Wednesday FTB: Leafs lose another defender

Mark Giordano will "miss some time" after leaving last night's win against the Florida Panthers early with an upper body injury.

Maple Leafs defenceman Mark Giordano will not return to tonight’s game due to injury (upper body)
— Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) November 29, 2023

It looks like Mark Giordano will miss time, coach Sheldon Keefe says @TSN_Edge
— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) November 29, 2023

Morgan Rielly deserves some props for stepping up and playing 30 minutes in the shootout win, his highest minute night since playing 33 minutes four years ago.

A depleted #Leafs defense gets another test as Mark Giordano will miss some time.
Morgan Rielly logged a season-high 30:30 of ice time tonight, the most he's played in a regular season game since Oct. 29, 2019 (33:16) ↩️
Keefe: "We're thinking we might be shorthanded at practice…
— David Alter (@dalter) November 29, 2023

Morgan Rielly to the rescue pic.twitter.com/q823Jc08FJ
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) November 29, 2023

Nylander with an excellent quote after the first period.

William Nylander on conversation during the 1st intermission:

"We all knew that we could play better. I mean, we needed to dig deep, show some f—king, oh sorry, character & I think that kind of took over in the second period there."
— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) November 29, 2023

Joseph Woll is the only reason Sheldon Keefe hasn't been fired. Prove me wrong!

This was an important game for Joseph Woll, who made 38 saves & was named 1st star

"It's a big one. Last time I played them, they ended our season in this building. So to be able to come out & get that win was big for us."
— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) November 29, 2023

The PWHL is really getting started in the new year, with the inaugural season opener set for New Years Day at Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto when the (Torch?) take on New York/Connecticut. Toronto's second game will be on the road to complete a home-in-home with New York.

January can’t come soon enough. 🤩

We are proud to announce our six home openers for our inaugural season.
📰 https://t.co/Sz5ykBHwaG pic.twitter.com/Umm7HhD5gk
— PWHL (@thepwhlofficial) November 28, 2023

The rest of the league's teams have announced their home openers.

Ottawa: Jan. 2 vs MTL at TD Place
Boston: Jan. 3 vs MN at UMass Lowell
New York: Jan. 5 vs TO at Total Mortgage Arena
Minnesota: Jan. 6 vs MTL at Xcel Energy Center
Montreal: Jan. 13 vs BOS at Verdun
— Hailey Salvian (@hailey_salvian) November 28, 2023

Chicago made a trade after releasing Corey Perry from his contract.

The Vancouver Canucks are sending Anthony Beauvillier to the Chicago Blackhawks for a 5th-Round Pick. 🔁 pic.twitter.com/jeWCiQb4Tr
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 29, 2023

Can't believe that something like this needs to be addressed, but with regards to Corey Perry and the #Blackhawks moving to terminate his contract today, I think it's important to squash a disgusting rumor that has circulated on social media.https://t.co/WFPkdw37UY
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) November 28, 2023

EU sanctions against Russia have meant the Finnish govt has seized the Helsinki Halli Arena, owned by some oligarchs.