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# FTB: On hockey cats and hockey islands
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-jack-campbell-has-cats-and-i-want-to-see-more/
- Published: 2021-06-22T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-22T09:00:00.000Z
- Description: Cats are smart enough not to even try going underwater.
- Author: Species
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50

How quickly fortune can change in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. After impressing the entire hockey world with a team that, as recently as yesterday morning widely received plaudits for it’s brilliance in design and coaching and ‘toughness’, the much-hyped New York Islanders blew up spectacularly last night, losing 8-0 to the Tampa Bay Lightning who now have a 3-2 series lead.

The Islanders fumbled it so badly they even let Luke Schenn score a goal against them, and that was on Ilya Sorokin because Semyon Varlamov was pulled in the first period after letting in three goals.

Perhaps assembling a team that relies on Leo Komarov as a top-six winger to face the Lightning isn’t actually a sign of GM brilliance, but of arrogance?

Eventually, frustration set in and the and the Islanders lost their tempers.

> Rutta's hurting after Barzal cross checks him in the face. A major is called, the play is reviewed, and the final decision is a five minute major + a game misconduct for cross-checking. [pic.twitter.com/9HgKmhczJz](https://t.co/9HgKmhczJz?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
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> — Shayna (@hayyyshayyy) [June 22, 2021](https://twitter.com/hayyyshayyy/status/1407156119584321537?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

That mess all further devolved into this bigger mess at the end of the game.

The Habs are back down in Vegas tonight to play the Knights at 9:00 p.m. ET.

#### Other News

Do you want to see Jack Campbell’s cats? I want to see Jack Campbell’s cats. I will have to figure out how Cameo works.

> jack campbell doesn’t need cameo money but he just really wants to show off his cats [pic.twitter.com/FVgdmKDjaE](https://t.co/FVgdmKDjaE?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — mitch marney (@marnylandersen) [June 22, 2021](https://twitter.com/marnylandersen/status/1407160982489767938?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

[JT Brown retires from NHL, joins Seattle Kraken broadcast - Miami Herald](https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/celebrities/article252262703.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Off the ice, Brown has supported the “Black Girl Hockey Club” that works to make hockey more inclusive for Black women and girls, and has used his presence as a Twitch streamer to raise funds for the NHL’s “Hockey is for Everyone” campaign.

[Wild assistant GM Tom Kurvers dies after battle with lung cancer - Hockey Wilderness](https://www.hockeywilderness.com/2021/6/21/22543651/minnesota-wild-tom-kurvers-gm-dies-lung-cancer-died?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
The Minnesota hockey legend was 58 years old.

[Petry to reunite with father at Game 5 with Canadiens - NHL](https://www.nhl.com/news/jeff-petry-father-reunite-montreal-canadiens-vegas-golden-knights-game-5/c-325420920?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Dan, a former Major League Baseball pitcher was declared free of symptoms after a 10-day quarantine that started Christmas Eve, but has not seen his son in person since then.

[NHL officials losing the plot as missed penalties pile up - Sportsnet](https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/nhl-officials-losing-plot-missed-penalties-pile/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Folks, we have lost the plot on National Hockey League refereeing. When the best referees in the league perform like they have this spring, there is a problem.