> ## 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. # Sunday FTB: Happy New Year! - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-chat-new-year-2023-new-playoff-results-maybe-imagine/ - Published: 2023-01-01T11:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2023-01-01T11:00:00.000Z - Description: It’s a new year, maybe we’ll get a new Maple Leafs result - Author: Brian Stewart - Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:01 It’s 2023! I won’t go through some of the top highlights from 2022 — [Catch-67 already took care of that yesterday](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/new-years-eve-the-best-toronto-maple-leafs-highlights-of-2022/). But if how they ended the 2022 year [against the defending champs](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/recap-maple-leafs-beat-the-avalanche-with-a-lot-of-goals-and-matt-murray/) is any indication, we’re ready to start 2023 on the right foot. A new year brings a new sense of hope. Maybe this is it — maybe this is finally Toronto’s year for the playoffs. Which is kinda weird to say, because we’ve been through this a few times before and all of the important players are almost exactly the same. But we have a couple of new goalies who (until this month) have been pretty great. We have some shiny new toys in the bottom six, including a prospect like Pontus Holmberg who has seemingly come out of nowhere to become a fan and coach favourite. And we’re expecting to get a shiny new toy (or two) come the deadline, in the form of a trade and/or bringing in Matthew Knies once his NCAA season is over. We don’t know if the big trade acquisition winds up being a forward or a defenseman, but we can 100% expect to debate that 24/7 until the deadline is over. I know who I’ll have on my wishlist: Conor Garland. Because I’ve always liked him. ## LINKS FROM THE BRANCHES 32 Thoughts: What will Maple Leafs’ trade deadline priority be? (video) | by Sportsnet [Joseph Woll is on the comeback trail entering 2023](https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2022/12/31/joseph-woll-is-on-the-comeback-trail-entering-2023/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) | by MLHS [Appreciating William Nylander’s hot start to the 2022–23 season with the Maple Leafs](https://theleafsnation.com/news/appreciating-william-nylanders-hot-start-to-the-2022-23-season-with-the-maple-leafs?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) | by TLN [Connor Bedard has chased down history, and he’ll chase down more](https://theathletic.com/4042318/2022/12/29/connor-bedard-canada-world-juniors/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) | by Scott Wheeler > At ‘11 Under-18s, Andre Tourigny saw Nikita Kucherov + asked Al Murray, “Is it just me, or is this guy something special?” > Murray smiled, put his finger over his mouth. Two months later, [#tblightning](https://twitter.com/hashtag/tblightning?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) picked Kucherov. On Kucherov’s junior days [@HuskiesRn](https://twitter.com/HuskiesRn?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [https://t.co/w4YVksss7X](https://t.co/w4YVksss7X?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Joe Smith (@JoeSmithNHL) [December 31, 2022](https://twitter.com/JoeSmithNHL/status/1609289470309801991?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Want to see Max Domi getting booed by Columbus fans during a tribute video about him and Seth Jones? Hell yeah you do! > The Seth Jones/Max Domi tribute video. [#CBJ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CBJ?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/OzO1cc8P6s](https://t.co/OzO1cc8P6s?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Mark Scheig (@mark\_scheig) [December 31, 2022](https://twitter.com/mark%5Fscheig/status/1609255654069264385?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Have a great new year everyone!