From The Branches
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From the Branches or FTB as it's known, is the daily links and chat post for Pension Plan Puppets.
[Weekend LL] Leafs Visit Atlantapeg
The Leafs continue their western road trip tonight, when they visit Winnipeg. Puck drops at seven eastern, but you can catch hockey starting at noon, as the Sens play the Canes, then a couple of one o'clock games. Hockey all day rules. Some pre-game links!
For Lindy,
Turd Sandwich
*wet fart noise
Links
Cody Franson's Struggles Over For Now?
Maybe?
Leafs Weren't Going to Run the Table Anyways Right?
Nope.
TLN Prospect Rankings 10-6
Slim Pickins
NHL Revealed Reviewed
Am I the only person who still doesn't know what this is?
Considering
[Thursday LL] Another game of hockey!
I know the teams and players hate it, but man do I love when the league plays with a condensed Olympic schedule. More hockey than you can shake a stick at.
Trades:
Maple Leafs Trade for Brandon Kozun | Toronto Maple Leafs
Marlies make a move. Crescenzi heads to the Monarchs.
[Weekend LL] Leafs Return To Hockey Night In Canada
The truth is, it's weird not having Leaf Hockey on Saturday night. After a week where we all forgot to make fun of Don Cherry, the Leafs will return to HNIC tonight against the Montreal Canadiens.
Links!
Kadri trade talk makes no sense for Leafs
Duh.
No Place
[Tuesday Leafs Links] Gearing Up For The Bruins
The Leafs are in tough to keep the winning going tonight.
Unoriginal Title
Links
Bruce Arthur Eviscerates Steve Simmons
Click "On the Hot Seat" link on the right side.
The Perils of Small Sample Size
Where are Nonis' critics now?
The Best of the Rest - Olympic Rosters
That's why those countries aren't in the Olympics for
Free Fallin'
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
Outside Looking In
For the first time this season, the Leafs find themselves out of the Eastern Conference playoff picture.
Thursday Leafs Links: Holland Down, Ashton Up
Just in time for tonight's big game against the Carolina Hurricanes.
Is Colton Orr Better than a Goalie?
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'
24/7 to 1
BP really dropped the ball by not using this title in yesterday's game recap.
Saturday Leafs Links
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'
Snowday Links
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.
The Dream Team
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
Winter Classic Wednesday Leafs Links
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
Tuesday Leafs Links
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-
[LL] Post-Christmas Lull and the World Juniors
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