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  3.  <title>Pension Plan Puppets -  All Posts</title>
  4.  <subtitle>A Toronto Maple Leafs community</subtitle>
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  6.  <updated>2023-03-30T12:00:00-04:00</updated>
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  10.    <published>2023-03-30T12:00:00-04:00</published>
  11.    <updated>2023-03-30T12:00:00-04:00</updated>
  12.    <title>A new home awaits</title>
  13.    <content type="html">  
  14.  
  15.    &lt;figure&gt;
  16.      &lt;img alt="Sunrise in Toronto, Canada" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/vVO9AThScCgoR4qcRiNu4YeIFxY=/80x0:6464x4256/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/72131089/1404974126.0.jpg" /&gt;
  17.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
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  19.  
  20.  &lt;p id="Z8VMHO"&gt;This feels weirdly like that moment when a hockey season is over, and the excitement for the coming season starts to seep in. Late June for a team that’s rebuilding and you believe it will be better next year. And yet it’s still sad that this is a kind of ending. &lt;/p&gt;
  21. &lt;p id="8vVfrS"&gt;I went back and read the first real article I wrote for this site, something that is both amusingly overly hopeful and still ideologically valid. It’s from 2016 and is all about the Coyotes and how they have to be careful with their money vs the rolling in it Leafs, who can buy anything they want. Anything but a Cup, of course. &lt;/p&gt;
  22. &lt;p id="MgeykX"&gt;The Coyotes are still a mess — likely a worse mess — after all these years, and the Leafs have worked relentlessly to use their financial advantage to build a great team, weather a Pandemic, and survive with a salary cap that hasn’t budged in years while player salaries have risen unchecked. &lt;/p&gt;
  23. &lt;p id="OTBvIv"&gt;I think they’ve done a good job in some very trying circumstances, and Kyle Dubas is a guy who I watch as a model of how to do business as much as for how he runs the Leafs. In a world that increasingly says you have to be an asshole to succeed, he just smiles and laughs and does things his way. Which appears to be to put people first as much as possible. &lt;/p&gt;
  24. &lt;p id="OzLYfI"&gt;As for PPP, there’s lots of stories yet to write, lots of games yet to be played and lots of people to read them, to watch them and to talk about them, so nothing is changing except everything. &lt;/p&gt;
  25. &lt;p id="iHKtI4"&gt;Here’s what’s happening: &lt;/p&gt;
  26. &lt;ol&gt;
  27. &lt;li id="bx6a3d"&gt;This site in this form will freeze up sometime on or before April 1, but likely the evening of March 30.&lt;/li&gt;
  28. &lt;li id="F4VtBI"&gt;The new, fresh scent PPP, is available right now at &lt;a href="https://pensionplanpuppets.ghost.io/"&gt;https://pensionplanpuppets.ghost.io/&lt;/a&gt;
  29. &lt;/li&gt;
  30. &lt;li id="MU5OGt"&gt;At some point in the coming days the new site will pick up the phone if you dial the old URL. I just can’t tell you exactly what day. &lt;/li&gt;
  31. &lt;li id="GstF2C"&gt;Please don’t ask for technical assistance in this post. I’m not going to be checking comments here. Please use the comments or contact form on the new site.&lt;/li&gt;
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  33. &lt;p id="yv78Dh"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  34. &lt;p id="mRiThO"&gt;Come on in, the water is fine. There’s stories there, and soon all the archives dating back to the origins of PPP will be there as well. We’ve got games this weekend to watch together. The puck has dropped on a new season of PPP. You’d be a fool to miss out.&lt;/p&gt;
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  40.    <author>
  41.      <name>CathySquires</name>
  42.    </author>
  43.  </entry>
  44.  <entry>
  45.    <published>2023-03-30T06:00:00-04:00</published>
  46.    <updated>2023-03-30T06:00:00-04:00</updated>
  47.    <title>FTB: An all American OHL afternoon</title>
  48.    <content type="html">  
  49.  
  50.    &lt;figure&gt;
  51.      &lt;img alt="Saginaw Spirit v Windsor Spitfires" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/AsnDRGVTeXyMuA11s3rc8CGfLss=/0x0:4718x3145/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/72129876/1475462584.0.jpg" /&gt;
  52.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Dennis Pajot/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  53.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  54.  
