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Tuesday FTB: Maple Leafs no longer a loser franchise

April 19, 2022 by Pension Plan Puppets

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TORONTO, ON – APRIL 17: Mitchell Marner #16 of the Toronto Maple Leafs hugs mascots Carlton the Bear after defeating the New York Islanders at the Scotiabank Arena on April 17, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. | Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images

We can officially call the dark ages over

Capitals Outsider on Twitter had a really interesting stat following the Capitals win on Monday. The franchise that expanded in 1974 is finally, for the first time in its history, sitting with a positive goal differential. Considering how bad the expansion Capitals were, and how good the Ovechkin Capitals have been, I guess it all evens out.

With that goal, the Caps are +1 since Game 1 in 1974.

— Capitals Outsider (@CapsOutsider) April 19, 2022

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That got us thinking at PPP whether the Leafs are above the water mark as a franchise or not. There have been some good years, a whole lot of bad years, some good years again, lots of mediocre years after that, followed by the Matthews era now. Where do they sit after all that?

The Leafs currently have a +31 goal differential through 76 games this season. At the start of the season they were -60. The last time I could find where the Leafs finished a season with a total negative goal differential was in 2010-11, the end of the Mats Sundin era and the beginning of the Burke/Nonis era. It seems fitting Auston and co bring it back the other way.

The next target is finding the 400 or so wins so this franchise can finally have a win% above even. Currently it’s at 44%. Montreal is the only Original Six team that is above even, with Philadelphia the only other team with that distinction. I’m not going to account for ties or Bettman loser points. Use this link if you want to.

Various Leafs and Branches

Mat Barzal fined for unsportsmanlike conduct against Mitch Marner | by: Katya

Ty Voit and Braeden Kressler are playoff bound | by: Katya

It was a perfect weekend for the Buds:

Maple Leafs end the Long Island playoff dreams | by: Seldo and Omar

Leafs beat Senators in overtime | by: Katya and Omar

Back to Excited Episode 175: Don’t expand the playoffs | by: Arvind and Fulemin

Here was the jersey tug.

Barzal wants Marner on the Islanders pic.twitter.com/hNd0ZJzEou

— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) April 18, 2022

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The Hurricanes are dealing with injuries, but they don’t want to believe something is wrong with Frederik Andersen.

The all-important post-morning skate health updates:

• Jordan Staal is day-to-day.

• Jesperi Kotkaniemi isn’t 100%, so that’s why he didn’t skate.

• Freddie Andersen will be reevaluated in about a week.

— Walt Ruff (@WaltRuff) April 18, 2022

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Marshawn Lynch and Macklemore have become minority owners of the Seattle Kraken. [CNBC]

The newest minority owners of the Seattle Kraken, per @cnbc:

Macklemore and Marshawn Lynch pic.twitter.com/vtrCn4B2Pv

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) April 18, 2022

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Speaking of Marshawn Lynch, anyone remember this?

Bring this back, @EASPORTSNHL https://t.co/q9D9lOYFls

— Hardev (@HardevLad) April 18, 2022

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Also in Capitals news, the Screaming Eagle is coming back as a potential reverse retro jersey. I’d like to see an updated logo be the new permanent one. Not that I have strong thoughts about the current one.

Report: Washington Capitals will bring the old “Screaming Eagle” logo back to their uniform for the 2022-23 #NHL season #ALLCAPS

Story here: https://t.co/Ib9Uh1IUR9 pic.twitter.com/kD36Dx520o

— Chris Creamer (@sportslogosnet) April 18, 2022

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Claude Julien is back coaching Canada.

Claude Julien will be named head coach. Further to @clahanna reporting. https://t.co/ZxhR5vabfs

— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) April 18, 2022

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Here’s me hoping Species comes into the comments to further explain this story of NCAA goalie Dryden McKay violating anti-doping laws for what might be over-the-counter drugs?Again, I’m out of my depth here.

Been working on this for a few days. USADA announced Dryden McKay accepted a six-month sanction for an anti-doping violation. A deeper dive into what happened, how things unfolded and why athletes need to be so careful: https://t.co/BLVCgjcwA3

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) April 18, 2022

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