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# Saturday FTB: Weird how there were no NHL games last night, right?
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-are-bad-mike-babcock-more-like-badcock-amirite/
- Published: 2019-01-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-01-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Looking at the past is dumb and full of pain. Let’s look to the future!
- Author: Brian Stewart
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:15

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a big problem coming their way.

Think about it. [They’re in the middle of a mini-slump](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-recap-maple-leafs-highlights-florida-panthers-highlights/) while Boston and Montreal are threatening to pass them in the standings. Next season has threatened to be a major cap crunch for a while now with no obvious relief in sight.

Let’s say the Leafs make some moves at this deadline and in the off-season that both frees up some necessary cap space for the signings they have to make AND helps improve the team — Hainsey and Gardiner walk as UFAs; Brown, Hyman and Zaitsev are traded for cap relief; Nylander is traded for Dougie Hamilton or Colton Parayko; Marleau develops a sudden and career ending allergy to hockey equipment.

Then the Leafs can re-sign Matthews and Marner to $13 million AAV each, and Kapanen and Johnsson to $7 million AAV each. They manage to sign hometown boy Wayne Simmonds as a UFA. Liljegren and Sandin each make the roster out of camp next year and form a solid second pair. Rielly finally gets that top pairing RD to make a top unit. They re-acquire McElhinney but also keep Garrett Sparks around to develop or trade depending on whether you like him or not.

Johnsson - Matthews - Kapanen  
Moore - Tavares - Marner  
Grundstrom - Kadri - Simmonds  
Marchment - Brooks - Bracco

Rielly - Hamilton  
Sandin - Liljegren  
Dermott - Jensen

Andersen  
McElhinney

Have you seen the problem yet?

Who the fuck are we going to complain about and blame for everything that’s bad next year!!!

And don’t be a smartass and say Babcock, because the Leafs are also going to fire him and hire Quenneville or Keefe or something.

## ONTO THE LINKS!

[Women’s Hockey Wednesday: Bruins and Pride form fourth NHL-NWHL partnership](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/womens-ice-hockey-wednesday-boston-bruins-pride-nhl-nwhl-partnership-ncaa-u-18-world-championships/) | by nafio and Annie

[‘It’s an insult’: Former NHL players vow to reject concussion settlement as deadline looms](https://theathletic.com/775166/2019/01/18/its-an-insult-former-nhl-players-vow-to-reject-concussion-settlement-as-deadline-looms/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) | by Dan Robson at The Athletic

Thanks to an interview in Sweden, we got a bit of an answer for what happened with Patrick Berglund.

> Patrik Berglund breaks the silence about his time with the [#Sabres](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sabres?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) in an interview with local newspaper VLT in his hometown Västerås: "It's a cliche but money doesn't make you happy. I'll give it all up any time just to feel good inside"[https://t.co/5xlwz5Qhlu](https://t.co/5xlwz5Qhlu?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Uffe Bodin (@UffeBodin) [January 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/UffeBodin/status/1086333942699945984?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

The Ottawa 67’s had a themed night based on The Office.

> We couldn't have Dunder Mifflin Night and not play the national sport of Icelandic paper companies, Flonkerton.[#67sxTheOffice](https://twitter.com/hashtag/67sxTheOffice?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [#NoQuit](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoQuit?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/x5qy2aSRbc](https://t.co/x5qy2aSRbc?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Ottawa 67's (@Ottawa67sHockey) [January 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/Ottawa67sHockey/status/1086434056970088448?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)