  55.  &lt;p&gt;Good news for a couple teams and a real big scoop of pain for another one&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="sg3u5s"&gt;Good morning Maple Leafs fans!&lt;/p&gt;
  56. &lt;p id="8GYIpz"&gt;It was a big day for the OHL community, with the host of the 2024 Memorial Cup being announced and the 2023 draft lottery was held as well.&lt;/p&gt;
  57. &lt;p id="3mlLoJ"&gt;First, the Saginaw Spirit will host the 2024 Memorial Cup. They beat out the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, Niagara IceDogs, and Kingston Frontenacs for the right to host the national junior hockey championship.&lt;/p&gt;
  58. &lt;p id="Zg09U9"&gt;They had two things going for them that the others were missing: They made the playoffs this year, and they have exceptional player and potential 2024 first overall pick Michael Misa playing for them.&lt;/p&gt;
  59. &lt;p id="DHuQh2"&gt;The chance to have eyeballs on Misa in his NHL draft year may have been too much for the Canadian Hockey League and broadcaster TSN to pass up. He's not Conor Bedard but he'll have all eyes on him come September, after Bedard is drafted this year.&lt;/p&gt;
  60. &lt;aside id="xVEYnS"&gt;&lt;div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Saginaw to host 2024 Memorial Cup presented by Kia - Saginaw Spirit","url":"https://saginawspirit.com/article/saginaw-host-2024-memorial-cup-presented-kia"}]}'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/aside&gt;&lt;p id="9G4kgk"&gt;Congratulations to the Saginaw Spirit, the first American team to host the Memorial Cup since the Western Hockey League Spokane Chiefs had it in 1998.&lt;/p&gt;
  61. &lt;p id="CWNa9k"&gt;After losing out on the Memorial Cup, those three teams had their eyes on the OHL Draft Lottery.&lt;/p&gt;
  62. &lt;p id="w9T171"&gt;The Niagara IceDogs were dead last in the league for the second straight year, so they had the best shot at first over all (40%). Then the Erie Otters (30%), Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (20%), and Kingston Frontenacs (10%) followed up.&lt;/p&gt;
  63. &lt;p id="87I6WM"&gt;Just like last year, the IceDogs lost the lottery to the second worst team (Saginaw Spirit) and the Erie Otters have the first overall pick in this year's draft. &lt;/p&gt;
  64. &lt;aside id="j9oSsQ"&gt;&lt;div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"ERIE OTTERS AWARDED FIRST OVERALL PICK IN 2023 PRIORITY SELECTION","url":"https://ottershockey.com/article/erie-otters-awarded-first-overall-pick-in-2023-priority-selection"}]}'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/aside&gt;&lt;aside id="82G8Ca"&gt;&lt;div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Five to Watch for the 2023 OHL Priority Selection","url":"https://ontariohockeyleague.com/article/five-to-watch-for-the-2023-ohl-priority-selection-031023"}]}'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/aside&gt;&lt;p id="Cirvat"&gt;It's not all terrible news for Niagara. They have the second overall pick and fifth overall pick this year. They have the fifth pick as compensation for their 2022 first rounder refusing to sign with them. He went to the London Knights, shockingly.&lt;/p&gt;
  65. &lt;aside id="mXVWrC"&gt;&lt;div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Niagara IceDogs deal 1st-round pick, for 7 choices over next 4 years | inNiagaraRegion","url":"https://www.insauga.com/niagara-icedogs-deal-1st-round-pick-for-7-choices-over-next-4-years/"}]}'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/aside&gt;&lt;p id="mdVGQg"&gt;Oh, and one last note about last year's OHL draft....&lt;/p&gt;
  66. &lt;div id="PB4ydW"&gt;
  67. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  68. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;OHL Commissioner David Branch confirms league hired an investigator to probe allegations that several hockey parents paid for their sons to be selected in 2022 OHL draft.&lt;br&gt;Three GTHL coaches have told me they have evidence (txt msgs) of parents paying $30K+.&lt;br&gt;Branch statement: &lt;a href="https://t.co/WKdQuYeQXa"&gt;pic.twitter.com/WKdQuYeQXa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Rick Westhead (@rwesthead) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/rwesthead/status/1641089538104741893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 29, 2023&lt;/a&gt;
  69. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
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  71. &lt;/div&gt;
  72. &lt;p id="6S28Gt"&gt;What a fun day of OHL news!&lt;/p&gt;
  73. &lt;p id="jEUPL3"&gt;Hey, speaking of fun news, the Toronto Marlies got some help!&lt;/p&gt;
  74. &lt;div id="rEFvYc"&gt;
  75. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  76. &lt;p lang="fi" dir="ltr"&gt;Defenceman Topi Niemelä has been reassigned to the Toronto Marlies by Toronto (NHL) from Kärpät (Liiga). &lt;a href="https://t.co/poCLwJinxZ"&gt;pic.twitter.com/poCLwJinxZ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Toronto Marlies (@TorontoMarlies) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/TorontoMarlies/status/1641179824705208324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 29, 2023&lt;/a&gt;
  77. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  78. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  79. &lt;/div&gt;
  80. &lt;p id="6XLOMk"&gt;Topi Niemelä was a 64th overall pick in 2020 by the Maple Leafs and will be making his North American debut soon in Toronto.&lt;/p&gt;
  81. &lt;p id="zNvprr"&gt;The Maple Leafs lost to the Panthers 3-2 in overtime last night.&lt;/p&gt;
  82. &lt;aside id="FQDOJT"&gt;&lt;div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Leafs Goal GIF Recap: defeat ripped from the jaws of victory against Panthers","url":"https://pensionplanpuppets.ghost.io/goal-gif-recap/"}]}'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/aside&gt;&lt;p id="uOXOXv"&gt;Arun Srinivasan sat down with Hockey Canada's new VP Diversity &amp;amp; Inclusion.&lt;/p&gt;
  83. &lt;aside id="0RwKcM"&gt;&lt;div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data="{&amp;quot;stories&amp;quot;:[{&amp;quot;title&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;Q&amp;amp;A with Hockey Canada's VP of diversity and inclusion, Irfan Chaudhry&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;url&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/qa-with-hockey-canadas-vp-of-diversity-and-inclusion-irfan-chaudhry-231956219.html&amp;quot;}]}"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/aside&gt;&lt;p id="qAHmHU"&gt;Enjoy your day everyone, and I hope your mattresses don’t attack you like mine did to me. My back is now messed up more than usual.&lt;/p&gt;
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  88.    <author>
  89.      <name>elseldo</name>
  90.    </author>
  91.  </entry>
  92.  <entry>
  93.    <published>2023-03-29T18:30:10-04:00</published>
  94.    <updated>2023-03-29T18:30:10-04:00</updated>
  95.    <title>GDT: Panthers @ Maple Leafs</title>
  96.    <content type="html">  
  97.  
