Thursday’s FTB: quarterfinal day

Another shot was fired in the Hockey Canada PR war yesterday.

PM Justin Trudeau says it’s “fairly clear that both the government and Canadians in general have lost confidence in the leadership at Hockey Canada. And the longer it takes for Hockey Canada to realize that, the more difficulties they’re going to face.” pic.twitter.com/WAqLYQQ5Tc

— Ashley Burke (@AshleyBurkeCBC) August 31, 2022

Your quarterfinal preview is here:

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A few minor things happened in the NHL:

Via @CapFriendly, this is the 5th "future considerations" trade of this off-season. https://t.co/QDFFwyct3j

— Ryan Pike (@RyanNPike) August 31, 2022

We have signed goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen to a two-year contract with an AAV of $837,500.#LetsGoBuffalo

— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) August 31, 2022

The next Leafs news event is the Traverse City Tournament, but that’s not for two weeks. By then we’ll be done our T25, and he might get to see some evidence of how very wrong we were about things.

Number nine is announced today, and even though it’s a long weekend, we will have number 8 tomorrow. Monday will be an off day for the countdown, though.

Happy Thursday, everyone, and Happy September too. Remember, it’s still summer for three more weeks and don’t let anyone tell you differently.