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# FTB: Maple Leafs inching closer to clinching
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-news-john-tavares-hat-trick-plus-bonus-goal/
- Published: 2019-03-26T10:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-03-26T10:30:00.000Z
- Description: The Leafs defeat of the Panthers Monday still hasn’t mathematically locked them into a playoff spot.
- Author: Species
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:15

How many goals did John Tavares score in last night’s game? Four! Four goals!

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The Leafs will pack up tonight and head to Philadelphia to be ready to face the Flyers tomorrow. Hopefully that win will allow them to finally clinch their playoff birth. There’s only six games left, so barring some highly improbable outcomes of all the games this week, it will happen. It’s still frustrating to see the team sitting in that division playoff spot for so many weeks, and now with the season almost over they still don’t yet have the ‘x’.

#### Other News

Drew Doughty told us how much he doesn’t like Matthew Tkachuck before last night’s game.

> Drew Doughty just teed off on Matthew Tkachuk, who he'll face tonight: "No respect for him, none. I respect everyone else. I’ll never talk to him off the ice. ... He’s not respected by most of the people in the league, it’s not just me – that’s just a fact." Full story to follow
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> — Eric Francis (@EricFrancis) [March 25, 2019](https://twitter.com/EricFrancis/status/1110262306355568640?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Then he showed us how much he doesn’t like Tkachuk during the game.

Devan Dubnyk shows how well versed he is in even the arcane passages of the NHL rulebook.

> Listen to this explanation from [@BrianBoucher33](https://twitter.com/BrianBoucher33?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com).  
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> A very heads up play from [@mnwild](https://twitter.com/mnwild?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) goaltender Devan Dubnyk and something you definitely don't see everyday. [pic.twitter.com/RBsP8AYKlv](https://t.co/RBsP8AYKlv?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
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> — NHL on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) [March 26, 2019](https://twitter.com/NHLonNBCSports/status/1110367266275774464?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

[Cree broadcast of Habs game is historic moment for hockey - Eyes On The Prize](https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2019/3/25/18280309/cree-broadcast-of-canadiens-game-is-historic-moment-for-hockey-indigenous-hometown-hockey?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
The Canadiens’ playoff run is secondary, for a moment, to the Indigenous presentation.

[Powerful Ineptitude: Taking a Look at the Stars’ Lackluster Power Play - Defending Big D](https://www.defendingbigd.com/2019/3/25/18280212/dallas-stars-power-play-lineup-decisions-player-usage-jim-montgomery-jason-spezza-denis-gurianov-nhl?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Head coach Jim Montgomery blames the players, but it’s coaching decisions that are truly holding back the roster’s special teams.

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#### And one more video for Big John

“One, two, three, four! Four goals! Ah Ah Ah!”