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# From the Branches: Gritty Worldwide
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-news-links-from-the-branches-gritty-worldwide/
- Published: 2020-11-08T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-11-08T11:00:00.000Z
- Description: The NHL’s very own cryptid has gone international.
- Author: Anne Boyd
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:43

How’s your weekend going, guys? Anything fun happen? Anything exciting to report?

> [#philly](https://twitter.com/hashtag/philly?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/ReEW7bu2x5](https://t.co/ReEW7bu2x5?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — John Foley (@2008Philz) [November 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/2008Philz/status/1325147045292777474?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Yeah, that about sums it up.

If you read nothing else today, you should read this screenshot from Le Monde, attempting to explain Gritty (who among us can truly *explain* Gritty?) to a confused French person:

> French media having to explain to readers who [@GrittyNHL](https://twitter.com/GrittyNHL?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) is as part of their election coverage wasn’t on my 2020 bingo card, but it’s definitely my fave moment of the cycle so far. [pic.twitter.com/d8Pz0H8d9R](https://t.co/d8Pz0H8d9R?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Chris Sgro (@cristoferosgro) [November 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/cristoferosgro/status/1325070462670528512?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

It’s especially appropriate that Gritty has become Pennsylvania’s electoral mascot because, for the first time in, uh, several presidents, there will be a hockey fan in the White House. I am, of course, [referring to the future First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden](https://www.broadstreethockey.com/2010/6/21/1529231/vice-president-joe-biden-i-root?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com), who is a diehard Flyers fan. There’s something that feels very natural about this.

[Ranking the best hockey movies - PensBurgh](https://www.pensburgh.com/2020/11/7/21553574/ranking-the-best-hockey-movies?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
In the absence of news, here's something everyone can argue about, a la sandwiches or cargo shorts.

[JONES: World Juniors to have different feel than NHL playoffs - Edmonton Sun](https://edmontonsun.com/sports/hockey/jones-world-juniors-to-have-different-feel-than-nhl-playoffs?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
With some things borrowed and some things new combined with a northern lights theme, the no-fans-in-the-stands Hub City bubble edition of the Edmonton 2021…

[What if the Leafs experimented with three defencemen and two forwards? It’s worth a shot | The Star](https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/opinion/2020/11/07/what-if-the-maple-leafs-experimented-with-three-defencemen-and-two-forwards-its-worth-a-shot.html?rf&utm%5Fsource=Twitter&utm%5Fmedium=SocialMedia&utm%5Fcampaign=SportsHockey&utm%5Fcontent=newleafsstrategy)  
Not every team is built to break with tradition and ice three blueliners, but it makes a lot of sense for the retooled Leafs, says former Marlies assi...

[Weekly Question: What’s the biggest challenge facing D.J. Smith next season? - Silver Seven](https://www.silversevensens.com/2020/11/7/21553918/weekly-question-whats-the-biggest-challenge-facing-d-j-smith-next-season-ottawa-senators?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
With the Sens roster practically complete, we turn the spotlight over to the person in charge from here on out

Rodion Amirov is still out here scoring goals, and giving us hockey highlights to watch, like drops of water in a drought:

> 🚨Rodion Amirov ties it up with 71 seconds left in regulation🚨[#KarjalaCup](https://twitter.com/hashtag/KarjalaCup?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/L5qUf00p2k](https://t.co/L5qUf00p2k?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — World Hockey Report (@worldhockeyrpt) [November 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/worldhockeyrpt/status/1325072047030951936?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)