From The Branches

Why am I excited? Because Dion Phaneuf is excited! Tonight we see the new look Leafs, sans so many players that we won't miss, and with Phaneuf and Giguere in the spotlight. Can it get more exciting? YES! It's also the premiere of the final season

Wow. What a day yesterday was. I got to bed probably around 2am, pretty late for me, and then just after 8am I woke up because I heard my phone beeping with a text message. It was TSN saying, simply: Dion Phaneuf traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs. I have

Jesus H. Christ. Now, I'm a big believer in that old "It's always the darkest just before dawn" doctrine, but this really takes the biscuit. And the cup of coffee it came with. And the table you're drinking it off. And probably

The arrangements are made, the bells are ringing and no doubt there will be tears and a punch-up before bedtime - for today is the day for our glorious 2IC, Chemmy. That's right folks, the wandering jammies have been been officially retired. From now on, it's

via www.everything.ie Went boozing. Fell asleep. Shit happens. Sue me. Hey look! Links! An Ottawa Senators fan's (like those exist) guide to judging Brian Burke [Battle of Ontario] Rebranding the Toronto Maple Leafs. Why not just use facepalm.jpg as a logo? [PuckDrawn] I'm

With our trip down to Bellevue this past weekend, the husband and I didn't do our weekly grocery shopping last week.  As it's now Thursday, there is a dearth of food in our house.  However, one important thing that we had to buy while in the

So the Leafs played LA last night and lost, again, for the third time in a row. I kind of feel like Bill Murray's character in Groundhog Day. I turn on the game and see the Leafs lose. Some flashes of quality hockey, coupled with stupid elementary mistakes,

So yesterday was a bit of a significant day for us here at Pension Plan Puppets dot com, as it saw Elliotte Friedman responding to Chemmy's post about his proposed trade that would see Tim Thomas don the blue and white. As PPP said on twitter, "We&

For today's FTB intro I want to pass along a story that PPP nation member JaredfromLondon left in Sunday's Chatty Cathy. It is hilarious. So I'm driving home from Pizza Hut, coming along a highschool on the right side of the road, when suddenly

Today is Sunday, January 24th and it's National Compliment Day in the United States.  Seeing as how the US and Canada are good friends, I figure it can be National Compliment Day in Canada as well. So on with some compliments. Brian Burke - You're really

MattBlack is out of town in England this weekend, so I volunteered to write the FTB for him. By out of town in England, I don't mean that he went on vacation to England or anything.  I mean that he lives in England and went to another part

While many of us have joked about needing group therapy due to the Leafs poor play and utter state of disarray, few of us are strong enough to admit that we need help. Last week I decided that I needed some, so I sought out a support group for fans

So, living in Vancouver has its good points and its bad points.  I hate subzero temperatures and snow, and both of these rarely occur here, which I love.  I have a great job, and managed to get hired right after University and get the company to pay for me to

Today is January 20th, and you know what that means. It's soon going to be Super Bowl Sunday Washinton and Lincoln's Birthdays The Olympics Valentines Day!  While it might seem a bit early, smart boyfriends and husbands are already putting their Valentines Day plans into motion.

Well, last night was quite fun.  In fact, I commented so much that my husband got jealous and forbade me to comment past 8pm.  I had to appease him to be able to write today's FTB.  I think he would have felt better had I let him continue

Monday morning is my least favourite morning of the week, so I thought I'd present you all with a lovely breakfast to consume while you enjoy today's reading material. * First up today, PuckDrawn thinks the Leafs need a new look. He's currently running a

* With no Leafs game last night (sit down the boy who cheered!), the Marlies moved into the spotlight - sadly going down 5 - 2 to the Houston Astros, Kyle Calder and Greg Scott with the markers. * Dr Steve has thoughts on Friday's game in DC, along with

In an post-apocalyptic landscape, brought to the very brink of existence itself by a cataclysm known only as the 'JFJ Event', two figures move slowly through the ash-laden air.Their chances are not good, the statistics say 1 - 9 in the last ten games. The last ten

A lot of people question the title. They wanna know what it means. Most known unknown means that Tyler Bozak is known, but at the same time he unknown. Ya know what I'm sayin'? He got a lot to do with what's going on with

Sometimes this season, I think I can click my heels 3X, say "there's no place like home" and suddenly, the Leafs will be a winning team.  But instead, I wake up to reality where we have the worst team since I started following the Leafs, noone

Before we step into the SkinnyFish Era, let's take a moment to thank blurr1974 for his most excellent job at providing the daily dose of Maple Leaf Linkage these past 7 months. Why I remember blurr's very first FTB, mostly because of the nightmare inducing picture

Well, ladies and gents, welcome to your first day under your new FTB overlords.  In honour of this momentous occasion, I thought I would take the opportunity to write an ode to my long-since defeated nemesis, who I am sure rolled in his grave at yesterday’s announcement that my

With the departure of Blurr from the ranks of Princesses it left a massive gap in the operations of PPP Amalgamated Heavy Industries and Kitten Ranch. We received approximately 100 applications for this most prestigious of positions and wittled it down to two. Actually, it's only one right

* Another Saturday night in Palookaville and the Leafs fall 4 - 1 against the Penguins. Alex Tran at MLHS has his post game thoughts as does Toronto Mike and there's a review of the action from The Hockey News. Pensburgh supplies opinion from Pennsylvania. * The Marlies fared no

* Leafs played Buffalo who played Ryan Miller in goal and....I don't really need to finish that sentence, do I? Good on Jared, Under The Helmet of Slava Duris, The Hockey News and Die By The Blade for saving me the trouble then. * In further 'copping for