From The Branches

Special thanks to all the mothers out there.  Today is your day.  I hope it's a good one.  For all you sons and daughters, don't forget to get a card or at least call your mom today.  Otherwise she'll probably hate you forever.  Enjoy

So the Boston Bruins sweep the Philadelphia Flyers and move on to face the Tampa Bay Lightening in the Eastern Conference Finals. In doing so, the Bruins move four wins away from the Cup finals and gifting the Leafs an extra 2nd round pick in next year's draft.

If you know me, then you know that I believe the World Championships are a complete joke of a hockey tournament. Beyond the obvious reasons such as jerseys and gear covered in ad stickers, rosters that would make an AHL team laugh (Tim Stapleton on Team USA?), and the fact

I wasn't slated to do this morning's FTB, as I expected to return to Hà Nội later on today (er, this morning to all of you on EST) from a vacation in central Vietnam, but the train times worked out better than I'd hoped,

D: Leafs at the World Championships - Chemmy over at The Leafs Nation Carl Gunnarsson has no points but is a +3 for Sweden, and Mike Brown (shown helping Yan Stastny score) is a +1 for the USA team that may or may not have killed Osama Bin Laden. Germany'

I don't really follow Canadian politics, but apparently there was a federal election last night and all of you are now mad.  But hey, there are some great Leafs links... Tuesday links: Team Canada's application form for the World Championships New DGB Stamkos following the Big

In case you've also been hiding in a cave the President of US revealed that a Navy Seal team killed Osama bin Laden. Doubt we have many Leafs links today but throw them in the comments. Reminder to Canadians: go vote today.

But that is not to say he did not do things which have been a benefit to the organization to this day.  Under his watch, as people like to say, the Leafs drafted and signed some players who may yet become cornerstones of any success the club has in the

Look, it's April.  Outside of the elite few destroying the national hopes of Belarus and other nations in the World Championships, there isn't a lot going on.  Be sure to check today's links for all your Leafs news. Saturday links: 10 questions for Leaf

I don't have any links, so feel free to throw them in the comments.

Unfortunately for our two first-round draft picks, both the Philadelphia Flyers and the Boston Bruins have moved on to the second round. This is exactly where they faced each other at this time last year, and, as many of you are sure to remember, the Flyers came out on

Whelp, leave it to a Senator to lose a playoff series. Hats off to Chicago for the amazing comeback to make this a series. Hot Carl - Puckin' Eh I had a hard time defining what Carl Gunnarsson means to the Toronto blueline, and it was also challenging to compare

I suppose it won't come as a shock to anyone that Carl Gunnarsson has been named to the Swedish team at the World Championships in Slovakia, but it's still good to hear it. The goaltending will be supplied by two Swedish Elite League goalies and Erik

Michael Langlois of Vintage Leaf Memories has put together a quick review of each former Leaf's performance so far in this season's playoffs. Here's a sample: The Coyotes were gone in four against the Red Wings. Ex-Leaf winger Lee Stempniak went pointless in

Before getting into it, I'd like to wish everyone a Happy Easter! Even if you're not celebrating, hopefully you've got a long weekend, and can get some extra playoff time in. Myself, I'm missing home cooking something fierce while I'm

But the reality is that Kaberle is now playing third-pair minutes. That’s shocking. (Leaf fans recall that he routinely played 30 minutes a night in the Quinn playoff years, alongside McCabe- and much more in those classic overtime games.) Importantly, he is not really helping the Bruins as

Yar, here be your links mateys. Leafs Links Leafs' Chance Takers, 2010-11 Regular Season Slava Duris looks at who was pushing the offense for the Leafs this year. Kaberle Not Working Out With Bruins Too late. No take backs. The Career Production of the Grabbo-Kulie-MacA Line

Oh, sure, I could kick things off with an article about the Leafs, but really, they're not yesterday's big news. Hopefully, everyone was able to fit in a little bit of playoff action last night, because there were some good games on. The Pens and Lighting,

Not a lot in the way of Leafs news, so instead I take you back to your childhood with Twitter "Yo Momma" jokes: Yo momma so dumb, she tells people to meet her at the corner of "walk" and "don't walk". Yo

Is Burke a little short with reporters? Yeah. Is his demeanor, or, perhaps more accurately, his public persona, and the subsequent terseness with the media, something that could use a little work? Personally, I think Burke has got it down to a finely-tuned skill (for better or worse), but

Here be your  links to kick off Week 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Leafs Links Tim Brent - No Guts, No Glory Delayed Off-Sides give a glove tap Tim Brent for being all that is man. The Newest Member of Leafs Nation Everyone welcome T.M.L. Sharing Make

My Google Reader is remarkably short of Leafs content today, but I suppose given the circumstances, that's not exactly surprising. The only tidbit I found (and I suspect many of you will have read it already) was a story published yesterday at MLHS that said the Leafs are

Two games, and the Leafs' first round picks are getting better. I likes. Leafs Links Battle of Ontario - Goaltending Looking at the Sens vs. Leafs between the pipes. Check out the good back and forth in the comments. It's Reim to Get Paid Puckin' Eh tries

There are a lot of links today; three just from James Mirtle, four games recaps (for those who couldn't see any hockey last night), and a few Leafs articles from the usual suspects. A bit of league news emerged yesterday as Joe Niewendyk fired Mark Crawford, but most

So the big news from yesterday was the end of the year presser given by Brian Burke on the state of the Maple Leafs. Most of the articles linked today cover it. Here's Mirtle's take on it: Burke Admit's Leafs Season Another Failue - James