> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Thursday Leafs Links: Holland Down, Ashton Up - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/thursday-leafs-links-holland-down-ashton-up/ - Published: 2014-01-09T12:26:01.000Z - Updated: 2014-01-09T12:26:01.000Z - Description: Just in time for tonight's big game against the Carolina Hurricanes. - Author: J.P. Nikota - Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:43 [Leafs Swap Ashton, Holland](http://theleafsnation.com/2014/1/8/leafs-swap-ashton-holland?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Article from Jeffler at TLN. [BHS Podcast with Sean Gentille](http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2014/01/08/backhand-shelf-podcast-featuring-sean-gentille-of-the-sporting-news/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) They talk Olympic stuff, mostly. [NHL selling out more arenas than the NBA](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/nhl-selling-more-arenas-nba-225020461--nhl.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Link via PD. [VLM Podcast 6](http://www.vintageleafmemories.com/2014/01/the-vintage-leaf-memories-podcast%5F8.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) The latest from Michael Langlois. [Thoughts on Tim Gleason](http://hopeinthebigsmoke.ca/pump-the-brakes/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) From Hope In The Big Smoke. [An in-depth look at Team Canada](http://blueandwhitebrotherhood.blogspot.ca/2014/01/closer-look-analyzing-team-canada.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) From Blue & White Brotherhood. [Winter Cluster](http://puckbuddys.com/2014/01/07/winter-cluster/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Don't buy in the hype the media lays on with a trowel about the Winter Classic. A gritty account of the world's greatest game. [Winners and losers from ‘HBO 24/7 Red Wings-Maple Leafs: Road To The NHL Winter Classic’ ](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/winners-losers-hbo-24-7-red-wings-maple-234857546--nhl.html?utm%5Fsource=twitterfeed&utm%5Fmedium=twitter) Got the coaches backwards [2014 Olympics: Team Canada's wealth of talent results in star-studded roster – and inevitable second-guessing](http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl--2014-olympics--team-canada-s-wealth-of-talent-results-in-star-studded-roster--ndash--and-inevitable-second-guessing-230731443.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Bloo bloo it's a tough job [Ashton re-joins Leafs with added confidence](http://kylethereporter.com/2014/01/09/ashton-re-joins-leafs-with-added-confidence/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) More on yesterday's move [Blue Jackets: Olympic team snub frustrates Jack Johnson](http://bluejacketsxtra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2014/01/08/olympic-team-snub-frustrates-johnson.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) What a baby. Dude, you suck. Don't be upset that USA Hockey finally woke up [NHL Awards 2013-14: Who’s winning at the midpoint?](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/nhl-awards-2013-14-winning-midpoint-150846058--nhl.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Some debate starters [Systems Advisor: How I would coach Team Canada to maximize their chance at gold in Sochi](http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2014/01/08/systems-advisor-how-i-would-coach-team-canada-to-maximize-their-chance-at-gold-in-sochi/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) How Bourne would coach Team Canada. [Team PDO at the Halfway Mark](http://www.japersrink.com/2014/1/8/5287614/team-pdo-at-the-halfway-mark?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Lots of charts and graphs! [Leafs Notebook – January 8](http://mapleleafshotstove.com/2014/01/08/leafs-notebook-january-8/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Lots of good stuff here. Nothing you haven't really read before in the broad strokes but good details. [On Team Canada, probabilities and possibilities](http://beta.thescore.com/news/402260?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) The Scott Lewis with a great argument for why taking Kunitz was the safest choice Hockey Canada could make [Are the Flyers really better off when Claude Giroux plays less?](http://www.broadstreethockey.com/2014/1/8/5280398/claude-giroux-stats-ice-time-craig-berube-flyers?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) The numbers show that the Flyers win more and Claude Giroux scores more when he plays fewer than 21 minutes of ice time in a hockey game. Let's talk about why that is. [Olympic hockey rosters shouldn't be built with NHL constraints](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2014/1/8/5288332/winter-olympics-hockey-rosters-usa-canada-decisions-2014?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Olympic decision makers have applied NHL logic when building their Sochi-bound teams. They shouldn't do that. [The NHL's best penalty-killing forwards this season](http://beta.thescore.com/news/402290?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) A look at the top five with no points given to low-minute players or guys that play on shitty penalty kills [Here are all 12 Olympic hockey rosters](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2014/1/8/5288498/winter-olympics-hockey-rosters-sochi-2014?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Find all 12 Winter Olympic hockey rosters here. [Canada's Olympic picks: Why Hamhuis and Vlasic?](http://canucksarmy.com/2014/1/7/canadas-olympic-picks-why-hamhuis-and-vlasic?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Cham Chimmons investigates [Mirtle: Leafs short bench in for test during busy schedule](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/leafs-beat/mirtle-leafs-short-bench-in-for-test-during-busy-schedule/article16249640/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com#dashboard/follows/?page=2) Randy Carlyle’s aversion to using his fourth line or trust young offensive players could make Toronto’s upcoming gruelling schedule even more difficult, writes James Mirtle [Zenon Kenopka's Team Canada](http://instagram.com/p/i7NnQpEZyj/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Not a bad team but he should have taken Reimer or Bernier.