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# They're Heating Up
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-news-october-17-2011/
- Published: 2011-10-17T10:00:33.000Z
- Updated: 2011-10-17T10:00:33.000Z
- Author: Colin Odneal
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:01

[The Big Guns are Firing - Curt S. at Blue Chip Prospects](http://bluechipprospects.blogspot.com/2011/10/big-guns-are-firing.html?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+BlueChipProspects+%28Blue+Chip+Prospects%29&utm%5Fcontent=Google+Reader)

> The [Toronto Maple Leafs](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/toronto-maple-leafs?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) entered the 2011-12 NHL season as a team that was expected to compete for a playoff spot, but also a team most predicted would fall short.   
>  
> When examining the team's roster heading into a new season, a lot of people (myself included) have a habit of picking around the edges and looking for minor improvements or guys who had down years that might be able to provide some added production.  
>  
> Three games into this year it seems that we should have been looking at our stars.
> 
> Head on over to see why we were wrong in overlooking Kessel, Phaneuf, and Reimer.

More links after the jump.

**Leafs Links**

[Time Capsule Discovered in Maple Leaf Gardens](http://thehockeywriters.com/time-capsule-discovered-in-maple-leaf-gardens/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Dates back to 1931\. Pretty cool.

[10 Things We Can't Know for Sure, but that I Sense Leafs Management Feels](http://vintageleafmemories.blogspot.com/2011/10/10-things-we-cant-know-for-sure-but.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Mike at VLM gives us a list of known unknowns.

[The Bench Goes Bonkers](http://vintageleafs.blogspot.com/2011/10/bench-goes-bonkers.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Photogoodness from Vintage Leafs.

[Reminders of Past Help Leafs Curb their Enthusiasm](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/leafs-beat/reminders-of-past-help-leafs-curb-their-enthusiasm/article2202870/?utm%5Fmedium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm%5Fsource=Hockey&utm%5Fcontent=2202870)

Mirtle hears from the Buds that they aren't planning the parade.

[Stempniak's Third Period Goal the Difference for the Leafs](http://hopeinthebigsmoke.ca/post/11524892080/stempniaks-third-period-goal-the-difference-for?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Hope in the Big Smoke has a belated recap and a Healyism.

[Leafs and Flames Shift by Shift](http://theleafsnation.com/2011/10/16/leafs-and-flames-shift-by-shift?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Danny Gray looks past the boxscores from Saturday's game. The first line item is very telling.

[Liles, Giguere Set to Face Former Teams in Toronto](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/leafs-beat/liles-giguere-set-to-face-former-teams-in-toronto/article2202602/?utm%5Fmedium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm%5Fsource=Hockey&utm%5Fcontent=2202602)

Colorado's in town tonight, in case you haven't heard.