, what do I know? I’m just a blogger.

Here’s some tenuously related “gold” videos because it’s my FTB and I can do this.

Other News

B. Schenn talks about how much he loves food for 3 minutes - Broad Street Hockey
The Schenns love eating.

How the Brent Burns contract affects the Sharks’ future - Fear the Fin
That’s a whole bunch of money tied up.

AZ Den Talk: Adam Wylde and the New Beginnings - Five For Howling
This week the girls talk to Adam Wylde for the Steve Dangle Podcast!

Dylan Larkin has been moved back to center - MLive
The Wings hope Larkin's second stint at center is more productive than his first.

Oshawa is the Logical Choice to Host the 100th Memorial Cup - Blogger’s Tribune
The OHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs, Oshawa Generals, and the WHL’s Regina Pats  have been named the candidates that have advanced to the final stage of  the bid process.

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