From The Branches

I really feel for Jonas Gustavsson. I don't think he's being paid nearly enough for the effort he's giving night in, night out. I can't see a way Jean-Sebastien Giguere reclaims a majority of the starts upon his return. Unfortunately, we&

The Toronto Maple Leafs' well documented struggles in Buffalo continued last night, losing 3-1 to the division-rival Sabres. Ryan Miller made his triumphant return from injury and nabbed 35 saves to stymie the Buds yet again. The Buffalo goaltender has a career save percentage of .930 against

If you're a fan of rounding as I am, then the first quarter of the season ended with the 4-1 win over the Stars. At the beginning of the season, your overlords took a stab at predicting how the season would turn out for the boys in

A common observation in last night's GDT was that the Leafs' defense was keeping Dallas shooters to the outside and blocking a lot of shots. Of course, when a Stars' player did manage to get a good chance, Jonas Gustavsson was very solid in goal, and

Either the wins over Nashville and New Jersey were nothing more than a flash in the pan, and not an indication that the multitude of Leafs problems have been solved; the poor PP and lack of offense. Or, Saturday's game against Montreal was just bad luck; Komisarek'

Despite some solid effort at times, the Maple Leafs fell to the Canadiens 2-0 last night. Carey Price came up with 30 big saves to overshadow an excellent, 37 save performance by Leafs netminder Jonas Gustavsson. Even with great goaltending, it's tough to steal a game when

Pat Burns passed away yesterday afternoon at the age of 58. One of the most successful coaches in NHL history, he led the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, and New Jersey Devils to a combined 501 victories. In 15 NHL seasons, he only missed the playoffs three times.

So last night was pretty damned good eh? Goals from the guys who need to be scoring them; two of them on the once godawful powerplay. Kadri now on a point per game pace. Gustavsson turning away 29 of 30 shots in his first chance to grab the starter'

Editor's Note: One of the strengths of this site aside from Chemmy's funny faces, my squishy cheeks, MF37's rampant pessimism, and SkinnyFish's satiny beard is the community. Whenever a void has opened up there has beensomeone eager to step in to help

Only this time, they went to work for themselves. 8 game losing streak? Over. 26th ranked powerplay? Now it comes in at 16th. Kris Versteeg seeming like a waste of Viktor Stalberg? Not after his two powerplay goals. Nazem Kadri pointless as a Leaf? Nope, he got an assist last

This is my last FTB.  I will no longer be writing for PPP.  I am not going to discuss my reasons in public, just call it irreconcilable differences.  So without further adieu, here are your links: * We don’t have to talk Kadri anymore; the Leafs could do worse than

Well thanks to the Leafs' loss to the Canucks, yesterday I had to deal with no less than 6 people offering me "condolences" on the loss.  It was an interesting day, although at least my husband had warned half of them to take it easy on me

Last January, the Leafs lost a Saturday night match-up with the Vancouver Canucks despite a two goal lead in the first period. It turned out to be the final nail in the coffin on several Leaf careers, as the next morning saw Brian Burke swing two major deals with

So I'm sure all of you know that Nazem Kadri will make his first true appearance as a Maple Leaf tonight against Vancouver. Keith Allen, that freakin wookie on skates, will make his as well. This is pretty big news, considering the timing and poor play of the

This month on the Discovery Channel, they're running a series on the great migrations of the world. The journey's of the sperm whale, the endless flight of the sandhill crane, the multi-generational migration of the majestic monarch butterfly, and on and on. This got me

I'd like to commend everyone who was here for the GDT last night.  It was a pretty hard game to watch but you all managed to keep the criticisms pretty fair for the most part, which made it enjoyable.  But today we're now looking at a

Did you ever see the movie Castaway? Ya know, the one where Tom Hanks is the guy from FedEx who gets stranded on an island for 5 or so years with only a volleyball to talk to? At the end there is a good scene of Hanks talking to his

The one thing I both love and hate about the beginning of the NHL season is the influx of new commenters on PPP.  On the one hand I love it because we really need fresh ideas at times, especially after a long summer spent re-hashing the same few topics.

Nothing happened yesterday so let's get straight to your morning links. Leafs top line is firing blanks That's a low blow on Phil Kessel Leafs look sloppy Except for the second line that is More piling on about the struggles of the first line When do

I've never been one to withhold somewhat 'unpopular' ideas. I know not all of you will agree with me today. That said, it is absolutely time for a coaching change in Toronto. Ron Wilson's record with the Leafs now sits at 69-78-30

I miss living in Canada and stopping by Timmy's on Saturday morning. The Leafs haven't played since Wednesday, so there aren't a ton of updates to report. Korbinian Holzer may make his first appearance as a Leaf tonight, going up against a Ryan Miller-

(This post has absolutely nothing to do with the Leafs, because they'll never have an attendance problem. But have a read and let me know what you think in the comments.) 6,706. 8,189. 8,171. 6,761. Those are the attendance figures the Phoenix Coyotes. Those

Of course I'm not talking about "monster" in Pierre McGuire terms, instead I mean our very own Jonas Gustavsson. The Monster has seen some dark times since he chose our team over others such as the Dallas Stars, the Colorado Avalanche and the San Jose Sharks.

The Leafs are 1-5-1 in their last 7 games. At this point, we need some sound Hollywood advice: Classic Movie Lines #69 (via DiNap44) Bluto was pre-med, I'm pre-pre-med, and user BCapp is med and he agrees with John and I. Your links

When I was in university, our motto was "sleep is for the weak". We'd pull all nighters at least once a week, average about 4hrs of sleep on the nights we did fall asleep, and in general say funny things due to lack of sleep. Our