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# From the Branches: Maple Leafs haven’t clinched yet
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-nhl-capitals-stanley-cup-playoff-peyongchang-jvr-is-going-if-i-have-to-drive-him-myself/
- Published: 2017-04-05T10:40:39.000Z
- Updated: 2017-04-05T10:40:39.000Z
- Description: It’s close, but there’s still no ‘x’ beside their name
- Author: Species
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:01

Last night’s loss to the Capitals narrowed the Leafs path to the pllayoffs slightly. The Bruins win over Tampa allowed them to clinch. Obviously, the Maple Leafs would like a similar result on Thursday.

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[Recap(s): Leafs fall to Capitals, but a lot more happened today](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/recap-s-toronto-maple-leafs-fall-to-capitals-but-a-lot-more-happened-today-marlies-lightning-bruins/)

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> [#Leafs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) would clinch with a win over [#TBLightning](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TBLightning?src=hash&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) on Thursday [https://t.co/Xm8baqGqGI](https://t.co/Xm8baqGqGI?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/oaWtiIHtRG](https://t.co/oaWtiIHtRG?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
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> — MoneyPuck.com (@MoneyPuckdotcom) [April 5, 2017](https://twitter.com/MoneyPuckdotcom/status/849462177794752516?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

[Mirtle: Capitals show Maple Leafs why they don’t want that match-up in Round 1](https://theathletic.com/49754/2017/04/04/mirtle-capitals-show-maple-leafs-why-they-dont-want-that-match-up-in-round-1/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) \- The Athletic

The playoffs are already happening in the CHL and some Maple Leafs prospects are moving on to the next round, while one is now out of it.

[London Knights (Mattinen & Piccinich) defeat Windsor Spitfires (Bracco) 3-2 in Game 7 - Elseldo](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/london-knights-mattinen-piccinich-defeat-windsor-spitfires-bracco-3-2-in-game-7/)  
The Knights clawed their way back from a 3-1 series deficit.

[How Conn Smythe's gamble paid off for Maple Leafs](https://www.nhl.com/news/toronto-maple-leafs-conn-smythe-king-clancy/c-288359486?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Toronto owner used winnings from horse race to acquire star defenceman King Clancy.

### Other News

[She’s got Seoul: Toronto’s Danelle Im scores for South Korea’s women’s hockey team - Color of Hockey](https://colorofhockey.com/2017/04/04/shes-got-seoul-torontos-danelle-im-scores-for-south-koreas-womens-hockey-team/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
When Im, a Toronto native, got a message in 2012 inquiring whether she’d be interested in playing hockey for South Korea in the 2018 Winter Olympics, she was a tad skeptical. She thought it was a scam.

Who is chopping onions in here?  

[CalgaryNext or 'Plan B': Calgary council to compare arena visions in May - CBC](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-next-calgarynext-arena-flames-king-dippel-analysis-plan-b-1.4054189?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Surprise, there’s a whole other way for Calgarians to give the NHL money for a arena.

[The NHL is not going to the PyeongChang Olympics; that is a mistake - AIH](http://www.arcticicehockey.com/2017/4/4/15171188/the-nhl-is-not-going-to-the-pyeongchang-olympics-that-is-a-mistake-sidney-crosby-connor-mcdavid?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
\[Species: I am including this mostly for the amazing header photo.\]

[The NHL has shot itself in the foot again - Blue Seat Blogs](http://blueseatblogs.com/2017/04/04/nhl-shot-foot/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
“The [official statement](https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-will-not-participate-in-2018-winter-olympics/c-288385598?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) on the NHL site leads with the dumbest reasoning I’ve ever heard”

UGH. ‘Nothing I can do’. ‘I haven’t been in the meetings’. ‘I don’t know what to do’. ‘Someone elses problem’.

> JvR will go to the Olympics for Team USA even if I have to drive him there myself in my creepy 1979 Ford Econoline. [pic.twitter.com/JYct1yV9h5](https://t.co/JYct1yV9h5?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
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> — Pension Plan Puppets (@PPPLeafs) [April 3, 2017](https://twitter.com/PPPLeafs/status/848987486122627075?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

[Avro Arrow replica could take to the skies after decades of work - CBC](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-avro-arrow-model-flight-museum-1.4049398?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)   
Flying enthusiasts in Calgary volunteer time each week to build flight-capable life size model of the highly controversial Canadian-made 1950’s fighter/interceptor jet.