From The Branches
Total 5617 Posts
From the Branches or FTB as it's known, is the daily links and chat post for Pension Plan Puppets.
FTB: That’s four Leafs wins in a row against the Oilers
Auston Matthews keeps winning streak against the Oilers alive.
Saturday’s FTB: what does the Staal trade mean for the Leafs?
Finding the pulse of the trade market.
From the Branches: Protocol news
We’ve got adjustments in schedules and adjustments in coaching staff.
Thursday FTB: How can the Leafs improve their goalie pipeline?
Freddie may be leaving, and leaving behind a barren pipeline
Wednesday’s FTB: I see why NHL referees don’t do interviews
The NHL is investigating an incident where the referee said the biased part out loud.
Tuesday’s FTB: Who would win? The Calgary Canucks or the Vancouver Leafs?
The birth of a new NHL meme
FTB: A Maple Leafs Goalie Controversy
The controversy Leafs fans wanted is finally here!
Saturday FTB: So you want a new goalie
Jack Campbell is nice, but replacing Freddie this off-season will be no small task
From the Branches: The Dream Gap Tour rolls on
Also, the Buffalo Sabres are imploding, but what else is new?
Thursday’s FTB: The trade we expect won’t be the trade that comes to be
Stop your predictions and let the fireworks begin.
FTB: Gord Miller said what all men need to say
And what too few have the courage to say.
Tuesdays FTB: If the OHL returns, who hosts the games?
It’s looking more and more likely that the final major junior league resumes play.
FTB: More questions than answers right now
Are the Leafs the team that can destroy the Oilers, or are they the team that can’t handle the Senators?
Thursdays FTB: NHL does Disney
The NHL returns to ESPN, more than a decade after they left and fell off the radar.
FTB: The Maple Leafs are grounded
The Leafs lost the precision flying contest to Connor Hellebuyck.
FTB: The Leafs come back to Toronto for a new western Canada opponent
The Maple Leafs face the Winnipeg Jets at home in Toronto next after mixed success on their road trip out west.
Saturday FTB: Where does Kyle Dubas rank as a GM in the league?
This was an interesting question that Fulemin posed recently, and it stuck with me enough that I figured I’d make a weekend FTB topic of it.
When I consider everything that is required of an NHL GM to help his team achieve success, I would list the following as
FTB: Thursday is a SEGABABA, baby
Leafs move right onto the Canucks. Will they survive it.
FTB: Will the Oilers get even one goal against the Leafs this series?
The Leafs are playing the third of three games in Edmonton tonight, and they could leave town with the Oilers not scoring even one goal.
Tuesdays FTB: More like Edmonton Can’t Scoilrers
I’m sorry, I was told the Oilers had good players on the team.