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# Thursday's FTB: Last game of the regular season
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/thursdays-ftb-leafs-chat/
- Published: 2023-04-13T10:00:57.000Z
- Updated: 2023-04-14T14:05:03.000Z
- Description: Happy, Thursday, everyone, today is game 82 of one of the most interesting seasons the Maple Leafs have ever played.
- Author: Cathy Squires
- Tags: From The Branches

Happy, Thursday, everyone, today is game 82 of one of the most interesting seasons the Maple Leafs have ever played. 

This was the roster matchup for the opening game: 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/2023/04/Capture.PNG)

Notice that the Leafs had no scratches as they were right at the cap. Tonight's roster is anyone's guess at this point, but they will be right against the cap. We'll have more on that later on today.

In other news: 

> Dreger: ‘I think Toronto is better and will win that series’  
>  
> VIDEO: [https://t.co/dFTJebn5aK](https://t.co/dFTJebn5aK?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/wEpnisq4bm](https://t.co/wEpnisq4bm?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — TSN (@TSN\_Sports) [April 12, 2023](https://twitter.com/TSN%5FSports/status/1646292504478621702?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

We posted yesterday that Roni Hirvonen will be heading to the Marlies. The Liiga is unique(?) in that they make the semifinal losers play for third and fourth place, so his team has one more game on April 20\. 

> The Islanders win, and the Penguins have been eliminated from playoff contention.
> 
> — Sammi Silber (@sammisilber) [April 13, 2023](https://twitter.com/sammisilber/status/1646326078741307392?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

> With the [#pens](https://twitter.com/hashtag/pens?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) and [#preds](https://twitter.com/hashtag/preds?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) now officially eliminated from playoff contention, the NHL's longest active playoff streak belongs to ...  
>  
> Toronto and Boston, at seven years apiece.
> 
> — Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) [April 13, 2023](https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1646326222496907264?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

The various playoff matchups for teams not named Toronto and Tampa are still to be determined.

Women's Worlds gets underway again today, and I stole the schedule out of this great post: 

[Brampton 2023: IIHF Women’s Worlds round robin wrap-upFrom the relegated teams in ninth and tenth place down to Canada in first, here’s the road so far at the 2023 IIHF Women’s World Championships.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/size/w256h256/format/png/2023/04/pension-plan-min.svg)PPP LeafsNafio![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1559840022-1fcf2459dda2?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=MnwxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDl8fGN6ZWNoaWF8ZW58MHx8fHwxNjgxMzAwMTg2&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000)](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/brampton-2023-round-robin-womens-worlds-hockey/)

As much as I love Czechia, I believe in Finland more than Nafio does. I think they will retake their spot in Group A. That Switzerland - Japan game is too close to call for me. 

The schedule for the medal games for Women's Worlds: 

| GAME      | DATE               | TIME         | TEAMS      | TV                   |
| --------- | ------------------ | ------------ | ---------- | -------------------- |
| QF 1      | Thursday, April 13 | 10:00 am EDT | CZE vs FIN | TSN 1                |
| QF 2      | Thursday, April 13 | 1:30pm EDT   | USA vs GER | TSN 1, RDS 2, NHLN   |
| QF 3      | Thursday, April 13 | 5:00 pm EDT  | CAN vs SWE | TSN 1, RDS 2         |
| QF 4      | Thursday, April 13 | 8:30 pm EDT  | SUI vs JPN | TSN 1                |
| Placement | Friday, April 14   | 3:00 pm EDT  |            | TSN 5                |
| Placement | Friday, April 14   | 7:00 pm EDT  |            | TSN 5                |
| SF 1      | Saturday, April 15 | 12:00 pm EDT |            | TSN 4, RDS, NHLN     |
| SF 2      | Saturday, April 15 | 4:00 pm EDT  |            | TSN 4, RDS, NHLN     |
| 5th Place | Sunday, April 16   | 9:00 am EDT  |            | TSN 4                |
| Bronze    | Sunday, April 16   | 3:00 pm EDT  |            | TSN 4, RDS 2, NHLN   |
| Gold      | Sunday, April 16   | 7:00 pm EDT  |            | TSN 1/3/4, RDS, NHLN |

That's it for now, see you later today for the last game of the year.