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# From the Branches: Hockey game or hallucination?
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-links-from-the-branches-hockey-game-or-hallucination/
- Published: 2017-05-30T11:05:22.000Z
- Updated: 2017-05-30T11:05:22.000Z
- Description: It better be Tuesday, or this late FTB is someone else’s fault.
- Author: Nafio
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:15

They tell me there was a hockey game last night. I dunno, the French Open is on and Annie’s arriving today, what do I know from hockey? From the descriptions though, I assume people are pulling my leg.

[Game 1 Recap: Shoot to score. Pens find way to win 5-3 - PensBurgh](http://www.pensburgh.com/2017/5/29/15710458/game-1-recap-shoot-to-score-pens-find-way-to-win-5-3?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
The Penguins go 37 minutes without a shot on goal. And only have 12 in the game. But 5 of them end up in the back of the net and that's good enough to win Game 1 of the 2017 Stanley Cup Final against the Nashville Predators.

[Penguins take weird NHL final opener: Arthur | Toronto Star](https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2017/05/29/penguins-take-weird-nhl-final-opener-arthur.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Penguins move one win closer to Stanley Cup repeat despite almost 37 minutes without a shot on net.

[Penguins beat Predators in bizarre Stanley Cup final opener - The Globe and Mail](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/penguins-beat-predators-in-bizarre-stanley-cup-final-opener/article35151080/?cmpid=rss1&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Pittsburgh, the highest-scoring team in these playoffs, went almost two full periods without registering a shot on goal

### ICYMI

[Expansion draft protection lists are due June 17 - Pension Plan Puppets](http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2017/5/30/15670550/toronto-maple-leafs-expansion-draft-protection-lists-are-due-june-17)  
What are they, and what decisions do the Leafs have to make?

[Senior speculation: NCAA grads that should sign up for the CWHL draft - Pension Plan Puppets](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-furies-cwhl-draft-ncaa-badgers-golden-knights-cayley-mercer-sarah-nurse-brooke-webster/)  
Annie has a look at four players she’d love to see in Furies blue and white

[My two weeks at the 2017 Mastercard Memorial Cup: I have many thanks to give - Pension Plan Puppets](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2017-mastercard-memorial-cup-windsor-spitfires-erie-otters-saint-john-sea-dogs-seattle-thunderbirds/)  
Seldo spent two solid weeks surrounded by junior hockey players and hockey media. Did he survive unscathed?

[Maple Leafs to play Capitals in outdoor game next year - Katya](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-to-play-capitals-in-outdoor-game-next-year-naval-academy-washington-dc/)  
I know you’ve seen this link before but the league made it official yesterday so...

### Other news

[Blackhawks not playing outdoor game for 1st time in 5 years - Second City Hockey](http://www.secondcityhockey.com/2017/5/29/15710232/nhl-outdoor-games-2018-blackhawks-nope?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
The joke is dead ... for now! *The joke is not dead, don’t be silly.*

[More Ilya Kovalchuk Rumors: Could He Stay with SKA St. Petersburg? - All About The Jersey](http://www.allaboutthejersey.com/2017/5/29/15710258/more-ilya-kovalchuk-rumors-could-he-stay-with-ska-st-petersburg-kovy-affair?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Ilya Kovalchuk rumors abound today. Elliotte Friedman had a small report and Alexander Medvedev of SKA St. Petersburgh made a big claim that he’ll re-sign with SKA.

[NHL’s positive spin can be dizzying: Arthur | Toronto Star](https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2017/05/29/nhls-positive-spin-can-be-dizzying-arthur.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Scoring’s at a five-year high. Video review and concussion protocol working just fine, the commish swears. But on the whole this remains a league mired in the land of the uninspired

### Draft Profile

[Patrick Khodorenko: 2017 NHL Draft Prospect Profile - All About The Jersey](http://www.allaboutthejersey.com/2017/5/29/15687072/patrick-khodorenko-2017-nhl-draft-prospect-profile?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
We don’t have any of these scheduled today, so have someone else’s.