  98.    &lt;figure&gt;
  99.      &lt;img alt="Toronto Maple Leafs v Nashville Predators" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/kFN_C4-V0fide84bn4KB3DFdu7o=/0x1:5753x3836/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/72128764/1477592132.0.jpg" /&gt;
  100.        &lt;figcaption&gt;NASHVILLE, TN - MARCH 26: Mark Giordano #55 of the Toronto Maple Leafs waits for play to begin against the Nashville Predators during the first period at Bridgestone Arena on March 26, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. | Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  101.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  102.  
  103.  &lt;p&gt;Last one in our old home&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3 id="PRgsBO"&gt;Florida Panthers @ Toronto Maple Leafs&lt;br&gt;07:30 PM at Scotiabank Arena&lt;br&gt;Watch on: TVAS, SN, BSFL&lt;/h3&gt;
  104. &lt;p id="rxpDyR"&gt;I’m not convinced the Leafs are going to skate 12/6 tonight, mostly because it doesn’t seem certain Acciari will play. Barring that and Liljegren coming in, the lines are posted in the Preview.&lt;/p&gt;
  105. &lt;aside id="LDDmCH"&gt;&lt;div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Preview: Leafs host Panthers","url":"https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2023/3/29/23661647/preview-leafs-host-panthers"}]}'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/aside&gt;&lt;p id="jGgD45"&gt;Between our last meeting with the Panthers, they lost to the Senators, clinching the Leafs a playoff berth. With a win for Toronto tonight, they’ll be 8 magic numbers (points gamed or opponent points lost) to clinch second place in the Atlantic over Tampa Bay. There’s a good chance that clinching happens on April 11th when the two teams play each other. As for clenching, that happens after. &lt;/p&gt;
  106. &lt;p id="2mkD9k"&gt;As for the Panthers themselves, they’re three points out of a wild card spot and will be fighting hard to get into the show over Pittsburgh and with Buffalo on their heels. It’s a wide open race for the wild card spots. &lt;/p&gt;
  107. &lt;p id="bRgvLz"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  113.      <name>HardevLad</name>
  114.    </author>
  115.  </entry>
  116.  <entry>
  117.    <published>2023-03-29T10:52:46-04:00</published>
  118.    <updated>2023-03-29T10:52:46-04:00</updated>
  119.    <title>Preview: Leafs host Panthers</title>
  120.    <content type="html">  
  121.  
  122.    &lt;figure&gt;
  123.      &lt;img alt="Toronto Maple Leafs v Florida Panthers" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Re4etHumDf9rLRTgfSQIhjfAP3M=/0x0:2400x1600/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/72126898/1475952348.0.jpg" /&gt;
  124.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  125.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  126.  
