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This Arrested Development clip seems relevant, here. Of course, Arrested Development is always somehow relevant, so there's no surprise, there. Here's the TSN article on the situation, if you're just looking for the straight facts. The mediation will be non-binding, so it's

Gary Bettman chats with Flyers fan Jaymes Hall, 41, of Lancaster, Pa. Wonder if he'd chat with one of us. Article at The Blueshirts Blog by Pat Leonard. NHL rejects union's offer, Bettman rips Fehr Article from Josh Yohe at TribLive. The NHLPA proposal by the

OK, so the league and the players met last night for a couple hours to start talking again, but there doesn't seem to have been any real movement, and any article written on the subject is basically another non-news item, but at least we know they're

Apparently, Joffrey Lupul has overcome all those bureaucratic barriers to playing hockey in the KHL that Cam Charron brought up and is now playing for the worst team in the league. He should be more or less used to that feeling. ANYWAY. It's good to hear that he&

Need I say more? On to the links. Sundin will never forget what Leafs fans gave him "When I landed in Toronto on Thursday afternoon I came home." From Ryan Dadoun at NBC Sports. Love him or not, Mats Sundin was one of "ours" If you

All this silence around the NHL/PA negotiations makes me think that a deal is imminent. That is, "a couple weeks from now" imminent. If it's not imminent and the season is toast, then I'm moving to Russia to watch KHL hockey. (Also, you

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I had an interesting discussion on Twitter yesterday: is it worth time to tweet displeasure with NHL owners to the @NHL Twitter account? Given the league's obvious concern for PR, it appears that owners care about who shoulders more of the blame for this lockout, and so, if

And by 'good', I generally mean 'bad'.

You know it's my day to write the FTB because you're looking an an awesome photo of pants. Pants that say "yeah, so what?" From Russia with Shove It I actually somewhat enjoy the Russians biting their thumbs at the NHL. From Ellen Etchingham.

Alright, here's one that I got thinking about yesterday as I prepared to coach my students to the grade seven and eight tournament: When I was eight years old, I was playing on a travel team and we had a coach that was competitive - really competitive. Angry

Seriously. That's what we're talking about right now.

Re-moistening your already-damped expectations.

News that James Reimer was practicing in Vancouver made a few writers snort some of their morning coffee out their noses yesterday morning, including one Cam Charron, who has something of an interest in both sides of a potential Leafs-Vancouver trade: The third explanation, and, pardon me if I didn&

Here are your links, you buzzards. On expectations for NHLers playing overseas There are a few excuses for the using. From Justin Bourne at BHS. All-Time Sabres Great Dominik Hasek Retires At Age 47 The lockout is a particularly tough time for someone to take a risk on a 47-year

So the NHL is locked out. That sucks. There's really nothing we can do to speed the process along, so we might as well enjoy what hockey we can. Folks in London, Ontario, for instance, cram the recently re-branded Budweiser Gardens (puke) to capacity for almost every single

Your daily roundup of NHL and Toronto Maple Leafs links.

Good news, everyone!

Don't hold your breath.

We're still locking you out, so why don't you go visit Pensburgh? If you're really stubborn, you'll read about a sweet Darryl Sittler story from Vintage Leaf Memories. If you're downright hard-headed, you'll jump for some more links.

I think I speak for all the small-market FTBers when I say that we're not making any money, and it's all your fault. As such, we're happy to drag this out until someone agrees to share money with us, regardless of gross incompetence, obesity,

Yesterday, the Leafs signed goalie Ben Scrivens to a two-year deal, worth just over $600k per season. It's great value if he turns out to be a halfway serviceable backup, and not a big loss if he doesn't. It's a fair reward for a

James Mirtle brings us a story from the likes of Joffrey Lupul and Dion Phaneuf. Lupul, who has already missed one season to a lockout, and another to injury, is getting tired of wasting his life not playing hockey: "We had the opportunity now to see the numbers and

We should be in the midst of discussion on silly rookie tournaments and training camp line combinations, but instead we're sitting here, twiddling our thumbs and waiting for news to drop. Like cold, cold molasses. I've got a few links today, but there are only so

No, not the NHL, silly. They're a bunch of turds. School starts up for everyone in Ontario though, and here at Pension Plan Puppets, we have a number of regular contributors and commenters that work in all kinds of educational capacities, be it as students, profs, or teachers.