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# Thursday’s FTB: Islanders remember they had to file a bunch of contracts at the last minute
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/thursdays-ftb-islanders-remember-they-had-to-file-a-bunch-of-contracts-at-the-last-minute/
- Published: 2021-09-02T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-09-02T09:00:00.000Z
- Description: We’ve all been there.
- Author: Acting the Fulemin
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:43

The heat wave that was baking Toronto like a greenhouse is over, and it is now once again very nice out. Go enjoy it. Soon we’ll be huddled inside watching our frustrating hockey team.

### ICYMI

[T25U25: Nick Abruzzese is #13](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-top-25-under-25-nicholas-abruzzese-is-13/) by Species. I can’t believe Abruzzese only wound up at 13th. He never went a game without scoring last season.

### Around The NHL

[The Athletic’s NHL Pipeline Rankings: #21 Toronto Maple Leafs](https://theathletic.com/2795368/2021/08/31/nhl-pipeline-rankings-no-21-toronto-maple-leafs-youth-outlook-changes-drastically/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) by Corey Pronman. Pronman seems surprisingly big on Matthew Knies. Maybe it helps that Knies is himself surprisingly big.

[St. Louis Blues Sign Colton Parayko To Extension](https://twitter.com/StLouisBlues/status/1433160253596749830?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com). It’s eight years at $6.5M, and it starts the year after this one, meaning Parayko is now under contract to July 2030\. Also, the Blues now have four skaters on term deals at $6.5M a year. I guess it’s their number.

[Seattle Kraken Sign Riley Sheahan.](https://twitter.com/SeattleKraken/status/1433115719470886918?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Now I know what you’re thinking: are you using the news of his contract (one year at $850,000, by the way) to remind us that Riley Sheahan was one arrested drunk in a purple Teletubby costume? Nope!

[New York Islanders Sign Beauvilier, Cizikas, Palmieri, Sorokin.](https://twitter.com/NYIslanders/status/1433081070422044674?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) The Pamieri deal looks a little rich for the player he is and the Cizikas deal looks a little long, but the Isles have done okay lately following their own method. They’re also rumoured to be signing Zach Parise, so expect that to be announced by Christmas.

### Other Stuff

[The Ringer: The Ben Simmons Situation Continues To Get Messier And Messier](https://www.theringer.com/nba/2021/9/1/22652817/ben-simmons-trade-request-philadelphia-76ers?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) by Dan Devine. I’m not a huge basketball guy, but the Ben Simmons thing is fascinating. He’s such a bizarre (talented) player and Philly wants to run him out of town.

[Defector: Bishop Sycamore’s Capital Crime Was Not Being Good Enough At Football](https://defector.com/bishop-sycamores-capital-crime-was-not-being-good-enough-at-football/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) by Casey Taylor. Bishop Sycamore, if you haven’t heard, is a fake high school that exists to lure students desperate to break into football. The article explains how such a thing can exist.

Here’s a shoegaze song for you. Have a lovely day, folks.