  127.  &lt;h3 id="PRgsBO"&gt;Florida Panthers @ Toronto Maple Leafs&lt;br&gt;07:30 PM at Scotiabank Arena&lt;br&gt;Watch on: TVAS, SN, BSFL&lt;/h3&gt;
  128. &lt;p id="UqHxOB"&gt;The Leafs last game was an away game on March 26 against the Nashville Predators, which Toronto won by a score of 3-2. The Leafs have a record of 44-20-9 so far.&lt;/p&gt;
  129. &lt;p id="w89Yxy"&gt;The Florida Panthers last played an away game on March 27 against the Ottawa Senators. The Panthers lost by a score of 5-2, and their current league record is 36-31-7.&lt;/p&gt;
  130. &lt;h3 id="95a7Fw"&gt;Them&lt;/h3&gt;
  131. &lt;p id="dwnryR"&gt;Was that loss to Ottawa the end of any hope of playoffs? Florida is three points behind Pittsburgh with each team having eight games to go. That’s a tough job to get three more points than the Penguins in so few games. &lt;/p&gt;
  132. &lt;h4 id="vxIAT2"&gt;Lines&lt;/h4&gt;
  133. &lt;p id="nqN4jT"&gt;Last Game (03/27) via &lt;a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/florida-panthers/line-combinations/"&gt;Daily Faceoff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  134. &lt;p id="Vj7GKk"&gt;Eetu Luostarinen - Aleksander Barkov - Anthony Duclair&lt;br&gt;Carter Verhaeghe - Anton Lundell - Matthew Tkachuk&lt;br&gt;Ryan Lomberg - Eric Staal - Sam Reinhart&lt;br&gt;Givani Smith - Colin White - Nick Cousins&lt;/p&gt;
  135. &lt;p id="dFpJMu"&gt;Gustav Forsling - Aaron Ekblad&lt;br&gt;Marc Staal - Brandon Montour&lt;br&gt;Josh Mahura - Radko Gudas&lt;/p&gt;
  136. &lt;p id="WFp234"&gt;Sergei Bobrovsky - likely starter&lt;br&gt;Alex Lyon&lt;/p&gt;
  137. &lt;h3 id="tH1dOS"&gt;Us&lt;/h3&gt;
  138. &lt;p id="TTuoAQ"&gt;The Leafs are five points ahead of Tampa with two games in hand. Believing the Lightning can take over second place involves a level of pessimism that is pathological. The Leafs are coasting to the end of the season, and job one is to not get hurt. &lt;/p&gt;
  139. &lt;h4 id="FFpJON"&gt;Lines&lt;/h4&gt;
  140. &lt;p id="59AevA"&gt;Calle Järnkrok - Auston Matthews - Mitch Marner&lt;br&gt;Alex Kerfoot - John Tavares - William Nylander&lt;br&gt;Michael Bunting - Noel Acciari - Sam Lafferty &lt;br&gt;Zach Aston-Reese - David Kämpf - Wayne Simmonds&lt;/p&gt;
  141. &lt;p id="ew5poZ"&gt;Jake McCabe - TJ Brodie &lt;br&gt;Mark Giordano - Justin Holl&lt;br&gt;Morgan Rielly - Luke Schenn&lt;/p&gt;
  142. &lt;p id="QeiTLF"&gt;Miroslav’s Dad - likely starter&lt;br&gt;Matt Murray&lt;/p&gt;
  143. &lt;h3 id="EZx1GN"&gt;The Game&lt;/h3&gt;
  144. &lt;p id="sU9tfn"&gt;This is one of the final 10 games of the season.&lt;/p&gt;
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  149.    <author>
  150.      <name>CathySquires</name>
  151.    </author>
  152.  </entry>
  153.  <entry>
  154.    <published>2023-03-29T06:00:11-04:00</published>
  155.    <updated>2023-03-29T06:00:11-04:00</updated>
  156.    <title>Wednesday FTB: on O’Reilly, Bunting, Liljegren, and more</title>
  157.    <content type="html">  
  158.  
  159.    &lt;figure&gt;
  160.      &lt;img alt="Minnestota Wild v Toronto Maple Leafs" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/3_SSP82YwHdwHD91argQtkRYJ3Y=/0x532:3163x2641/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/72125936/1239087498.0.jpg" /&gt;
  161.        &lt;figcaption&gt;TORONTO, ON - MARCH 10: Michael Bunting #58 of the Toronto Maple Leafs high-fives teammate Timothy Liljegren #37 before facing the Arizona Coyotes at the Scotiabank Arena on March 10, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. | Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  162.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  163.  
  164.  &lt;p&gt;How 11/7 might be affecting the young defender&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="suZC57"&gt;The &lt;a href="https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com"&gt;Toronto Maple Leafs&lt;/a&gt; play tonight against the &lt;a href="https://www.litterboxcats.com"&gt;Florida Panthers&lt;/a&gt; in their ninth-last game of the 2022-23 regular season. Puck drop is at 7:30 in Toronto. &lt;/p&gt;
  165. &lt;p id="yzOOeZ"&gt;The Leafs held a practice yesterday and Ilya Samsonov made his return to the team after the birth of his first child with his wife, Maria. His quote is infinitely adorable. &lt;/p&gt;
  166. &lt;div id="NaneG3"&gt;
  167. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  168. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Ilya Samsonov on birth of first child:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"Probably the best week in my life. A lot of emotion ... last four days we stay all together &amp;amp; at home is unbelievable. I feel perfect. When he comes on my skin, you feel so warmy. He’s so cute." &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;  via samsonov_30 on Instagram &lt;a href="https://t.co/bvsXenR87l"&gt;pic.twitter.com/bvsXenR87l&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1640819563511287810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 28, 2023&lt;/a&gt;
  169. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
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  172. &lt;p id="f4WqA6"&gt;Also at practice were discussions about Ryan O’Reilly and his potential return to the lineup. As “thehumourisironic” has said in comments recently, ROR can’t return from LTIR until his 10 games and 24 days is completed. 10 games was completed over the weekend, and assuming ROR was put on LTIR on March 5th, today would be the 24th day. That means he’ll be eligible to return to the lineup on Saturday in Ottawa or after. Does Sheldon Keefe include the weekend when he says “week”? I guess we’ll find out. &lt;/p&gt;
  173. &lt;div id="ola1RD"&gt;
