From The Branches

The Leafs are back tonight. Camp is over, the preseason has been played, and the opening night roster is set. More than anything else, I feel a great relief. I don't remember any other offseason being this long and painful. If we had to discuss Vesa Toskala'

"Annie" (1982) - Tomorrow (via serbianhuddle) Can you believe it? The season is almost here! Tomorrow night the NHL season kicks off as the heroic Leafs (cheer) battle the dirty Habs (booo) at the ACC. If you have tickets, I don't want to know about it. In

I have a headache, there are a LOT of links today and my brain is still blown from the awesome Dion Phaneuf video I just found. I really hope he plays well enough to deserve this love I have for him. Here are your links: * Maple Leaf power-play "

There is one thing that I have learned as a Leafs fan since the lockout: it is dangerous to hope. Once I graduated University (my thesis year happened to coincide with the lockout) I started to take hockey far more seriously, which was rather unfortunate because we all know how

I haven't always been the biggest Luke Schenn fan. I'm still not sold on his skating, and he holds onto the puck longer than I'd like. That said, he seems to truly work at his craft; there has been obvious improvement thus far in

The Toronto Maple Leafs did not play their best game of the preseason last night, falling to the Detroit Red Wings by a score of 7 to 3. The contest remained close throughout the first two periods before slipping away in the third. Finnish rookie Jussi Rynnas received quite the

So because MLSE was smart and schedule five games back to back to back to back to back, there wasn't jack to watch on TV last night which due to the remnants of a tropical storm was very cold and very wet. Ugh. Wanna know how bad the

Now, I'm not much of a baseball fan anymore, and I know we've already hit our quota of baseball content here, but yesterday's letter from Cito Gaston in the Toronto star made me very nostalgic.  Back in 1993 when most of you here were

Ever get real tired and wind up going to bed early only to remember once you awake in the morning that you were supposed to write the FTB for that day the night before and were 30 minutes late with it already? Happened to me. Links mf37 bring us this

So we still don't have NHL Center Ice so I was unable to watch last night's game.  It sounds to me like the Leafs are very much a work in progress, although I'll take a win any day of the week.  Instead of watching

What that said. Hanson and Mitchell battle for the 3rd line center spot Who you got in this one? Putting on the Foil or Socks? The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Leafs' pre-season FiftyMissionCap gives us a run down of the goings on at the

The boys in blue took on the Sabres in a border battle last night and lost.  Leafs lose in Buffalo?  Color me surprised.  It's important to note that the Sabres dressed a significant portion of their NHL roster, while the Leafs dressed a much weaker squad.  The Leafs

Last night saw the Leafs fall to the Flyers in their second match in as many days.  I didn't get the chance to watch the game, but from Game in Six, it looks like the Leafs let one slip away late.  Maybe you guys (and gals) can fill

Yesterday Wilson gave an on-ice talk to Nazem Kadri about how his spot is not guaranteed and that he has to work for his spot. After watching Kadri play two games this pre-season, it's become apparent that he isn't yet ready for the NHL.

So I had a debate with my husband last night. I rushed home, ran instead of walked my puppy, and didn't eat until late so that I could watch the Leafs 2nd preseason game. On the other hand, he made dinner during the first period of the Canucks

Well, that was your first real game day of the season. It wasn't the greatest in terms of outcome but it was definitely good ot be back in the swing of things. Here's the basic routine that we'll follow: 1. 7am will be the

So I've been trying really hard to catch up on the hockey news that happened, especially this whole Pat Burns fake death report fiasco.  Which is really hard to catch up on because it happened on twitter and, well, twitter ain't the best place for grouping

Hello everyone!  It's been quite the weekend trying to catch up on what I missed this past week here on PPP.  You see, my hotel thought that charging $13.99 for wireless internet per day was a reasonable request. So I actually went a week without more than

I'm currently writing today's post at 12:30 AM after an exhausting day.  I'm quite sunburnt and just finished playing two hours of shinny.  On top of that, there isn't much to report.  The Leafs hit the ice on Saturday for the

As you are all aware, yesterday was the start of the 2010 Toronto Maple Leafs training camp. The team has invited (in a mildly controversial move) sixty-four players to take part in the five-day camp. The players were divided up into three teams of twenty-one. It might

Today marks the start of the Leafs training camp. When it ends, 63 players will have been cut down to 23. I figure this is how the end of camp will go: Burke:  Good practice, kids. Now it's time for the easiest part of any GM's

Once again the other overlord overlooked his obligations for writing an FTB leaving it to one of his more quick thinking blogmates. This is your FTB and I use the FTB to read all my Leafs news meaning throw your link in the comments and someone will edit it in

Yeah, I uh was going to write something creative here but instead I played Halo: Reach for six hours and between that, organizing a squirt hockey team and getting my med school application together, my brain is a bit fried. Here be your links. How do you say "No

October 7th is just around the corner, folks. Here are this morning's links: The Kovalchuk deal keeps on costing the Devils Vintage Leaf Memories with a Leaf fan perspective on the circumvention fallout. Early 2011 NHL Rankings Looks like we'll be getting a stud next summer

Tomorrow I found find out who the 12 eager little minds that I get to mold into hockey players are. Until then, I got nothing for you besides some links. Enjoy. A quick interview with goalie coach Francois Allaire Mirtle gets a chance to talk to the man, the myth,