From The Branches

The Leafs next play tomorrow night, against the heavily injured Columbus Blue Jackets. But for today, you get to read links. Oh, Jack Eichel, the places you'll go! Buccigross with a piece on Jack Eichel. Kadri, Lupul proving point totals aren’t everything Should be fun when they

Seriously, Buffalo is just embarrassing. They're nowhere close to being an NHL caliber hockey team. They are, without a doubt, the worst non-expansion hockey team ever. And frankly, I'm not sure they aren't worse than the 74-75 Washington Capitals. Links Steve Dangle Podcast First

The Leafs' first line will look a lot different heading into tonight's game against the Sabres.

Links for your morning

The Leafs play the Bruins tonight at 7 - only there's no Chara to be seen. Have some links until then! Leafs to Honor Fallen The Leafs, Senators, and Habs will honor Warrant Office Patrice Vincent and Cpol. Nathan Cirillo tonight. Lee Stempniak and North-South Hockey Blue Shirt

Links after a sad day

Links for a Wednesday morning.

Sadly, the PPP favourites are back in the wrong colours.

This is bullshit.

If you missed last night's game, we'll kick things off with the game in six: Simply put, the Leafs had no answer for Zetterberg's passing. Detroit was able to gain the zone easily, and then they were able to pass through the slot easily

Morning Links!

In "Maple Leafs bet big on Big Data with analytics partnership," Mirtle explores the Leafs' new partnership with SAS Analytics. Given the buzzword status of "big data," that level of collection might make me nervous if not for the Leafs' newly hired analytics department.

Some links to read in between watching gifs of the Kessel goal.

Game Recaps VLM Links To the Jersey Tosser It was a Clarkson jersey. Too good. Leafs Prospect Updates How the kids are doing... LFR: Game Two Dangle is not too pleased. Marlies Close Weekend with OT Win Good for them.

The Leafs will host the Penguins tonight at 7, as every team in the NHL takes the ice tonight. "Hockey all day!" you might think - but no. There are nine games starting at 7, and the rest of the league follows afterwards. Re-Evaluating Dion Phaneuf -- A

There's only one game on tonight - Islanders vs. Hurricanes. Always seems weird that the NHL so rarely schedules Friday night games, considering Saturday and Sunday are football days in the US (and some on Monday and Thursday as well). Beside than tonight's relative hiatus, the

I'm in love with this picture. One of the brighter sides to losing last night's game is that we won't have to deal with the overinflated expectations that come with a hot start, I suppose. Read last night's recap, talk about the

Links Restructured Management Impacting the Leafs Yeah, it's almost like they're being asked to make smart decisions for once. Why Phil Kessel is the Best Leafs Winger of our Lifetime Because Jeffler is like 12 years old? 2014-15 Season Preview Maple Leafs Player Projections at the

Everything's coming up Milhouse!

The final round of roster cuts are expected today, as the deadline is Tuesday and the Leafs kick off their season on Wednesday. Here's what Jonas Siegel has to say: No sign of Colton Orr. Carter Ashton though is with the Leafs. Appears he and not Orr has

Links, news, and notes from around the league for a lazy Sunday afternoon.

In their last game of the pre-season, the Leafs beat the Red Wings 5-1 - although 5 Gustavsson goals translate to roughly 3 non-Gustavsson goals. Two goals from the Captain, one from Gardiner, Kozun with a beautiful little flip (he had a three point night), and one from JVR. Here&

Links Leafs Roster Preview: Morgan Rielly That boy good. Leafs Trying to Trade Ashton as Lineup Take Shape Oh joy. The Steve Dangle Podcast This one is titled "Blueberry Muffin". 2014-15 Season Preview: The Contenders The Rangers and Penguins? Really?

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Links What to Expect: Stephane Robidas Lots of time spent on the IR probably. Leafs Roster Preview: Roman Polak The Leafs retained salary in the trade. Retained it! DGB's Season Preview: The Middle of the Pack Looking at the so-so teams. Oilers Sign Tkachev to an Entry Level