From The Branches

Alex Tanguay and Cory Sarich were traded from the Calgary Flames to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for David Jones and Shane O'Brian. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=675507&navid=nhl:topheads Toss your links in the comments.

Breathe, people.

Links Drafting by Position BCP lets you know how draft picks turn out. What Should Dave Nonis Do with Grabovski? Nothing. Let him play out his contract because he's a great player. Jonathan Bernier's RFA Comparables Just lovely. We're going to drastically overpay our

Let's all just enjoy the fact that Boston goes home empty-handed.

Links? We don't need no stinking links!

There are a lot of scary ideas floating around out there, right now.

Links 2013 Player Review: Joffrey Lupul Arm gets a C-. Can You Name This Leaf? Vintage Leafs would love to know. Collecting Vintage When You Cheer for an Expansion Team Neat piece by 1967ers. Bickell: "Mario Kart Helps us Focus" Meatheads trying to say they'd be

Go Hawks.

Links After 46 Years Without a Cup, Yes the Leafs Still Matter Well duh. Hart vs Ted Lindsay Which would you rather win? And that's really it until the draft comes.

Why shouldn't PHWA writers be required to defend their hockey opinion? It's what they're supposedly paid to do on a daily basis.

So Colton Orr got himself a contract extension from Leafs GM Dave Nonis to the tune of 2 years at $925k a pop. In a vacuum this isn't a bad deal. It's a marginal NHLer being signed to a minimal contract that would only hurt the

We have to appreciate it while we can, because this off-season is still going to feel like a long one.

Linkage 2013 Play Review: Leo Komarov I'll go with a sold "meh". Maple Leafs Offseason: What's Needed on Defense Bad bodies gone and good bodies in. The Steve Dangle Podcast Dangling. Have Some Cheese 1967ers has a gift for the Bruins. On Coaching Staffs

This will be an interesting off-season, as the Leafs look to re-sign Phil Kessel, sign a new minor-league coach, need to fix the "D" and have a lower cap hanging over their heads.

Links Dallas Eakins Heads to Edmonton He must really like malls. Does Nonis have to Sign Kessel in the Off-season? Yes. Yes he does. Leafs Lose Eakins, Komarov? The first sucks, the second? Meh.

The Bruins punched their ticket to the finals last night, and tonight Chicago will have the chance to do the same.

Oh, and Gregory Campbell has a broken leg.

Humpday Links 2012-13 Player Review: Mark Fraser A hockey player first and fighter second? What a novel concept. Compliance Buyout Candidates: Eastern Conference You better believe Komisarek is getting bought out. Steve Dangle Has a Podcast This is episode 1. Players Vote to Grandfather in Visors Not too late or

Linkage Player Review - Cody Franson That boy good. The Dave Nonis 5-Point Offseason Plan Not even a single mention of "Fire Carlyle". Sunday's Funnies: Sather's Interviews I like door number 6.

Four teams have been granted permission to speak with Dallas Eakins. Why aren't the Leafs doing it?

Linkage Time for Toronto to Trade Jake Gardiner? No. Time for this guy to give up writing about hockey? Yes. That's right, it's yet more nonsensical crap writing from The Hockey Writers. Dallas Done? It sure seems like that'll be the case. Why Referees

The Blackhawks comes back from a 3-1 series deficit to beat the Red Wings in 7 games.

So our Stanley Cup final four is 75% set with Pittsburgh, Boston, and Los Angeles punching their ticket. Now it's up to either Chicago or Detroit to win tonight and join them. Who's your money on?

via Getty Images at www.cbc.ca Cam Charron has an article up about the CBC Satellite Hotstove comments regarding Dallas Eakins being pursued by the Vancouver Canucks. This is all I have to say. Canucks reportedly show interest in Marlies coach Dallas Eakins Cam Charron with the article. Michael

Normally there's a slew of injuries announced after a club is eliminated, but all we heard about was Bozak. Were the Leafs really healthy?