A group of Maple Leafs, mostly prospects, played against a similar Red Wings team last night in Hamilton. The Leafs ended up losing. Nafio made a great recap.

Game Recap: Red Wings 2 - Maple Leafs 1 - Nafio
Meaningless game looked pretty meaningless.

Meanwhile the Marlies are playing preseason in St. John's and are already winning cups!

Marlies win again and take the Colemans Cup - Katya
Another night, another win by the Marlies over the IceCaps.

The Leafs are back in action against the Red Wings tonight in Detroit. This is the last game of the preseason, so expect final roster cuts to happen very soon. In the mean time look at what our junior prospects in the CHL have been up to.

Leafs prospect Desrocher in charge of inexperienced Frontenac team - Wheeler
Stephen Desrocher is back in the OHL, playing huge minutes as Kingston’s leader.

Nail Yakupov, Kris Russell, and LOLOILERS

The other big news from last night was Edmonton trading away the former first selection in the NHL draft, Nail Yakupov, for some magic beans. Suddenly Columbus Blue Jackets fans don't feel so bad about this happening:

If that isn't hilarious enough, guess which much gabbed about free agent the Oilers then signed:

Russell the cash man! The Oilers have gone full 2013-14 Leafs

Fare Thee Well, Nail Yakupov - The Copper & Blue
Former first overall pick traded to St. Louis for ECHL prospect, sprockets.

Breathe Easy, Kris Russell Has Been Signed - Editor in Leaf
The Kris Russell rumors are over. The Edmonton Oilers - not the Toronto Maple Leafs - have signed the replacement level defender.

GIFs
Too bad this didn't end up with a goal, or it would be on the whole season highlight reel.

Unfortunately for the Kings, The Stars had a Honka good young player of their own.

This Forsberg guy... came out of nowhere.

Waivers

It's that time of year when the waiver wire is super busy.

Nathan Gerbe went on waivers yesterday, he could be a good pickup. He's on a league minimum salary 1 year contract now. Rumour is he will leave the NHL if no one claims him and go play in Europe.

Other recognizable names on waivers are Tanner Glass and Zac Rinaldo. LOL

Zac Rinaldo, who the Flyers traded for a third round pick, is on waivers - Broad Street Hockey
Here is your friendly reminder that Ron Hextall traded Rinaldo to the Boston Bruins in exchange for Boston’s third-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft.

Harrison Browne
A personal message from Harrison Browne - The Ice Garden
"I’m making official what has been part of my life for a few years now. I’m Harrison."

JvR and I hope you all have an enjoyable long weekend ahead!

Which of these little loved vegetable dishes is the most underrated Thanksgiving food

Brussels Sprouts39
Roasted parsnips18
Roasted beets13
Mashed turnip20
Roasted squash17
Yuck. I hate all of those.35
I don't hate those, but they are not stuffing, which is all I care about.41
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