> ## 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. # Holiday FTB: An extended holiday for some - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/holiday-ftb-an-extended-holiday-for-some/ - Published: 2026-05-18T10:00:35.000Z - Updated: 2026-05-18T10:00:38.000Z - Description: Now let us all honour Queen Victoria by getting drunk and crashing a jet ski - Author: Adam Selvig Good morning Toronto Maple Leafs fans! I have been released by my hostage takers even though no one here would pay the ransom. Turns out, like my family, they got sick of hearing about my wikipedia deep dives and do not want to hear anything else about the bridges crossing the Hudson River into New York City. So, I am back to both you all. Lucky. Just after a big news week too. Hopefully more things will happen, but good ones like we've been getting. The Leafs got rid of the GM and Coach, Hamilton got a PWHL team (and me as a season ticket holder), and now the Leafs are tossing more bodies overboard as the new regime establishes themselves. [Maple Leafs trim the executive treeBrandon Pridham and Derek Clancey are leaving.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/PPP-Goalie-Logo_RGB-418.png)PPP LeafsCathy Squires![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1657730391002-bf55ff069a80)](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-trim-the-executive-tree-pridham-clancy/) I'm hearing rumours that Keith Pelley is holding meetings with both Claude and CoPilot, but honestly I'd rather bring back Claude Loiselle to do the job. I'm also hearing I've been away too long and everyone's sick of Pelley / AI jokes. Sorry, Gemini told me they were still cool. The Maple Leafs are working on their front office, the draft is coming up, but I hear rumours that hockey games are still being played. The Toronto Marlies are tied in their series against the Cleveland Monsters 1-1 with game three coming on Wednesday night in Toronto. [The Marlies playoff run is the most important thing in Toronto right now and the entire offseason leans on itThe Toronto Marlies playoff run has more than the Calder Cup at stake, as the Maple Leafs offseason hinges on many of their prospects making the leap forward.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/apple-icon-180x180-40.png)Hockey PatrolCharlie McAfee![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/666550.webp)](https://www.hockeypatrol.com/nhl-team/toronto-maple-leafs/the-marlies-playoff-run-is-the-most-important-thing-in-toronto-right-now-and-the-entire-offseason-leans-on-it?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) The Montreal Victoire are one win away from sweeping the Ottawa Charge and becoming the first non-Minnesota Frost team to win the Walter Cup. [Flaherty the OT hero, Victoire move one win away from Walter CupMontreal Victoire take a 2–0 series lead over Ottawa Charge after a 2–1 overtime win in Game 2 of the Walter Cup Finals.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/habs-eyes-on-the-prize-logo-5.png)Habs Eyes on the PrizeSheilaP![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/MTL_vs_OTT_MAY16_GAME2.jpg)](https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/maggie-flaherty-montreal-victoire-pwhl-ottawa-charge-pwhl-game-3-walter-cup-poulin/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) The IIHF World Championships are going strong, Team Canada is doing well with two wins, and have Denmark on tap today at 10:20am Toronto time. [Ukraine’s journey to 2027 World Championship about more than hockey | NHL.comWith country at war, team ‘overwhelmed’ to reach tournament for 1st time since 2007![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/favicon-apple-touch-icon-231.png)NHL logoPaul Strizhevsky![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/yv8qsldrzta5vl5aq3yf-1.jpg)](https://www.nhl.com/news/team-ukraine-journey-to-2027-world-championship-about-more-than-hockey?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) We're even getting some highlights from long lost prospects. [Ukraine’s journey to 2027 World Championship about more than hockey | NHL.comWith country at war, team ‘overwhelmed’ to reach tournament for 1st time since 2007![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/favicon-apple-touch-icon-232.png)NHL logoPaul Strizhevsky![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/yv8qsldrzta5vl5aq3yf-2.jpg)](https://www.nhl.com/news/team-ukraine-journey-to-2027-world-championship-about-more-than-hockey?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > Traffic in front? No problem for Latvia's Mārtiņš Dzierkals, taking the first lead of the game 🇱🇻![#MensWorlds](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MensWorlds?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/FmGIrTKq4t](https://t.co/FmGIrTKq4t?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — TSN (@TSN\_Sports) [May 17, 2026](https://twitter.com/TSN%5FSports/status/2056086534156152922?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) It's rumour season and I'm eating up all the discourse and rantings around them. Let's make them wonder though. I hear Evgeni Malkin may be a free agent soon... [Trocheck Trade Is Something Maple Leafs Should AvoidThe Toronto Maple Leafs would do well to avoid a Vincent Trocheck trade, as the New York Rangers look to move on.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/apple-touch-icon-180x180-23.png)HeavyNestor Quixtan![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/trocheck_9ea8fb-e1772943862946.jpg)](https://heavy.com/sports/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/trocheck-trade-is-something-maple-leafs-should-avoid/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) After it came out that the Owen Sound Attack were for sale I was worried. Who would by the team in the OHLs smallest market? The I got the answer... [Private equity enters the CHL as fund purchases the Owen Sound AttackThe Owen Sound Attack are the first franchise in the Canadian Hockey League owned by a private equity group.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/icon-17.png)Owen Sound Sun TimesGreg Cowan![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/webAKD_2363.jpg)](https://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/news/local-news/private-equity-enters-the-chl-as-fund-purchases-the-owen-sound-attack?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Well, they had a good run. But, staying positive, the new PWHL teams are doing some hiring so, hopefully we get some good news when Hamilton makes some staffing announcements. [Trailblazer Rheaume hired as Detroit’s PWHL GMManon Rheaume is carrying over her trailblazing women’s hockey career into a front office role in being hired as the general manager of the PWHL’s expansion team in Detroit, the league announced on Friday. The Canadian Olympian goaltender, and first woman to appear in an exhibition game of any of North America’s four major sports, \[…\]![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/favicon-262.ico)The Mining Journal![](https://ogden_images.s3.amazonaws.com/www.miningjournal.net/images/2026/05/17165418/5-18-6b-detroit-pwhl-1100x676.jpg)](https://www.miningjournal.net/sports/2026/05/trailblazer-rheaume-hired-as-detroits-pwhl-gm/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Enjoy your day everyone!