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# FTB: Maple Leafs still have two more games before Christmas
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-news-two-games-before-christmas-break/
- Published: 2018-12-21T11:30:05.000Z
- Updated: 2018-12-21T11:30:05.000Z
- Description: The Maple Leafs weekend will be busier than the parking lot at Yorkdale.
- Author: Species
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:01

Happy Friday! The Leafs have the tonight off after flattening the Panthers yesterday.

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> Toronto Maple Leafs [@MapleLeafs](https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) now that's was a game to enjoy, I totally agree with the three stars tonight,I just wish we could fit in Mitch Marner. John Taveres was "super" tonight. Go Leafs Go.
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> — Marietta Dubas (@grammadubie) [December 21, 2018](https://twitter.com/grammadubie/status/1075951153890947078?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

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There’s a lot of downtime in there, so that’s one positive.

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> — Cristiano Simonetta (@CMS\_74\_) [December 21, 2018](https://twitter.com/CMS%5F74%5F/status/1075964948579270656?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

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Flyers fans feel a sense of relief that overshadows some pretty blatant missteps in the wake of major changes.

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As impressive as it is the Stars have remained on the edges of the Western Conference’s playoff race, more was expected from this team.

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Moments after Kara MacRae, goalie for the Charlottetown-based Capital District Cyclones, had shut the door on the Aces, she received an extra special nod from her opponents. Both Kara and her mother, Violet Robinson, are fighting cancer.