From The Branches

Watching a team like the Los Angeles Kings go to work is really a remarkable thing, but it does cast our beloved Toronto Maple Leafs in something less than a favorable light. When you start stacking the teams up, position by position, it can be a grim exercise. Kopitar vs.

Sigh.

Good news, everyone!

Links NHL Scouting Combine Continues to Evolve Sam Bennett didn't evolve to do pushups. Dave Bolland on TSN 1050 Please go away Dave Bolland. Are the Leafs Close or Far Away? Like Oz, they're far far away. Steve Dangle Podcast Facts optional.

Three cheers for Dorothy! I mean New York!

Links Maple Leafs Prospects Season Wrap Up None of them won anything of any regard. Playoff LFR Vista Cruiser Analytics Mailbag Brought to you by Stamps.com; use the offer code WTF. The Return of Leo? That'd be nice.

The series is knotted at 1 game apiece heading back to Toronto.

You know, this and that.

At least they won.

So that's something.

Tyler Dellow has the scoop.

I'll get some links here soon enough.

The Leafs' star forward was left behind in the quarter finals of voting for the EA Sports NHL 15 cover.

Links Sustainability and the Marlies Baby Buds are still undefeated in the playoffs. Do Maple Leafs Fan want Grit or Skill? Dumb ones want grit. Smart ones want skill.

Links Marlies Take 3-0 Series Lead Not too shabby. Habs Toughness and Discipline an Example for the Leafs? You mean getting drastically outplayed by saved by a good goalie? Tried that already. Reforming Randy Carlyle Do the Leafs really expect a coach who can't willingly change from

Today's links feature coaching changes, playoff eliminations, the Marlies, and expansion teams.

Let it be known that I'm totally on board for a hypothetical captain swap with Pittsburgh. Links Optics A great line from the piece by Cam Charron: "the days where managers and journalists—the old white men who got to be in the building every night—have

Watergate?

Links Leafs and Senators Shopping Their Captains? According to Kypreos they are. Captaincyyoulater? Jeffler weighs in on the rumors. Steve Dangle Podcast He's telling your mom. Culture Change and the State of the Maple Leafs I'm thinking famine era North Korea as a comparable state. Maple

Et tu, Brendan? Links Is This the Worst It's Every Been? DGB brings us part four. LFR: Carlyle Extended Dangle's liver destroyed. An Anecdote Involving an Umbrella I'm glad Cam is not the Leafs' GM. Dave Nonis on TSN Drive The lights are

Still waiting on heads to roll. Listening to pundits pretend Randy may have a chance to survive is starting to get scary. Tonight the Bruins get a chance to tie the series at 2 (what?) and the Ducks fight for their first win. Predators Hire Laviolette Another coaching decision made

A few playoff-related links for you today, but also some confusion on Carlyle's status.

Links Marlies Round 2 Schedule Marlies draw Chicago Wolves in round 2. The Broad Street Bullies Were Soft What, no hitting 2 seconds after the puck is gone? Steve Dangle Podcast Talking hockey. Your Favorite All-Time (and Present) Leafs Who you got? Salary Cap to Rise But not as

So disappointed to see there's a game on at 12:30 and a game on at 8:30 - then I remembered that the playoffs is basically a way to wean me off an addiction so I can try to survive the offseason. The Rangers and the Hawks took

Links Marlies Sweep Admirals in First Round Admirals beat Marlies in logo department Playoff LFR Watch the Throne Round 2 Bandwagoning Guide Brought to you by DGB.