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# FTB: Waiting out the week for hockey
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-waiting-out-the-week-for-hockey-and-its-very-boring/
- Published: 2020-07-22T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-07-22T10:00:00.000Z
- Description: It’s so close, but so far away.
- Author: Species
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50

We continue to breathlessly hang on the videos and Tweets of beat reporters as the Maple Leafs continue to inch toward a restarted NHL season. The daily grind of bumps and bruises is back though, and Zach Hyman was the first to feel the effects.

> Zach Hyman on his return to the ice: "It feels great to back, felt like it was longer than a couple of days mentally. Took a shot there \[on Friday\] so it was just precautionary, but I'm feeling good."
> 
> — Kristen Shilton (@kristen\_shilton) [July 21, 2020](https://twitter.com/kristen%5Fshilton/status/1285639245995159552?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

It’s slow and dull monitoring the goings on out in Etobicoke at this point. Hockey is back! But it’s not. It’s still a week until we get even an exhibition game.

All we can do in the meantime is watch what Keefe gets up to with his Vitamix.

> Robertson remains in main group at Leafs practice ... good sign for 18-year-old who was briefly with reserve group last week   
>  
> Keefe continues to move things around in top six   
>  
> Hyman - Matthews - Marner   
> Nylander - Tavares - Mikheyev
> 
> — Mark Masters (@markhmasters) [July 21, 2020](https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1285608050754281480?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Strange times, folks.

> Pro sports in 2020: The Blue Jays will play home games in Pittsburgh while the Penguins play home games in Toronto.
> 
> — Ken Warren (@Citizenkwarren) [July 21, 2020](https://twitter.com/Citizenkwarren/status/1285613706848673793?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

#### Other News

The Hart trophy nominees are out and they are exactly who everyone thought they would be.

Could Taylor Hall stay in Arizona? LOLNO

> Further to this, word is there was a dinner meeting last week between Hall, Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo, son Alex Jr and new COO Xavier Gutierrez. Chayka was not present. Team has declined comment. As for Hall’s plans...(1/2) [https://t.co/WcH0bpJRtN](https://t.co/WcH0bpJRtN?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) [July 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1285336737871540230?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

[NHL 21 Community Update - EA Sports](https://www.ea.com/en-ca/games/nhl/nhl-20/news/nhl21-update?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
NHL 21 launch delayed to October.

[Cabbie Richards Unplugged on Kobe, Iron Mike, Jordan, The Raptors and More – TSM Blog](https://torontosportsmedia.com/2020/07/22/cabbie-richards-unplugged-in-the-pressrow-on-kobe-iron-mike-jordan-the-raptors-and-more/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Cabbie talks about his career, his aspirations to act, his pivot to sports, and how he ended up in the USA with the Bleacher Report.

[Lost watch from Maple Leaf's 1967 Stanley Cup win found in Banff after decades - CBC](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/lost-maple-leafs-watch-found-calgary-surgeon-1.5657855?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
A watch presented to the head doctor of the Maple Leafs, commemorating their 1967 Stanley Cup win, was found in Banff - and it had been lost for 30 years.