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# You again?
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/you-again-weekend-ftb-maple-leafs-news-rumors-and-notes/
- Published: 2013-03-16T15:54:32.000Z
- Updated: 2013-03-16T15:54:32.000Z
- Description: The Leafs play the Jets again tonight - this time with Lupul and without Steckel.
- Author: Steve filler
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:43

Yesterday, the Leafs traded away [David Steckel](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/54350/david-steckel?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com), who went from 20-minutes a night to the press box, all under Carlyle. I imagine it had something to do with his footspeed, poor play as a winger (see: footspeed), and the overlapping skillset, as Steckel has only been better than Kadri and 0.4% better than McClement on the faceoffs. It could be a sample size issue, or an adjustment to the stupid new hand-on-the-puck rule, but Interim Head Coach Randy Carlyle is not a man of large sample sizes - he knows everything about you after just two games.

The Leafs play the [Jets](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/winnipeg-jets?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) again tonight, this time at home. Expect to see Lupul play in his first game back since breaking his forearm eight weeks ago. Here are this weekend's links.

Leafs:

[Lupul returns, Rielly coming to T.O. | Toronto Maple Leafs](http://mapleleafshotstove.com/2013/03/16/lupul-returns-rielly-coming-to-t-o/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
[Morgan Rielly](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/157191/morgan-rielly?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) will join the Toronto Marlies. I saved a game from my AHL lockout package just to watch a game with Rielly and Percy (and in an unexpected and unwanted surprise: Gardiner).

Around the League:

[Saluting the awesome Texas Stars Military Appreciation Weekend jersey (PHOTO) | Puck Daddy - Yahoo! Sports](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/saluting-awesome-texas-stars-military-appreciation-weekend-jersey-134229992--nhl.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Camo jerseys - I like the shoulders.

[Canucks to Wear Millionaires Sweaters](http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/luongo-shows-off-retro-millionaires-mask/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Includes goalie masks, too.

[Jacques Caron: The Longtime Goaltending Coach of the New Jersey Devils - In Lou We Trust](http://www.inlouwetrust.com/2013/3/16/4110270/jacques-caron-honored-goaltending-coach-new-jersey-devils?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
[Devils](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/new-jersey-devils?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) honoring their goalie coach, who's been with the team for twenty years. 

[Canadiens sign Desharnais to four-year extension](http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=418228&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Desharnais signed to 4 years, 3.5M avg. But a reminder: you'd have to be a moron to think Desharnais is comparable to Grabovski.

[Coyotes lock up Ekman-Larsson for six more years - NHL.com - News](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/nhl-twt/)  
OEL extended for 6 years, 5.5M avg.

Let's all laugh at the [Sabres](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/buffalo-sabres?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) links:

[Mikhail Grigorenko sent back to juniors by Buffalo Sabres - Die By The Blade](http://www.diebytheblade.com/2013/3/15/4109708/mikhail-grigorenko-juniors-sabres?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
Still burns a year of his ELC.

[Sabres Send TJ Brennan To Florida For Draft Pick - Die By The Blade](http://www.diebytheblade.com/2013/3/15/4110558/buffalo-sabres-tj-brennan-florida-panthers-trade?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Give up 23-year old AHL producing D-man for basically nothing. ([hdb link](http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=96395&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com))