  174. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  175. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Sheldon Keefe on Ryan O'Reilly: "I would call him unlikely to play this week, but I know that hasn’t been ruled out necessarily. But I think the plan is more to ramp him up through this week &amp;amp; look more towards next." &lt;a href="https://t.co/1J3V7bcrGK"&gt;https://t.co/1J3V7bcrGK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1640828384274968582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 28, 2023&lt;/a&gt;
  176. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  177. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  178. &lt;/div&gt;
  179. &lt;p id="UOdac3"&gt;Keefe also acknowledged Timothy Liljegren’s great season up to this point and gave his confidence that the young defenseman will work through the adversity. It’s not an easy path for Liljegren to reach the top-six for the playoffs, but he has a fair chance. &lt;/p&gt;
  180. &lt;div id="FN9wRm"&gt;
  181. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  182. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Keefe's message to Liljegren: "I want Lily to focus on the fact that he’s been an excellent d-man for us all season &amp;amp; there’s a little bit of adversity here now &amp;amp; we want to help him through it."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Coach points out 11-&amp;amp;-7 can be tricky for younger guys&lt;a href="https://t.co/0s732xUd58"&gt;https://t.co/0s732xUd58&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1640827774834204672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 28, 2023&lt;/a&gt;
  183. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  184. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  185. &lt;/div&gt;
  186. &lt;p id="D2Zah4"&gt;I agree with Auston, having the creativity is one thing, but the willingness to try things is an entirely different skill. Trust me, as a teacher by day I know this too well. Mitch Marner has it in spades. &lt;/p&gt;
  187. &lt;div id="1mEFgs"&gt;
  188. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  189. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Auston Matthews on this Mitch Marner header pass on Sunday:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"I had to take a second look ... He was chuckling when we got back to the bench asking us if we saw it ...  just thinking outside the box ... the creativity &amp;amp; willingness to pull it off is pretty special."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;⚽️  &lt;a href="https://t.co/JyzQpOdaH6"&gt;https://t.co/JyzQpOdaH6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1640856716941180928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 28, 2023&lt;/a&gt;
  190. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  191. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  192. &lt;/div&gt;
  193. &lt;p id="l3fJl8"&gt;Here’s something to gnaw on for today. Michael Bunting is going to be a very highly sought after commodity this summer. Mike Johnson thinks he’ll get six years at $4 million AAV. Is that out of the Leafs price range? Maybe not? Should the Leafs spend it? Ask me after the playoffs. &lt;/p&gt;
  194. &lt;div id="sCSC1f"&gt;
  195. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  196. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;"I've talked to teams around the league that like Bunting and would give him term... I think if he goes to market him getting a 6-year $24M contract is not out of the question."&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/mike_p_johnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@mike_p_johnson&lt;/a&gt; on what a potential extension for Michael Bunting might look like. &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeafsForever?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#LeafsForever&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/tzYVhwOOuG"&gt;pic.twitter.com/tzYVhwOOuG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— OverDrive (@OverDrive1050) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/OverDrive1050/status/1640879179964063745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 29, 2023&lt;/a&gt;
  197. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  198. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  199. &lt;/div&gt;
  200. &lt;p id="g31zQL"&gt;Not to be too controversial, but I can’t imagine looking at this and wanting to sign Jack Campbell to a long-term extension. A 40-goal difference in Dubas’ goaltending decisions has helped the Leafs out massively in a season where Auston Matthews has merely been average. &lt;/p&gt;
  201. &lt;div id="xwOPPZ"&gt;
  202. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"&gt;
  203. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Probably safe at this point to conclude that the Leafs did not, in fact, downgrade their goaltending. &lt;a href="https://t.co/qoBnaKytlE"&gt;pic.twitter.com/qoBnaKytlE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Micah Blake McCurdy (@IneffectiveMath) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/IneffectiveMath/status/1640702928028684290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 28, 2023&lt;/a&gt;
  204. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  205. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  206. &lt;/div&gt;
  207. &lt;p id="gar1HO"&gt;Also from Micah, the Leafs are only really behind Boston, who breaks the scale, and Carolina when it comes to average goal differential over the course of a game. The Leafs get the lead, keep it, and do very well with it. They look a degree above Tampa Bay, which is also interesting to think about.&lt;/p&gt;
  208. &lt;div id="zt03Dv"&gt;
  209. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"&gt;
