From The Branches

Links Mailbag: Lazy Sunday Jeffler answers your Leafs related mail. Should the Leafs Stand Pat at the Draft or Make a Move? Who cares, they'll fuck it up anyways. Steve Dangle Podcast Scout Clout. Playoff LFR Crown in the crease. Leafs Pursuing Thornton? God I hope not.

The Kings may have overcome an early deficit, but the end result wasn't a shock.

#Leafs remain aggressive in #NHL trade market. The only 4 players I hear they are not actively shopping are Bernier Kessel Bozak and Rielly — Nick Kypreos (@RealKyper) June 6, 2014 Why? Because we're Leafs fans and we're not allowed to have nice things. Things like 30

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.