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# Tuesday Leafs Links Bonanza!
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/tuesday-toronto-maple-leafs-links-bonanza/
- Published: 2014-02-11T12:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2014-02-11T12:01:00.000Z
- Description: There is some really good stuff on tap today, so get your reading helmets on.
- Author: J.P. Nikota
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:15

[T.J. Brennan: AHL God](http://theleafsnation.com/2014/2/10/the-sleeping-giant?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

This is a great look at a player we seldom hear much about. Definitely worth a read.

[Team Canada practices, Canadians angry about the lines](http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/team-canada-nhl-stars-skate-for-1st-time-sochi.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Even getting the chance to complain about Sidney Crosby's linemates is a gift. No, it doesn't mean Kunitz should be there, but the team could very well still win with things the way they are. From CBC.

[Meanwhile, at the Team USA practice](http://www.fearthefin.com/2014/2/10/5399086/winter-olympics-2014-sochi-pavelski-centers-kessel-van-riemsdyk-gold-medal-canada?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Phil Kessel and James van Riemsdyk are skating with Joe Pavelski. This story is from Fear The Fin.

[Taylor Hall under the mircroscope (Part 1)](http://www.mc79hockey.com/?p=6667&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Tyler Dellow Fixates.

[Taylor Hall under the microscope](http://www.mc79hockey.com/?p=6700&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) (Part 2)

Tyler Dellow is still fixated.

[Another Team Canada Preview](http://blueandwhitebrotherhood.blogspot.hu/2014/02/olympic-preview-team-canada.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Blue and White Brotherhood have their say.

[Yzerman defends NHL participation at the Olympics](http://olympics.cbc.ca/blogs/author/tim-wharnsby/article/steve-yzerman-defends-nhl-participation-olympics.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

He also doesn't like the idea that Olympic success hinges solely on Canadian hockey teams. I know that sounds obvious, but for him to come up with that statement, someone had to ask him the question. Article from CBC.

[Poile hit with puck, will not go to Sochi](http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/hockey-david-poile-can-travel-sochi-after-surgery.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

The U.S. team's general manager is going to watch from home. This article also from CBC.

[Dan Church's resignation doesn't pass the smell test](http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/article=dan-church-resignation-doesn-pass-the-smell-test.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

One last article from CBC (who have been absolutely nailing the Olympic coverage so far) is about an intriguing situation that I hadn't heard about until yesterday.

[At the break: 30 teams, 30 questions](http://www.downgoesbrown.com/2014/02/at-break-30-teams-30-questions.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

The latest installment from Down Goes Brown is always worth a read.

[Canada's No. 1 Goalie? Under Carey Price's mask lurks a pitiless competitor](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/canadas-no-1-goalie-under-carey-prices-mask-lurks-a-pitiless-competitor/article16760232/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Encouraging words from Sean Gordon of the Globe and Mail.

[Should Gay Athletes Protest At The Winter Olympics in Sochi?](http://beta.thescore.com/wolym/news/428617?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Good quote from an Austrian ski jumper in there

[Seven Must-Watch Winter Olympics Events](http://grantland.com/the-triangle/six-must-watch-winter-olympics-events-recommended-by-grantlands-panel-of-winter-sports-experts/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Load up on information

[There Is No Recovery From This Position](http://www.football365.com/john-nicholson/9159574/John-Nicholson?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
David Moyes Forever

[4 cynical reasons the NBA will raise the draft age minimum](http://www.sbnation.com/2014/2/10/5397280/nba-draft-age-minimum-reasons-adam-silver-hook?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
The NBA looks poised to raise the draft age minimum to 20 sometime soon. Here's why.

[Emotionally preparing for this being the last NHL Olympics](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/emotionally-preparing-being-last-nhl-olympics-learned-143123184--nhl.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
I hope not :(

[Hurtling down a Himalayan highway and a man named after an underwear brand](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/hurtling-down-a-himalayan-highway-and-a-man-named-after-an-underwear-brand-the-strange-journeys-of-olympic-lugers/article16767545/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Athletes from Tonga and India prove the barriers to qualifying for the Games can be overcome

[Nine things you should know about this past weekend in football](http://blogs.thescore.com/counterattack/2014/02/10/nine-things-you-should-know-about-this-past-weekend-in-football/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Lots of good stuff in here

[Machine Learning & Pre-Game Text Reports to Forecast Success in Hockey](http://nhlnumbers.com/2014/2/8/machine-learning-and-text-to-forecast-hockey-games?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
This is cool as heck

[The Top “Young Guns” in NHL History](http://hockey-graphs.com/2014/02/08/top-young-guns-nhl-history-sidney-crosby-alex-ovechkin-bobby-orr-wayne-gretzky-mario-lemieux/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Very cool work. Man, what a shame that Kariya missed Nagano.

[Oral history of 2010 gold medal game](http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2014/icehockey/story/%5F/id/10381624/2014-sochi-olympics-oral-history-2010-gold-medal-game?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
It was an emotional roller coaster, a day neither Canada nor the United States will forget. We look back on one of the greatest Olympic hockey games ever played.

[Forget Top Six-Bottom Six, Embrace “Top-12″](http://gohardsportsblog.wordpress.com/2014/02/10/forget-top-six-bottom-six-embrace-top-12/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Why not go with a more skilled group when Bolland returns?

[TRADING PLACES: JEN SCRIVENS](http://theroyalhalf.com/trading-places-jen-scrivens/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Jen Scrivens shares with us her thoughts on her husbands trade to Edmonton and how a family deals with moving in the NHL.

[The Quiet Room: Kris Letang’s mysterious illness? A stroke](http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2014/02/10/the-quiet-room-kris-letangs-mysterious-illness-a-stroke/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

JoNana is awesome

[Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal: game over after 20 minutes thanks to superb one-touch football](http://www.zonalmarking.net/2014/02/10/liverpool-5-1-arsenal-game-over-after-20-minutes-thanks-to-superb-one-touch-football/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Tactical breakdown of Liverpool's absolute tonking of Arsenal

[F365s Top Ten Premier League Hat-Tricks](http://www.football365.com/topical-top-10/9160304/Top-Ten?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Robbie Fowler's hat trick is woefully underrated

[Philadelphia Union gripes city that gave it $77m for stadium is imposing “unfriendly business environment”](http://www.fieldofschemes.com/2014/02/11/6794/philadelphia-union-gripes-city-that-gave-it-77m-for-stadium-is-imposing-unfriendly-business-environment/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Gee, the economic benefits aren't pouring in? What a shock

[Canadian & American women’s teams might be dominating themselves out of the Olympics](http://blogs.thescore.com/nhl/2014/02/11/canada-united-states-might-be-dominating-themselves-out-of-the-olympics/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Hopefully not though