Hello members of our PPP family. Today is Family Day in Ontario, and a holiday in many other places by the same or a different name. I hope you are getting a break, and if not, it is at least a relatively quiet day at work.

The Maple Leafs are not playing again until tomorrow, but the Marlies are having their annual Family Day match at the Scotiabank Arena.

ICYMI
Here’s what we wrote about yesterday.

Back to Excited: Mike Babcock’s Toys - Fulemin and Arvind
We talk about math, forward lines, and more.

CWHL: Toronto Furies beat Markham Thunder 3-1 - Nafio
The Markham Thunder threatened, but they couldn’t get enough pucks past Elaine Chuli.

Other News

The Anaheim Ducks had a celebration last night for being 27th place in the NHL.

Aleksander Barkov knows hom much I love between the legs goals. Also how much I love the Canadiens losing.

This is gold by the Hurricanes.

The Good, the Bad and Fire them all to be Safe - Part 1 - The Copper & Blue
"Let’s be blunt here. Firing Chia and McLellan did absolutely nothing to make us better. Our record under Hitchcock is now worse than our record under McLellan. Nicholson made a pointed comment about the ‘water’ but I want to be as clear as I can. He is part of the water! The ‘water’ is MacT, Lowe, Nicholson, Wayne Gretzky, Paul Coffey, Dustin Schwartz (our goalie coach) and Bob Nicholson."

From The Branches