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# FTB: The Maple Leafs are on vacation
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-news-auston-matthews-reduced-in-rank-to-commander/
- Published: 2019-01-27T13:10:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-01-27T13:10:00.000Z
- Description: The NHL All-Star break ends tomorrow, but the Leafs still have a few more days off.
- Author: Species
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50

The [NHL All-Star Game](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl-all-star-game?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) is over. The winners were the Metropolitan Division, with Sidney Crosby as MVP. And, yes, they did bust out the gigantic novelty cheque for $1M dollars.

On the Maple Leafs side, John Tavares did the Atlantic Division proud and scored on this breakaway.

And some other stuff happened, I guess? To be honest, I got bored and tuned it out before the start of the final game.

At least the Marlies won last night. After being clobbered by the Belleville Senators yesterday in what Sheldon Keefe described as “a pretty thorough ass-kicking,” they managed a shootout win. The winning goal was by none other than Gabriel Gagne.

> Winner! Gagnant! [https://t.co/g3jAmofNOe](https://t.co/g3jAmofNOe?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Pension Plan Puppets (@PPPLeafs) [January 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/PPPLeafs/status/1089353901692735488?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

The AHL All-Star Skills Competition is tonight. Both Calle Rosen and Trevor Moore will be at the event, and Todd Crocker is there as an All-Star broadcaster. This year it’s actually available on cable. You can watch the Competition on Sportsnet ONE or stream it on AHL TV.

#### ICYMI

[CWHL Recap: Thunder beat les Canadiennes 2-1 - mediajunkie](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/cwhl-recap-markham-thunder-win-les-canadiennes-montreal-2-1-womens-hockey-victoria-bach-erica-howe/)  
Two goals from Victoria Bach and an excellent performance from Erica Howe combined for the win!

> .[@ThunderCWHL](https://twitter.com/ThunderCWHL?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) win in a dramatic final seconds stand. Featuring Stacey, Bozek, and Richards [#CWHL](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWHL?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/XSw2MNLVgT](https://t.co/XSw2MNLVgT?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Women's Sports Highlights (@WSportHilites) [January 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/WSportHilites/status/1089356104654557185?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

[NHL Tracking Data: Lies, Damn Lies and Data Viz on TV - Katya](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/lies-damn-lies-and-data-viz-on-tv-nhl-brings-tracking-data-to-fans/)  
The NHL is trying to modernize how it collects and presents statistics, but they’re adopting technology the rest of us already find obsolete.

[Brianna Decker Passed the Skills Test but the NHL Failed - Katya](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/brianna-decker-passed-the-test-but-the-nhl-failed-all-star-skills-equal-pay-for-equal-work/)  
The NHL only partly included four women hockey players in the All-Star Skills competition, and paid the wrong person $25,000.

#### Site News

The [Maple Leafs](https://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/toronto-maple-leafs?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) start their bye-week today and will not play again until Friday February 1st, but we have a huge amount of content lined up for you for this week. We already have articles done and scheduled for each day, and more on the way.

Here’s a sample of headlines of articles to come this week:

- Morgan Rielly and Jake Gardiner are the Leafs top pair
- Leafs’ Top 25 Under 25: Mid-season Roundtable
- NHL, AHL and ECHL Hockey Contracts 101
- How did last year’s post-roster-freeze trades work out?
- Last year’s trade deadline frenzy revisited/

This is in addition to all our regular features, such as FTB’s full of cat GIFs and Women’s Hockey Wednesday.

#### Other News

[Video: Tavares and Stamkos look back on their shared hockey history - Sportsnet](https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/john-tavares-steven-stamkos-go-shared-hockey-history/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
John Tavares and Steven Stamkos talk about their life long connection that started with playing hockey together at a young age in Toronto and the possibility of a Maple Leafs and Lightning playoff series.

[Lots Going To Change In Toronto Sports Media World – Toronto Sports Media Blog](https://torontosportsmedia.com/2019/01/27/lots-going-to-change-in-toronto-sports-media-world/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
The Globe and Mail is officially dead as a sports outlet. With all due respect to those who write for the paper, it’s gone, over, kaput. The Star and Sun remain, audiences are flat at best and the Athletic dominating from a content perspective. I am not talking about business models, the best damn content available to the sports fan on a regular basis online (text only) is on the Athletic (not including “blogs”).