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# [Tuesday's FTB] School's Back But Hockey Isn't
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/tuesdays-ftb-schools-back-but-hockey-isnt/
- Published: 2014-09-02T10:00:02.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-02T10:00:02.000Z
- Description: Soon.
- Author: J.P. Nikota
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:01

It's that time of year once again, ladies and gentlemen. The school year is officially back on, and I will be returning to the classroom to continue my work spreading Leafs fandom to young minds. I'll regale them with tales of when the Leafs used to be great; when Doug Gilmour scored wraparound goals in blue and white and Wendel Clark took goalies' helmets off from the neutral zone.

While we're in a nostalgic sort of mood, why not [take a trip down memory lane with Michael Langlois over at Vintage Leaf Memories](http://www.vintageleafmemories.com/2014/08/the-first-thing-that-comes-to-mind-when.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) and discuss your favourite memories of favourite players? My favourite from his list (even though he's not my favourite player):

> Darryl Sittler—He was so much more than his famous 10-point game against the [Bruins](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/boston-bruins?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com). A proud Leaf who led a good but not quite good enough Toronto squad in a difficult era when the [Flyers](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/philadelphia-flyers?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) and Habs were dominant.

I wonder if we'll later think of [Phil Kessel](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54905/phil-kessel?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) like we do of Darryl Sittler. "What a great player! Too bad he had to play for so many terrible Leafs teams."

**Leafs Links:**

[TLN Top Twenty Prospects: #13 Tom Nilsson](http://theleafsnation.com/2014/9/1/tln-top-twenty-prospects-13-tom-nilsson?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
TLN keeps the countdown going with an article from Jon Steitzer.

**Other hockey links:**

[Sick shootout move by Patrick Seifert on German ‘Hockey Day’ (Video)](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/sick-shootout-move-by-patrick-seifert-on-german--hockey-day---video-121636883.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Wyshynski with the video link.

[When it comes to scoring goals, expect more from Nail Yakupov in 2014-15](http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2014/09/01/when-it-comes-to-scoring-goals-expect-more-from-nail-yakupov-in-2014-15/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
David Staples is again basing his numbers on scoring chances and so this piece is of limited value, but Yakupov is an interesting player to discuss anyway.

[Here and There](http://hopeinthebigsmoke.ca/here-and-there/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Hope In The Big Smoke is still getting healthy, but he posted yesterday just to let you know that he'll be back in action soon!

[Is Ilya Bryzgalov Worth Re-signing?](http://www.hockeywilderness.com/2014/9/1/6093025/is-ilya-bryzgalov-worth-re-signing?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Absolutely, yes. For anyone who isn't the Leafs. Story from Dakota Case at HW.

[The NHL Advanced Stats Cheat Sheet](http://theleafsnation.com/2014/9/1/the-nhl-advanced-stats-cheat-sheet?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Kent Wilson has a rundown for the uninitiated at TLN.