Well that sure wasn’t the ideal way to start a week off! But hey, maybe a week without hockey is just what the Toronto Maple Leafs all need, and they’ll come back rested and refreshed and happy and ready to not do whatever that was ever again.

Maple Leafs game recap: Cancel the bye week. No one deserves a vacation

Upsides:

  • No 1,000th point for Patrick Kane
  • Timothy Liljegren! In the NHL! Live and on TV!
  • William Nylander scored his 22nd goal of the year, tying his career high with 33 games left to play/

Downsides:

  • Everything else/

ICYMI

Trevor Moore is down on the Marlies for conditioning:

Maple Leafs send Trevor Moore to the Marlies on a conditioning loan

Elsewhere

The Toronto Star interviews Bonnie Marner:

Bonnie Marner has some advice for hockey parents everywhere: The game should be fun

The NHL’s Black Hockey History Tour visits Detroit this weekend:

There Are Only 43 Players of Color in the NHL. Three of Them Play for the Red Wings -- a Historic First

This tour comes to Toronto February 6, 7 and 8.

The Los Angeles Times takes a look at what the NHL is doing to reach Latino fans:

NHL is making a push to increase its Latino fan base

And finally, some good hockey vibes to carry you forward into the next week – the first 34 goals of the year for number 34:

Happy Sunday everyone!

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