  210. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Average score difference, by minute. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Cute how Florida (mostly above but v. close to zero in the end) neatly mirrors Ottawa.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(with thanks to &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/iyer_prashanth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@iyer_prashanth&lt;/a&gt;, who did it first) &lt;a href="https://t.co/3tiJ4tex5B"&gt;pic.twitter.com/3tiJ4tex5B&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Micah Blake McCurdy (@IneffectiveMath) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/IneffectiveMath/status/1640775284973551616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 28, 2023&lt;/a&gt;
  211. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  212. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  213. &lt;/div&gt;
  214. &lt;p id="imLdL2"&gt;The Leafs, Tim Hortons, and Justin Bieber’s Drew House are collaborating on bringing free summer ball hockey to youth who face barriers in their communities. &lt;/p&gt;
  215. &lt;div id="Ptone3"&gt;
  216. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  217. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;TML x &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/TimHortons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@TimHortons&lt;/a&gt; x &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/drewhouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@drewhouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Welcome to House of Hockey, a summer-long league that provides free access to ball hockey for youth facing barriers in their communities » &lt;a href="https://t.co/C4Dqz9idGr"&gt;https://t.co/C4Dqz9idGr&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/KzcD3eggra"&gt;pic.twitter.com/KzcD3eggra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1640766048172474370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 28, 2023&lt;/a&gt;
  218. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  219. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  220. &lt;/div&gt;
  221. &lt;p id="n7glFZ"&gt;Seldo recommends this podcast. I watched the clip and it sounds pretty fun and upbeat. I might give it a download myself.&lt;/p&gt;
  222. &lt;div id="nyt0fy"&gt;
  223. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  224. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Nathan Perrott went from the &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Oshawa_Generals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@Oshawa_Generals&lt;/a&gt;  to the &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/OHLHoundPower?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@OHLHoundPower&lt;/a&gt; in his &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OHL?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#OHL&lt;/a&gt; career, and had an unforgettable &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NHL?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#NHL&lt;/a&gt; debut with &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/PredsNHL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@PredsNHL&lt;/a&gt;. The &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OHLPodcast?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#OHLPodcast&lt;/a&gt; is presented by &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/MSGoaltending?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@MSGoaltending&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Podcast: &lt;a href="https://t.co/oK12gUslLJ"&gt;https://t.co/oK12gUslLJ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;YouTube: &lt;a href="https://t.co/z3yRFEBZQw"&gt;https://t.co/z3yRFEBZQw&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/dysAyGK72l"&gt;pic.twitter.com/dysAyGK72l&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Mike Farwell (@farwell_ohl) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/farwell_ohl/status/1640865854631059456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 28, 2023&lt;/a&gt;
  225. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  226. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  227. &lt;/div&gt;
  228. &lt;p id="bX3Opi"&gt;NHL to Derek Lalonde: “There’s a tax for that.”&lt;/p&gt;
  229. &lt;div id="T1pV5J"&gt;
  230. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  231. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;"What the FUCK is goaltender interference?!" &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;- Derek Lalonde, man of the people &lt;a href="https://t.co/1dnFY9eKSk"&gt;pic.twitter.com/1dnFY9eKSk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Ryan Hana (@RyanHanaWWP) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/RyanHanaWWP/status/1640873975378067457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 29, 2023&lt;/a&gt;
  232. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  233. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  234. &lt;/div&gt;
  235.  
  236. </content>
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  239.    <author>
  240.      <name>HardevLad</name>
  241.    </author>
  242.  </entry>
  243.  <entry>
  244.    <published>2023-03-28T07:10:00-04:00</published>
  245.    <updated>2023-03-28T07:10:00-04:00</updated>
  246.    <title>FTB: The Leafs clinch</title>
  247.    <content type="html">  
  248.  
  249.    &lt;figure&gt;
  250.      &lt;img alt="Toronto Maple Leafs v Nashville Predators" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/dOi-EoYy4GkBCmdqm_4UDSglng0=/0x0:4451x2967/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/72122232/1249553895.0.jpg" /&gt;
  251.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  252.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  253.  
