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# Weekend FTB: Leafs rookies playing hockey today!
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/weekend-ftb-3/
- Published: 2024-09-15T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-15T12:08:33.000Z
- Description: Leafs hockey is back, or at least something that resembles it.
- Author: Species
- Tags: From The Branches

There are hockey players wearing Leafs jerseys playing hockey this weekend! WOOOO! Hockey is back!

OK, maybe not exactly, but it's close enough to get hyped about. The Leafs rookies are in Montreal to play two games, Saturday and Sunday, both at 1:00 p.m. ET. The games will be streamed on YouTube on the Habs channel and we can even have a GDT where you can share all your wildest opinions on players who won't make the team!

The Leafs roster is out here, however we now know new draft pick Ben Danford will not participate after being injured in a scrimmage earlier this week.

> After taking a big hit in yesterday’s scrimmage, Ben Danford is not on the ice at Leafs rookie camp practice   
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> Rhett Parsons has taken his place beside Noah Chadwick [@TSN\_Edge](https://twitter.com/TSN%5FEdge?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
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> — Mark Masters (@markhmasters) [September 13, 2024](https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1834610930526634469?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

So get ready to watch some "Maple Leafs" hockey, today!

Unfortunately, there was also some sad news from the Leafs.

> [pic.twitter.com/rVvTxVBIlP](https://t.co/rVvTxVBIlP?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
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> — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) [September 13, 2024](https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1834635254931263749?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

### Other News

We'll be hearing a lot about one of the top picks in the 2023 draft.

> MATVEI. MICHKOV. [#LetsGoFlyers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetsGoFlyers?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/imaFTVyvvR](https://t.co/imaFTVyvvR?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) [September 14, 2024](https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers/status/1834751624691982682?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

The nerds are taking over.

> It looks like [#NYR](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYR?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) made a really cool hire. Dave MacPherson has been added to the scouting staff.   
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> MacPherson is a data guy who developed Pick224, which was a really useful data website for hockey prospects and the NHL Draft.
> 
> — Adam Herman (@AdamZHerman) [September 13, 2024](https://twitter.com/AdamZHerman/status/1834690301119848745?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Matt Martin, still playing at 35.

> NYI GM Lou Lamoriello updates Ilya Sorokin, and adds Matt Martin will join the Islanders on a PTO [https://t.co/DLdW6kfH6s](https://t.co/DLdW6kfH6s?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) [September 13, 2024](https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1834597834022076475?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Hockey season is also apple season, so enjoy.

[Ravneet Gill’s recipe for apple fritters | The sweet spotThese spiced fruit fritters in a maple syrup yoghurt might just be the ultimate September sweet treat![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/apple-touch-icon-512.png)The GuardianRavneet Gill![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/5792.jpg)](https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/sep/13/grated-apple-fritters-recipe-ravneet-gill?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)