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But the Leafs don't play on Sundays!

The Leafs have fallen to seventh, with the possibility of ending tonight in ninth (with wins from Ottawa and New Jersey). They'll play Sunday against the Devils, then a back to back: Bruins on Tuesday and Sabres on Wednesday. The rough stretch continues. Links! VLM: Can the Leafs

For the first time this season, the Leafs find themselves out of the Eastern Conference playoff picture.

Just in time for tonight's big game against the Carolina Hurricanes.

In last night's game thread, a comment by ThickSkinnedAlive about how Mike Palmateer has a better career ppg mark than Colton Orr got me thinking; just have many goalies have better career ppg marks than Colton Orr? So I went to quanthockey.com, fired up the ol'

BP really dropped the ball by not using this title in yesterday's game recap.

Toronto's first half analytical update From CC at TLN Hungarian league player scores two in 4 seconds Video. WC makes Canadian TV ratings history Surprised? Jersey fouls I really hate the idea of jersey fouls, but the last one got me. On Burke and Ryan: you can'

Links Leafs Acquire Tim Gleason as we Await the Carlyle Factor It gon' be bad. LFR7 Game 42 Winter Classic Dangle. Convergeance and Jack Johnson Some terrifying stuff in here about GMs making anecdote based decisions.

ESPN's Scott Burnside wrote about how team USA was built. There's some real gold from Calgary's President of Hockey Operations, Brian Burke: Brian Burke says he'd had a dream the U.S. team lost a medal game because of a mistake made

Dion Phaneuf officially extended In case you live under a rock. It's Bernier vs. Howard today Sorry Reims. Top 10 Maple Leafs stories in 2013 From TLN Canada beats the U.S. 3-2 Justin Bourne with a few thoughts. Will someone please put Sean Monahan on the IR?

Kadri Appears To Be Struggling, Should Not Be Traded Amen, Cam. Dangle Podcast The latest. Do the Bruins own the East? DGB. VLM Podcast Looking back at Leafs teams of the 50's and 60's. States Win 4 Straight Over Canada The ladies were having a 6-game

...And the Leafs won!

There isn't any NHL hockey on today, but you can watch the World Juniors Tournament. Canada plays Germany, Norway players Russia, the Swiss play the Swedes, and the Czechs will play the US. Leafs prospects Fredrick Gauthier (CAN), Fabrice Herzog (SUI), and Andreas Johnson (SWE) will all be

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Ho Ho Ho hum.

Beautifully unwrapped links

Just a smattering of links to get your morning started.

Morning links for you to digest

Bruins media will be homers, Clarkson faces suspension, the Leafs play the Blackhawks, and 24/7 kicks off tonight.

Links for your reading pleasure

The Leafs played LA last night, and they'll play St Louis tonight. Oof. Expect Reimer to start, but I don't know that we'll see many more lineup changes. Keep an eye on how much Gardiner plays after hitting 26 minutes last night. Here are

The captain has picked up a two game suspension at a terrible time...

...a little late, today.

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