  254.  &lt;p&gt;They’re playoff bound, though we already knew that.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="n9CDzy"&gt;It’s always fun when your team clinches without doing anything. The Maple Leafs were all at their homes last night eating pasta casserole and playing video games or spending hours watching TikTok videos when the news broke that because some other team won or lost, they were officially in the playoffs.&lt;/p&gt;
  255. &lt;div id="ny3iE4"&gt;
  256. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  257. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Job finished? Job not finished. &lt;a href="https://t.co/JkxZIDigeP"&gt;pic.twitter.com/JkxZIDigeP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1640530807398727681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 28, 2023&lt;/a&gt;
  258. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  259. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  260. &lt;/div&gt;
  261. &lt;p id="nzd6bF"&gt;So now that’s out of the way, the Leafs play the waiting game, oh and also eight more regular season games, one of which is against the Lightning, which will be the most interesting to watch, while for the others we simply hope no one is injured.&lt;/p&gt;
  262. &lt;p id="yzMpiP"&gt;The next game is tomorrow against the Panthers here in Toronto.&lt;/p&gt;
  263. &lt;h4 id="kpZJ7i"&gt;ICYMI&lt;/h4&gt;
  264. &lt;p id="fUR9H3"&gt;We’re moving to our new home soon. You can sign up for early access here:&lt;/p&gt;
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  266. &lt;h4 id="oltokK"&gt;Other News&lt;/h4&gt;
  267. &lt;p id="IUmF50"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hockey-canada-report-investigation-2018-world-junior-team-1.6792639"&gt;Hockey Canada rules 2018 junior players ineligible for international competition pending investigation - CBC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;The statement comes hours after a parliamentary committee unanimously passed a motion ordering Hockey Canada to hand over a report from an investigation into the 2018 allegations.&lt;/p&gt;
  268. &lt;p id="ldMCdr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/35930681/who-top-candidates-nhl-coach-gm-jobs"&gt;Who are the top candidates for NHL coach, GM jobs? - ESPN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;[SPECIES: ESPN reports that Maple Leafs assistant coach Craig Carberry is a hot commodity in the NHL coaching market.]&lt;/p&gt;
  269. &lt;p id="B0rF3M"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theobserver.ca/sports/local-sports/passing-fancy-voits-playmaking-skills-put-him-in-stings-record-book"&gt;Voit’s playmaking skills put him in Sting’s record book - Observer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ty Voit is so crafty with the puck, he keeps his own teammates guessing what he’s about to do.&lt;br&gt;[SPECIES: OK I cannot resist the pun on the Sarnia Sting and that headline so here we go:&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;[music] Every single day&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Every game you play&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Every night you stay&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;I’ll be watching Voit]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  270. &lt;p id="Z388qy"&gt;Now to be extra sure I have a 1980’s Sting song stuck in your head all day... here you go! Have a nice Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;
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  272. &lt;p id="DmZbW3"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  277.    <author>
  278.      <name>Species</name>
  279.    </author>
  280.  </entry>
  281.  <entry>
  282.    <published>2023-03-27T08:00:00-04:00</published>
  283.    <updated>2023-03-27T08:00:00-04:00</updated>
  284.    <title>Sign up for Early Access here</title>
  285.    <content type="html">  
  286.  
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  289.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Photo by Bernd Weißbrod/picture alliance via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  290.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  291.  
  292.  &lt;h2 id="UQILrf"&gt;Last Call!&lt;/h2&gt;
  293. &lt;p id="geHZ02"&gt;I’m going to shut the form down in about an hour.&lt;/p&gt;
  294. &lt;p id="bgCckK"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  295. &lt;p id="1NlDzs"&gt;This is the place to sign up for early access to the new site. &lt;/p&gt;
  296. &lt;p id="tqXT6p"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do not put email addresses in comments.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  297. &lt;p id="VAlCr6"&gt;The form below will ask for your email, and for you to choose yes you want early access. If you pick no, it won’t save your email. If you put in a fake email, nothing will happen. If you put in an email you never check, you’ve wasted your own time. &lt;/p&gt;
  298. &lt;p id="QlVd2j"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Choose the email address you want to attach to your account at the new site. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  299. &lt;p id="xkoqvY"&gt;What happens next is that the form will be closed on Tuesday evening, and all the collected emails will be imported into the new site making partial accounts for you. &lt;strong&gt;You will then receive an email on Wednesday morning&lt;/strong&gt; that contains a button to take you to your account settings on the new site. You can pick a username and confirm the email at that time. &lt;/p&gt;
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  307.    <author>
  308.      <name>CathySquires</name>
  309.    </author>
  310.  </entry>
  311.  <entry>
  312.    <published>2023-03-27T06:48:15-04:00</published>
  313.    <updated>2023-03-27T06:48:15-04:00</updated>
  314.    <title>FTB: Tick Tock</title>
  315.    <content type="html">  
  316.  
  317.    &lt;figure&gt;
  318.      &lt;img alt="Old City Hall Clock Tower Feature" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/G5Px9GXfNBY5sXg4S4kfNg-__H4=/0x0:4200x2800/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/72118270/1037169662.0.jpg" /&gt;
  319.        &lt;figcaption&gt;Toronto Star/Toronto Star via Getty Images&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  320.    &lt;/figure&gt;
  321.  
