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# Saturday FTB: How good would a Leafs-Habs first round playoff series be?
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-montreal-canadians-nhl-hockey-night-in-vomit-city/
- Published: 2019-02-09T11:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-09T11:30:00.000Z
- Description: <strong>Take me down to the Vomiteaux City, where the grass is brown and the hockey is shitty.</strong>
- Author: Brian Stewart
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:15

If the playoffs started today, the Toronto Maple Leafs would face the Montreal Canadiens in the first round. That would be a hell of a matchup, and I don’t know if I would prefer that or facing Boston again. On the one hand, I want to beat Boston so bad and doing so would feel soooooooooooooooo much better than beating Montreal.

Yeah I know, they’re supposed to be our historic rival... but never in my life have they ever really been a rivalry in any sense. There’s that one game where our Goon Squad beat up their smaller skilled players, I guess?

But on the other hand, I think that rivalry would pick up reeeeeaaaal fast if they did actually face each other in the playoffs. Plus, Montreal does play a fun style of hockey. They have some good players, some fast players.

So maybe the Leafs face one of them in the first round, then the other in the second round, then the Islanders in the conference final, and then Winnipeg in the finals? If I managed to survive all of those series it would make a hell of a run.

## ONTO THE LINKS

[TSN reports Leafs kicking tires on Luke Glendening — again](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/tsn-reports-toronto-maple-leafs-kicking-tires-on-luke-glendening-detroit-red-wings-dumb-idea-season/) | by Katya

[Last year’s trade deadline frenzy revisited](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2018-nhl-trade-deadline-nhl-trades-toronto-maple-leafs-trade-thomas-plekanec-rick-nash-ryan-spooner/) | by Katya

[Toronto Marlies lose 7-6 to Belleville Senators in OT on Tuesday](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-marlies-lose-belleville-senators-in-ot-on-tuesday-martin-marincin-returns/) | by Species

[Anthony Petrielli discusses the Matthews contract, what to do with Zaitsev, Nylander’s play & more](https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2019/02/08/anthony-petrielli-discusses-the-auston-matthews-contract-what-to-do-with-nikita-zaitsev-william-nylanders-play-more/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) | by MLHS

Oh my, Freddie!

> HELLLOOooOOOoooOOOO000000ooo000OOOOOO?????? [pic.twitter.com/Xq3sVRr1Z9](https://t.co/Xq3sVRr1Z9?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — 𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓅𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒾𝑒 (@icehockeying) [February 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/icehockeying/status/1093983721894612992?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

[Why Panarin as a rental is worth the risk, especially for these five top destination](https://theathletic.com/806008/2019/02/07/why-artemi-panarin-as-a-rental-is-worth-the-risk-especially-for-these-five-top-destinations/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)s | by Craig Custance, who includes the Leafs. I don’t know how the fuck they would make this happen for a rental, but how hilarious would it be?

Speaking of Artemi Panarin, it was announced [he changed his agent to the same one who represents Sergei Bobrovsky](https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1093911316417245184?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com), leading to speculation that they want to be a package deal. Poor Columbus.

> Artemi Panarin on not signing with [#CBJ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CBJ?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)   
>  
> "It’s one life, one chance for free agency and I want to test free agency.”
> 
> — Brian Hedger (@BrianHedger) [February 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/BrianHedger/status/1093990786956283904?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

In trade news, that swap between the Carolina Hurricanes and Minnesota Wild has aged poorly for one team.

> Side by side comparison of Nino Niederreiter and Victor Rask since they were swapped 1 for 1 [pic.twitter.com/61GyMjVXdr](https://t.co/61GyMjVXdr?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Heart of NHL (@HeartofNHL) [February 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/HeartofNHL/status/1094034575809040384?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

### Who do you want the Leafs to play in the playoffs more?

| Montreal | 237 |
| -------- | --- |
| Boston   | 87  |

GO LEAFS GO!