> ## 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. # Wednesday's FTB: Last game - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/wednesdays-ftb-last-game/ - Published: 2026-04-15T10:00:55.000Z - Updated: 2026-04-15T10:00:59.000Z - Description: It's offseason starting tomorrow. - Author: Cathy Squires - Tags: From The Branches The only game relevant to the faint hope that the Leafs drop to fourth overall – the lowest they can go – was Colorado vs Calgary, and it was a late start, so you already know the answer to what happened. The Leafs are doing locker cleanout and media availabilities tomorrow, the actual final day of the NHL regular season, a sign the team doesn't care about anything but the future. But before all of that, we have today, the last day, the last game in Ottawa. > G Artur Akhtyamov has been assigned to the Toronto Marlies (AHL). > > G Dennis Hildeby has been recalled from the Marlies. > > — Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) [April 14, 2026](https://twitter.com/LeafsPR/status/2044114234800214054?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Speaking of Ottawa... > Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney mixed diplomacy with hockey, taking the ice with players from the Ottawa Charge during Stubb’s first formal bilateral visit to Canada [pic.twitter.com/Gj5TMibvEV](https://t.co/Gj5TMibvEV?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Reuters (@Reuters) [April 14, 2026](https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/2044143658174402986?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Yesterday the Leafs signed Landon Sim to an NHL contract, likely a sign that some of the RFAs will go unqualified. [Maple Leafs sign Marlie Landon Sim to an ELCGood luck in the playoffs this year!![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)PPP LeafsCathy Squires![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1592111332908-f8f7fe1bb041)](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-sign-landon-sim/) Of course any organizational opinion on who will stay or go has to be on hold because opinions on a lot of things are likely to change. > The Toronto Marlies are proud to announce that William Villeneuve has been named the team’s winner of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year award for his outstanding contributions to the Toronto community during the 2025-26 season. [pic.twitter.com/RjXS9Kd1W8](https://t.co/RjXS9Kd1W8?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Toronto Marlies (@TorontoMarlies) [April 14, 2026](https://twitter.com/TorontoMarlies/status/2044128556129890540?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Now we know what Peter DeBoer was doing while he was waiting for a coaching job to open up: > This is amazing. According to great Montreal-based music guy and hockey fan Mitch, Rick Tocchet said tonight on RDS that he’s grateful to a pal for fixing the Flyers’ defense as a consultant and helping them get in the playoffs. > > That friend is [#Isles](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Isles?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) coach Peter DeBoer. [https://t.co/1PkPwk94rG](https://t.co/1PkPwk94rG?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) > > — Chris Botta (@ChrisBottaNHL) [April 15, 2026](https://twitter.com/ChrisBottaNHL/status/2044214250277581085?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) With the offseason here for half the NHL, this article might be a nice break from the relentless focus on Canadian teams: [NHL teams’ offseason keys, including free agency, draft needsWe explore the next moves each team should make this summer and forecast expectations for 2026-27.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)ESPNRyan S. Clark and Kristen Shilton![](https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0413%2Fr1643014_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg)](https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/%5F/id/48475221/nhl-2026-offseason-schedule-keys-draft-picks-trades-free-agency-cap-space?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) As for the Leafs, I agree with that article's summation: > **Realistic expectation for 2026-27:** It's too early to say what the Leafs can reasonably accomplish next season. There are too many variables with the front office in a state of flux. There's so much presumptive takery going on. What Matthews will say, what he should say, his body language, some people are sure of that! What the team will do, how they'll just hire someone who will be bad. They won't fire Craig Berube, or they will, but they'll just get someone the same, or they won't but it will be bad some other way. It's all yet to be. *Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?* In a lot of cases they are the shadows of thing that are very unlikely to be. Just wait for it. The game is tonight, tomorrow is talking, and then the real work begins. There is no way to even imagine where the team will be come September. Just like an odds table can't tell you who will win a draft lottery. The preview will be out later, and the Sceptres are in action again, so we'll have two GDT! Oh the humanity!