  322.  &lt;p&gt;The countdowns are on&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="UuAw1A"&gt;Good morning Toronto Maple Leafs fans!&lt;/p&gt;
  323. &lt;p id="5EJLVa"&gt;The clock is ticking down to the playoffs, as well as our time here at SB Nation coming to an end.&lt;/p&gt;
  324. &lt;p id="Dt7RrK"&gt;Also to my dog finally realizing I'm awake and he starts poking me with his nose to go for his morning walk. It's a race against time.&lt;/p&gt;
  325. &lt;p id="2eZv7c"&gt;On the site news, we have five more days until we are shoved out of the nest, whether we can fly or not. Thankfully things behind the scenes are flapping their wings and the mother bird is vomiting the information into our mouths and this metaphor is getting gross. Things are working is what I mean.&lt;/p&gt;
  326. &lt;p id="dbcPf7"&gt;There's some more info coming out later today for you to make the transition smooth and painless.&lt;/p&gt;
  327. &lt;aside id="57XLs9"&gt;&lt;div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Fundraising for the Future","url":"https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2023/2/16/23600765/fundraising-for-the-future-of-pension-plan-puppets"}]}'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/aside&gt;&lt;p id="QikNP5"&gt;The playoff clocks are all hitting midnight at different times, so a quick rundown.&lt;/p&gt;
  328. &lt;p id="qwfyHx"&gt;For the Newfoundland Growlers, their season ends April 15th, and they've already qualified. As of right now, they would play the Worcester Railers in round one.&lt;/p&gt;
  329. &lt;p id="NRD4E9"&gt;The Toronto Marlies end their season on April 16th after a two game homestead against the Belleville Senators.&lt;/p&gt;
  330. &lt;p id="VA9F2z"&gt;The Marlies have qualified for the AHL playoffs and right now would start off against the Rochester Americans.&lt;/p&gt;
  331. &lt;p id="V7DF2q"&gt;The Leafs haven't technically qualified for the playoffs yet, but we've known for months they'll play the Tampa Bay Lightning in round one, barring a major collapse by either team.&lt;/p&gt;
  332. &lt;p id="vLqbDt"&gt;The Leafs season ends with a trip to Madison Square Garden on April 13th. Nine more games.&lt;/p&gt;
  333. &lt;p id="tOeFIt"&gt;Speaking of games, the Leafs beat the playoff hopeful Nashville Predators last night.&lt;/p&gt;
  334. &lt;aside id="m9aVRq"&gt;&lt;div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Goal GIF recap: Leafs and Joseph Woll beat Predators","url":"https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2023/3/26/23657672/maple-leafs-win-and-joseph-woll-is-the-wall-beat-predators"}]}'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/aside&gt;&lt;p id="1iKPGm"&gt;Auston Matthews is the man we all know and love once again.&lt;/p&gt;
  335. &lt;aside id="8O7Pxr"&gt;&lt;div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data="{&amp;quot;stories&amp;quot;:[{&amp;quot;title&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews Back to 'Dominant' Self in Record-Tying Performance Against Hurricanes - The Hockey News Toronto Maple Leafs News, Analysis and More&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;url&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;rct=j&amp;amp;url=https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/news/maple-leafs-auston-matthews-back-to-dominant-self-in-record-tying-performance-against-hurricanes&amp;amp;ved=2ahUKEwiWgr3k9fv9AhVqlIkEHUMbAs8Q0PADKAB6BAgUEAE&amp;amp;usg=AOvVaw1D4sStdNthlU4eevesYcV9&amp;quot;}]}"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/aside&gt;&lt;p id="DTiMkb"&gt;Jake Muzzin is still around, helping out off the ice.&lt;/p&gt;
  336. &lt;aside id="wpJzqt"&gt;&lt;div data-anthem-component="readmore" data-anthem-component-data='{"stories":[{"title":"Mentor, uncle and coach: Injured Jake Muzzin has carved unique role with Maple Leafs","url":"https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;rct=j&amp;amp;url=https://www.thestar.com/amp/sports/leafs/2023/03/25/mentor-uncle-and-coach-injured-jake-muzzin-has-carved-unique-role-with-maple-leafs.html&amp;amp;ved=2ahUKEwiWgr3k9fv9AhVqlIkEHUMbAs8Q0PADKAB6BAhKEAE&amp;amp;usg=AOvVaw3dAZhNIMmFXXuwef3Kwdss"}]}'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/aside&gt;&lt;p id="mrp3OP"&gt;Around the leagues we had a goalie goal!&lt;/p&gt;
  337. &lt;div id="e2Y6xL"&gt;
  338. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  339. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;We might be biased, but &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Fanti_29?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@Fanti_29&lt;/a&gt;'s goal got snubbed at #4 on today's &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SCTop10?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#SCTop10&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/Ejw2cQZTLV"&gt;pic.twitter.com/Ejw2cQZTLV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Fort Wayne Komets (@FWKomets) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/FWKomets/status/1640060817923031041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 26, 2023&lt;/a&gt;
  340. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  341. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  342. &lt;/div&gt;
  343. &lt;p id="ZRhZbq"&gt;Finally, as the clock on my dog not noticing the light from my phone hits midnight and the quiet whining for a walk begins, congratulations to the Toronto Six on winning their first PHF championship!&lt;/p&gt;
  344. &lt;div id="wy4cP6"&gt;
  345. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  346. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;THE GOAL THAT ENDED IT AND GAVE THE TORONTO SIX THEIR FIRST ISOBEL CUP! &lt;a href="https://t.co/0bPSVMwpFk"&gt;pic.twitter.com/0bPSVMwpFk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— PHF (@PHF) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/PHF/status/1640196584280412163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 27, 2023&lt;/a&gt;
  347. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  348. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  349. &lt;/div&gt;
  350. &lt;p id="dILxRi"&gt;The Six join the Markham Thunder and Toronto Furies as women's hockey champions in Toronto, and it's great to have more trophies come home.&lt;/p&gt;
  351. &lt;p id="QTaz2B"&gt;Enjoy your day everyone!&lt;/p&gt;
  352. &lt;p id="rheZZv"&gt;(I'm getting up, calm down)&lt;/p&gt;
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