James Birkett

The Buds fall to a Conference III foe behind poor goaltending and extensive PK time in the second period.

Bernier in net for the Buds tonight. Leafs TV will have the game for those of you in Ontario? Canada? Here's what happened last time, courtesy of On the Forecheck

We had better start banking some points against these middling teams. This be your game thread. Enjoy.

Hockey! Fights! Low Corsis!

Phil Kessel's pre-game meal consists of the tears of Minnesota fans who thought he be a member of the Wild this summer. TOO BAD, LOSERS.

Leafs take on the Devils after a long-layoff with only one top 9 center.

Leafs go for the sweep of Western Canada with James Reimer (likely) in net and Nik Kulemin back on the ice. Go Leafs Go! My guess at lines: JvR - Kadri - Kessel Raymond - Bolland - Clarkson Lupul - McClement - Kulemin McLaren - Smith - Orr Gunnar -

Let's hope we see many many many more goals.

NO BOZAK NO BOZAK NO BOZAK NO BOZAK NO BOZAK NO BOZAK NO BOZAK NO BOZAK NO BOZAK NO BOZAK NO BOZAK NO BOZAK

A brief rebuttal.

All sorts of fun storylines tonight. Francois Beauchemin returns to the city that shunned him despite solid play. Randy Carlyle squares off against the team that won him a cup and then fired him after several seasons of mediocre play. And Jake Gardiner gets to tap dance up and down

Since I normally don't do these anymore, I don't keep up with the rss feed.  That said, I do have one good link for you today. Latest losses expose Leafs possession problems Good stuff from Mirtle as always Find any other good Leafs links? Throw '

The Leafs are set to take on the reigning Stanley Cup champs tonight on the road. Including tonight, Toronto plays eight of the next eleven on the road. The Blackhawks are third in the NHL currently in fenwick%. The Leafs are 29th. Welp. This should be fun.

Go Leafs Go

Has anybody created a PDO-bear to mock the people who consistently say stats are useless? — Winging It In Motown (@wingingitmotown) October 15, 2013 @wingingitmotown you rang? pic.twitter.com/YpBu2dvJlM — TomServo42 (@tservo42) October 15, 2013

The Oilers are in town. Let's hope the Leafs win so everyone can give @mc79hockey a hard time. TORONTO JvR - Bozak - Kessel Lupul - Kadri - Broll Leivo - Bolland - Raymond Orr - McClement - Ashton Gunnar - Phaneuf Rielly - Franson Gardiner - Ranger

I got nothing. Go Leafs Go.

Patrick Wah and the Colorado Avalanche are in town to shake the glass and break down your doors.

I'm out of town today, but here's your GDT. If you need an overflow thread, yell at one of the admins on twitter.

'Nuff said.

Getting ugly.

Fresh ice

As always, let's go over the house rules: Rule #1: No illegal video streams of the game. Don't post any and don't ask for any. Rule #2: Anything else goes. This is Thunderdome.