> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Monday’s FTB: A long wait for a 2 pm mid-week game - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-william-nylander-playing-center-or-classic-babcock-fake-out/ - Published: 2017-12-18T11:00:01.000Z - Updated: 2017-12-18T11:00:01.000Z - Description: Marlies lose two of three weekend games, Furies lose final 2017 game, Nylander back to center? - Author: Brian Stewart - Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50 The Leafs had a quiet weekend to help the NHL actually draw eyes to the outdoor game on Saturday between the Sens and the Habs. If only they had told Melnyk to shut his dumbass mouth ahead of time so [he didn’t kill a lot of Ottawa’s interest ahead of time](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23melnykout&src=typd&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com). We make fun of the Sens a lot, but their fans don’t deserve a Jeff Loria wannabe shitting on them for not having a bigger population to draw fans from. Yesterday, the news out of Leafs land was Auston Matthews injury watch and potential lineup changes involving William Nylander at center again: > Auston Matthews heads off the ice after about 20 minutes, chatting with a trainer. Doesn’t look like he’ll practice. > > Noticed he seemed to be checking/moving his hand after a lot of shots. Could mean nothing at all, just an observation. > > — Kristen Shilton (@kristen\_shilton) [December 17, 2017](https://twitter.com/kristen%5Fshilton/status/942437835117907969?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > [#Leafs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) lines at practice: > Marleau-Kadri-Komarov > van Riemsdyk-Bozak-Marner > Hyman-Nylander-Brown > Martin-Moore-Kapanen > Leivo > > Rielly-Hainsey > Gardiner-Carrick > Borgman-Polak > Marincin > > — Kristen Shilton (@kristen\_shilton) [December 17, 2017](https://twitter.com/kristen%5Fshilton/status/942442089576587265?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Still a couple of days before the next game, so that practice lineup might not hold up by the time their... 2 pm game on a Tuesday??? What NHL scheduler got into the Christmas drugs early when they drew THAT up? ### ONTO THE LINKS! [Back To Excited Hockey Podcast - Episode 11: Optimist/Pessimist](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/back-to-excited-hockey-podcast-leafs-possession-marincin-nylander-marner/) | from Arvind and Fulemin, always worth a listen! [Maple Leafs by the Numbers: #2 Thomson, Turnbull, Horner or Pratt?](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-by-the-numbers-2-himmy-thomson-ian-turnbull-red-horner-babe-pratt-maple-leafs-history/) | from Elseldo in his ongoing series. [Martin Marincin has been called up, Nikita Zaitsev to Injured Reserve](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-martin-marincin-has-been-called-up-nikita-zaitsev-to-ir/) | from Katya [CWHL Recap: Furies, Thunder both lose final games of 2017](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/cwhl-recap-toronto-furies-markham-thunder-both-lose-final-games-of-2017-jamie-lee-rattray/) | from Annie [Marlies lose first of back-to-back games against Moose 2-1](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-marlies-lose-first-game-against-manitoba-moose-ahl-hockey-news/) | from Species ### Around The NHL Tough break for the plucky Vancouver Canucks, who lost rookie sensastion Brock Boeser to a foot injury and lost big to the Flames. > Brock Boeser: Has suffered a lower-body injury and will not return to the game. [https://t.co/SjKH4k4pmV](https://t.co/SjKH4k4pmV?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [#nhl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/nhl?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [#Canucks](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Left Wing Lock (@Left\_Wing\_Lock) [December 18, 2017](https://twitter.com/Left%5FWing%5FLock/status/942584424885080064?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) In a pretty big statement game, the Winnipeg Jets outshot another top Western team in the Blues 46 - 24 and won 4-0. > Hellebuyck stymies Blues as Jets regain winning tune[https://t.co/euG8L5UO8O](https://t.co/euG8L5UO8O?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/4GtEWhUMCz](https://t.co/4GtEWhUMCz?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — HockeyNightInCanada (@hockeynight) [December 18, 2017](https://twitter.com/hockeynight/status/942574530513571840?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) In darker, more frustrating news, Erik Johnson received a two game suspension for this ugly, dirty, scumbag play against Vlad Namestikov of the Lightning: > Erik Johnson needs to be gone for quite a while. I have 0 tolerance for guys who just lose their cool and have no regard for the safety of other players. No excuse for that.[https://t.co/TJ6xnXmfBZ](https://t.co/TJ6xnXmfBZ?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Derek Jedamski (@D\_Jedamski) [December 17, 2017](https://twitter.com/D%5FJedamski/status/942380275618762752?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Warning: the following contains languagey language where some language is used. If you know what I mean. Maybe I’m already in an annoyed mood from too many Christmas parties crammed into one weekend, but that is an absolute chickenshit move both by Johnson and by the NHL. Only two fucking games for that? Really? Erik Johnson deserves to miss a whole fucking season for that bullshit. Parros said he was going to crack down on dangerous, non-hockey plays and I don’t see what the fuck hockey has to do with that. But no, he’s just one more spineless windbag the NHL trots out to give little slaps on the wrist to supremely dangerous plays, under the guise of “player safety”, except they don’t actually give a shit about genuinely punishing those plays and getting them out of the game unless someone breaks their fucking neck or dies and might sue the league, justifiably, for not acting sooner. Go fuck yourself Johnson. Go fuck yourself Parros. And go fuck yourself NHL. The lot of you are cowards of the nth fucking degree. Have a happy Monday everyone! ### True or False: William Nylander should play at C until Matthews comes back | True | 134 | | ---- | --- | | True | 29 |