From The Branches

God bless the Vancouver Canucks and their playoff failure. Here I thought that the Pens - Flyers series was going to be the best story line of the first round. Instead, we all get to make riot jokes and laugh at funny Canucks golf logos. We may have even seen

Overtimes. Multiple Overtimes. Blowouts. Damn do I love me some Playoff hockey. Not a lot happened in Leafland yesterday (save for Ricky Vaive getting cleared of drunk driving charge, so uhh good for him.) But now that we're in the dry season for Leafs content, at least the

It's true that the Toronto Maple Leafs are no longer at the dance, but the first round of the NHL playoffs is still one of the most wonderful times of the year. Jump for links and chatter. Brian Burke Cares Our very own PPP with a quick post

So the draft lottery happened last night with the Edmonton Oilers channeling their inner Chicago Bulls and pulling off the three-peat. Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Nail Yakupov? Their team will score a million goals and let in a million plus one. Also, lol Columbus. Anywho, with the Oilers winning, the

Even if you're not usually a Toronto Marlies fan, I think you have to pay some attention to what's about to go down at Ricoh Coliseum. I know, I know, the first round of the NHL playoffs is an exciting time for hockey watchers, but for

Here be your links. Maple Leafs 2011-12 Season by the numbers coming later. Here be your links. Leafs Links Let's Talk Honesty About Direction Mike from VLM brings up Part 1 of 2. My Brief Time as a Toronto Maple Leafs Goalie Loser Domi recalls he one change

The 95th NHL season for the Toronto Maple Leafs has come to a close. They will miss the playoffs for the seventh straight year, which becomes the longest current drought in the league. It will be five months until we see the blue & white step on the ice again,

The pumps have been turned off. The glass has been taken down and packed away. The only professional hockey left to be played in Toronto will take place 3.2 km down Lakeshore Blvd at Ricoh Coliseum. For the 7th straight year, the Toronto Maple Leafs' season will end

When he wasn't hunting vampires, Abraham Lincoln was busy being one of history's greatest orators. One of his greatest sayings was, "You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you

In case you missed it, Peter Budaj put in a spectacular effort last night to help his team in the #greatesttankbattle, but was eventually foiled by his teammates, who pumped five goals in on the Tampa Bay Lightning. Here's hoping that the Habs can surpass the Leafs in

Leafs Links With Average Goaltending the Leafs Would Have Made the Playoffs Ayup. What Have you Done for me Lately? The Hockey Writers look at Five Leafs Prospects. Goaltender Independent plus/minus rates for the Leafs Cam Charron breaks down the numbers and........god damn Lombardi you suck. The Leaf

Yesterday, Justin Goldman explained to The 67 Sound and I that he felt that Ben Scrivens and Jussi Rynnas should both spend another season or so in the AHL. François Allaire teaches a very specific style, and it takes quite some time to perfect it, he said. I think we

Pardon the late FTB, last night I was indisposed with Wrestlemania, Game of Thrones, and a tiring weekend in NYC full of drinking and debauchery. I'll be adding links shortly. Until then, use the comments to debate which match was better; Rock-Cena or HHH-Undertaker. If you're

No less than three sources (who wish to remain anonymous) have indicated to PPP that the Leafs are close to a contract extension with goaltender Jonas Gustavsson that will keep him in Toronto for the foreseeable future. I'm sort of at a loss for words. I mean, Gustavsson

I'm out of things to say about the Leafs. Four more games and we can close the book on this disaster. Links after the jump... A New Low "The Leafs have never been worse and I've never cared less." True words. Leafs likely to

I can't give specifics because I don't know them, but a little birdie has told me that something's coming from the You Can Play Project. When news breaks, we'll send you to it. In the meantime, give their website a visit if

James Mirtle has the laundry list ready for you. But, to be honest, it's not all bad - it just feels that way - it's the usual good, bad, and ugly. The last quarter of the season (give or take, but mostly take) has been awful,

As my mom and that one annoying girl in elementary school who was a snitch always used to tell me "If you've got nothing good to say, then don't say anything at all." Leafs Links Combing the Desert for Good Young Players "We

It's become a perennial rite for Leafs fans, as we realize that our favourite team has fallen off the map in the standings, to begin focusing on individual players' progress rather than the team's terribility. On that note, I have two links for your consumption

So a funny thing happened over the weekend. The Montreal Canadiens were mathematically eliminated from the Playoffs. Another thing happened as well, this one not so funny. The Toronto Maple Leafs Playoff Death Number fell to just 4, meaning it's all but a certainty that the Leafs will

Reading John Lofranco's piece this morning over at The Leafs Nation got me thinking...how many of you are still watching the games religiously? I stopped paying close attention probably about 10 days ago. We went out to dinner last night and when we came back, I played

A couple of sporadic thoughts on my mind this morning. - Nazem Kadri's redirected goal and his tally in the shootout do not prove he should be in the NHL. The biggest issue I see in his game is actually his skating. He has poor acceleration and that

We're doing it! We're in the draft lottery. All hail Tank Nation! Links after the jump. Leafs Links Lupul Named Leafs' Nominee for Bill Masterton Trophy Fittingly, he's out injured again. The Leafs Could Use a Tim Tebow-like Player Going Forward Well they

Discussion surrounding the state of the Toronto Maple Leafs has, somewhat understandably, been rather glum, lately. Rather than mope about it, Danny Gray (@ACatNamedFelix) Ellen Etchingham (@theoryofice) and I (@JPNikota) have gathered to put together the latest Leafs Nation podcast that focuses on a somewhat less dark side of life.

Leafs bloggers have a long and illustrious history of tearing apart the terribly written arguments by journalists covering the Toronto Maple Leafs. There is Cox Bloc, the Negative Nancy Notebook, and a multitude of posts, comments, and tweets filled with disdain for lazy articles written by paid "professionals"