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# FTB: Maple Leafs face Flyers in Philly tonight
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-news-philadelphia-flyers-jvr-says-how-you-doin/
- Published: 2017-12-12T10:00:02.000Z
- Updated: 2017-12-12T10:00:02.000Z
- Description: It’s the Maple Leafs first visit this season to the city that boos Santa.
- Author: Species
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:15

The Maple Leafs are in Philadelphia tonight to face the Flyers for the second of three games this season. The Flyers won the last match against the Leafs 4-2 on October 28, but we did get this sweet goal by Nazem Kadri from Auston Matthews in that game.

The Flyers’ poor performance this season (11-11-7) has lead the normally polite and composed Flyers fans to start up “Fire Hakstol” chants during the games. Perhaps we’ll get a good show like that tonight. Or one like this!

*“Show some class, here. This is Philly."*

Today we have the first big snow storm of the season in Toronto. I am reminded of a story often retold by my grandmother from when I was four years old.

My father was on a business trip to Philly and was stranded there a few extra days after a major snowstorm. Being only four, assimilating this information and understanding what was happening was a little difficult, but I managed to inform my grandmother on a phone call that “My Dad is stuck in Filthy Delphia.”

[I knew even then.](https://twitter.com/CindyWeb94/status/722239047633080320?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

### ICYMI

There were doings a transpiring on the Marlies yesterday. Mysterious ones.

[Martins Dzierkals and Jean Dupuy recalled from Orlando - Katya](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-marlies-orlando-solar-bears-martins-dzierkals-and-jean-dupuy-recalled/)  
The Marlies add two of the best producing Solar Bears to their lineup. The timing is a little interesting.

### Other News

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Canada’s roster will feature a bunch of names the average hockey fan probably hasn’t heard of. That's where the roadrunner-fast McLeod comes in.

[Lagace deserves more credit for his run as Golden Knights’ backstop - Knights On Ice](https://www.knightsonice.com/2017/12/11/16658066/maxime-lagace-deserves-more-credit-for-his-run-as-golden-knights-backstop?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
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[Icings do not generate a lot of offense - All About The Jersey](https://www.allaboutthejersey.com/2017/12/11/16760286/icings-do-not-generate-lot-offense-other-findings-from-devils-season-icings-lovejoy-severson?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Icings are events in nearly every hockey game. But what are their impact? While the data is from the 2016-17 New Jersey Devils team, this post has plenty of conclusions from the data that would apply to this season and beyond. Namely that icings are not so dangerous.

[Down Goes Brown: Metropolitan Division traffic jam - Sportsnet.ca](http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/goes-brown-weekend-wrap-metropolitan-division-traffic-jam/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Roughly 30 games into the season, there’s barely anything to separate the top six in the division.