From The Branches

There goes the rhythm!  Leafs lost again last night, like you didn't already know that.  So much for win two, lose one.  Poop... I've got nothing else to add, my mind is experiencing some sort of blackout.  Maybe I'm numb...?  Butch Walker is going

Here's the skinny.  At this writing, I've literally just walked in the door from a weekend in San Francisco.  I've left my wife to unload the car and put the bubba to bed, as I've got important things to attend to.  No,

Eh, it was only Jefferson. Hop to it South Dakota, tout de suite! * Let's get reviewing, because that was all too beautiful. Like a Japanese meal (or how PPP makes love), small portions but soooo many courses from Wrap, Eyebleaf, Jared, Rock Outta SoCal, The Hockey News and

So I says to God, I says "He's playing again tonight. Yeah, I know...dude couldn't stop a pig in passage and now he's backing us up against the Sabres." You know God, he's sympathetic. Always has a good word

I made the mistake of pointing out a slow trickle of blog posts for yesterday's previous FTB, and what do you know?  It's a full on deluge of posts today!  When it rains it pours.  I think I've filled my cliche quote for the

Between taxing games of beer-pong and co-ed pillow fights, we here at PPP Amalgamated Heavy Industries and Corner Lemonade Stands LLC put in long arduous hours of work. So you can imagine, much to our chagrin, that after the Leafs loss to the Coyotes there wasn't

So it is another short and sweet FTB.  Well, short anyways... * Our very own Bitter Leaf kicks things off first. Is John Mitchell's injury the best thing to ever happen to the Leafs (Stajan in particular) so far this season? Speaking of Matt Stajan, how much money is

is much easier when they're actually winning games.  Wouldn't you agree?  Moral victories are all well and good (psst, they're not) but a few "W's" are what it's all about.  When those losses pile up, it's

* On Mondays, eyebleaf likes to think about stuff, and hockey. * Rankings through science! Dr. Steve PHD has the formulas. * Just your usual general Seuss. Or is it Doctor borschevsky? * Phil Kessel is out wandering the wilds of Toronto. Loser Domi's "Holiday Kesstacular!" continues. * Down Goes Brown

...although with seventeen points in his last sixteen games, he never went away. Perhaps I owe this man an apology for suggesting a kitten sniper was going to take him out a few weeks back. I'll level with you good people - I was absolutely full of scotch last

My dearest Jiří, It's been a week now and I still can't believe we've parted. Those dreams we had, the plans we made...all so much dust on the breeze. I saw you last night, in your fancy new clothes. A goal on your

* Sure Brendan Witt gets all the press, but Down Goes Brown wants you to know that hockey players get hit by moving vehicles all the time. * You know what Friday needs? More commercials. * Shhh. Jared's sleeping . * Yes, the Leafs lost, but there were still some positives in the

Oh, he's serious. Well that was fun, and sticks with what appears to be the Leafs recent penchant for lose one, win two. That means tonight's game against Boston should be a...oh. Crap. Maybe we should give this guy's dad a call and

A pretty kick-ass Leafs stocking. (available here. via images.footballfanatics.com) It's officially "holiday season" and I am in full swing.  Enjoy the links, and have some Leafs-nog (aka-beer.) * Down Goes Brown and Bloge Salming manage to make me feel better about the

I'm still recovering from Millen's (correct) assertion that the Atlanta Thrashers are an "offensive juggernaut." That phrase seems counter-intuitive to the Thrashers entire history. I've been watching hockey for a long time and never in all those years have I heard

Mr. and Mrs. blurr1974 say hello from California. Not pictured - bubba. (via product.images.fansedge.com) In my neck of sunny California, the mercury is dipping dangerously close to zero.  To compound the issue, there is a storm rolling in with a chance of showers.  Depending on how things go,

A classic anxiety dream. It's your first day in a new job, but your attempts to get to the office on time are thwarted at every turn. You're giving a huge presentation and suddenly you're in your birthday suit in front of all those

Ladies and Gentlemen, I come to you with a heartfelt request - a plea, if you will. Being an Englishman who spends most of his idle time on North American websites, I tend to take a fair about of good-natured flak about certain events that took place a long time

Last night was amazing.  Was it good for you?  It was good for me.  So good.  I've heard the commercials.  "Call a doctor if it lasts for longer than 4 hours" but ya know what?  I'm not calling any doctor.  Call me crazy, but

This is apropos of nothing, it just makes me laugh, and I'm drunk on night time cold medicine...(via kqe.de) * Sure, Keith Ballard gets all the press, but it's a little known fact that teammates inflict injuries on one another quite often. Don't

Gustavsson's buddies were so concerned they rushed straight to the hospital. (via www.cfnews13.com) * Steve takes apart Cox's latest article, a little bit at a time. Poor guy never really stood a chance. * Slava Duris brings the gift of maths with the breakdown of Leafs

* Are the Leafs infected with Blake-itis (woeful shooting percentages are a symptom) or the victim of the "visiting goalie channels the ghost of Georges Vezina?" Or worse, is it some ghastly combination of the two!?!? Hungry Leafs Fan doesn't know for sure, so he suggest

...and it still knows how to pound.  It's the Monday after a long weekend and Frank Black is singing a song just for me. Let's just get to the links. * Steve is wondering what kind of return Niklas Hagman and Ian White could net the Leafs.

Oh, this little thing? Just something I threw together. On a beach. In November. * No better place to start today than round at Dr Steve's place - here covering the budding optimism in Leaf land. * It's a battle of the Leaf blogs over at NHL Arena. Follow

Time for another foreign languages lesson today, me hearties. Our subject - Phil 'WHO ELSE?' Kessel. As I'm sure the countless Deutsche-o-phones amongst you will already know, Kessel is German for 'Kettle'. You see? Works perfectly. He's a device for heating