Gunnar Carlsson

Total 146 Posts

Leafs vs Senators Preseason Preview: Air Canada Centre lines, broadcast schedule, and more

The Leafs play two split-squad games tonight against Ottawa. Here's a preview of the game in Toronto.

Hockey journalists remain ignorant of women's issues

Content warning for talk about sexual assault and domestic violence.

From the Branches: How to spot a concussion

In ten easy steps, according to the NHL.

From the Branches: The end of an era

Hey everyone. Happy Friday! Lots of good stuff happening today including the start of the Rookie Tournament. More on that and other Leafs news in a second, though, because I want to give top billing to a few women's hockey players who are leaving the game: Trio of

From the Branches: Counting down the days

Hey everyone. Not a whole lot of links today. And by not a whole lot, I mean that I have one link. PPP's Top 25 Under 25: Have your say - Round 2! | Pension Plan Puppets Think we got it wrong? Vote on players 6-20*! In case you

From the Branches: Woof

Hey everyone. Not a whole lot of hockey links today. I think the hockey blogosphere just collectively decided to take a break. In lieu of the usual amount of links, here's a video of a puppy, apropos of National Dog(e) Day yesterday: Leafs links: Maple Leafs Top

From the Branches: Hello

I ran out of name ideas. Sorry.

From the Branches: #KnightWatch

Hey everyone! Happy Friday. Here are some links. Leafs Links Maple Leafs' Top 25 Under 25: #17 Taylor Beck | Pension Plan Puppets Maple Leafs' Top 25 Under 25: #18 Nikita Soshnikov | Pension Plan Puppets Keep busy by checking out our two most recent Top 25 Under 25 instalments

Why you should stop saying "innocent until proven guilty"

How not to cover a sexual assault case.

From the Branches: Sloth alert

Hey everyone. Not a whole lot of links for you this morning, although we do have a bunch of content lined up for today. There might be more news about the Patrick Kane investigation, so I've included a video of a sloth being raised by a stuffed sloth

From the Branches: It's (still) August

Hey everyone! Happy Thursday. It's my last day of summer classes! I'm free!!! Anyway, there's not much going on, as you might have guessed, so the links are pretty sparse today. Oh also, Travis Dermott was in action last night at World Juniors camp

From the Branches: Magic Mitch

Good morning! How's everyone doing on this fine Wednesday morning? There isn't usually much hockey news happening this late into the summer but yesterday was a surprisingly busy day. From the Front Page The mental game inside concussions and the NHL | Pension Plan Puppets In case

Get to know PPP: Gunnar Carlsson

Everything you didn't want to know and weren't afraid to ask.

Report: Dave Morrison is now Director of Pro Scouting

Update 2: Toronto Sun reporter Lance Hornby is reporting that Dave Morrison has been re-assigned and is now the Director of Pro Scouting. In other Leaf developments, club confirms Dave Morrison has changed jobs from head of amateur to head of pro scouting. — Lance Hornby (@sunhornby) July 28, 2015 This

From the Branches: Sea of Lou

Whew. Yesterday was a pretty busy day. Catch up with some links below! From the Front Page Kyle Dubas discusses prospect development philosophy | Pension Plan Puppets Achariya caught up with the Leafs' (very tall) AGM in Orlando. Read what Dubas had to say. Leafs hire longtime Devils architect Lou

From the Branches: Mitch Marner Vision™

Happy Saturday everyone! Again, not a whole lot of Leafs news percolating so enjoy some links from around the hockey blogosphere (including one very sad one from Penguins land). Leafs Links Not much. Rookie tournament is still going on, and it looks like the Leafs are jumping onto the GoPro

From the Branches: Crickets

Not much going on in Leaf land today.

Keith Olbermann rips Steve Simmons (again)

For the second time in less than a week, Simmons makes Olbermann's Worst Person in the World segment. This time, PPP gets a mention.

From The Branches: Pickled

We have links sandwiched between layers of puns.

2015 NHL Draft, Day 1: Open thread

Everything is happening!

[Wednesday's FTB]: 3-on-3 OT

Coming to a rink near you (pending approval).

[Tuesday's FTB]: Party Hard

The NHL Board of Governors meets today in Vegas, possible rule changes to come.

Trading Phil Kessel: A look at his eight team list

You've seen the list, but would a trade with any of these teams be feasible?

[Sunday's FTB]: Hype

Less than a week 'till the draft. Lots of trade rumours swirling. Hype!
You've successfully subscribed to PPP Leafs
Great! Next, consider subscribing to support PPP Leafs
Welcome back! You've successfully signed in.
Unable to sign you in. Please try again.
Success! Your account is fully activated.
Error! Stripe checkout failed.
Success! Your billing info is updated.
Error! Billing info update failed.