Happy Hump Day gossip hounds. I&#8217;m sure there are little things we can and will touch on from around the league, but obviously the big story is the @Tom Wilson-New York Rangers-NHL Player Safety saga to wrap our heads around, so we&#8217;ll get to that shortly. Let&#8217;s start, though, as always, with what&#8217;s happening in Leafs-land.
Leafs Lads
Happy birthday @Mitch Marner! Everyone&#8217;s favorite overgrown Leafs kid is celebrating today:
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Happy birthday Mitchy! 🎂 <a href="https://t.co/31KiY5tCzn">pic.twitter.com/31KiY5tCzn</a>
&mdash; Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) <a href="https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1389927869648760833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Our still sidelined goalie @Frederik Andersen is talking about where he likes to eat in Toronto (when not in lockdown, obviously):
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The Dish • Episode Three: Mary Be Kitchen<a href="https://twitter.com/MastercardCA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MastercardCA</a> invited <a href="https://twitter.com/f_andersen30?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@f_andersen30</a> to tell us about one of his favourite spots.
Watch here » <a href="https://t.co/Mhdbg99ZQ3">https://t.co/Mhdbg99ZQ3</a> <a href="https://t.co/f5Ul1GCi1H">pic.twitter.com/f5Ul1GCi1H</a>
&mdash; Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) <a href="https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1389625878146125826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2021</a></blockquote>
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And the Leafs have signed a new baby player:
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🖋 We’ve signed forward Kirill Semyonov to a one year entry-level contract for the 2021-22 season. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeafsForever?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LeafsForever</a>
Details » <a href="https://t.co/24an8aBcig">https://t.co/24an8aBcig</a> <a href="https://t.co/oEe1jHphw4">pic.twitter.com/oEe1jHphw4</a>
&mdash; Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) <a href="https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1389942963921465344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Welcome to Leafsnation, Kirill. Good luck and godspeed.
At practice today, someone is sporting some new gear:
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FOLKS, look who is wearing Felix Potvin pads at practice <a href="https://t.co/wcWpD17udy">pic.twitter.com/wcWpD17udy</a>
&mdash; David Alter (@dalter) <a href="https://twitter.com/dalter/status/1389975070932709377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Now, to clarify:
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BTW, this is Rittich and not Hutchinson. Made for Hutch last year, I wonder if this was just to get him out of the red gear. Rittich and Hitch worked earlier and have since left. <a href="https://t.co/gzs9qfz3VS">https://t.co/gzs9qfz3VS</a>
&mdash; David Alter (@dalter) <a href="https://twitter.com/dalter/status/1389975510197981184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Sharing goal pads?? Is this a new thing?
Also, check out the interesting lines at practice:
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Leafs</a> lines at practice:
Thornton-Matthews-Marner Galchenyuk-Tavares-Nylander Mikheyev-Kerfoot-Noesen Engvall-Spezza-Simmonds
Rielly-Brodie Muzzin-Holl Sandin-Dermott
Andersen Campbell
Absent: Foligno Extra: Brooks, Liljegren, Hutton
&mdash; Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) <a href="https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1389976166090657792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Hopefully some of these absences are precautionary, to keep players healthy for the upcoming playoffs:
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leafs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Leafs</a> practice attendance summary:
&#8211; Nick Foligno (upper-body) is absent 
&#8211; Zach Hyman (MCL) and Riley Nash (knee) are participating in no-contact red 
&#8211; Justin Holl is back, wearing a full shield
&mdash; Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) <a href="https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1389973985899712514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The Big News
Okay, let&#8217;s break this down shall we?
This happened in the Rangers/Capitals game the other night &#8211;
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<a href="https://twitter.com/NHL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NHL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NHLPlayerSafety</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/cam_manning133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cam_manning133</a> How many times does it take for Tom Wilson to illegally hit someone to take action? 10, 11, 12 times? He is endangering players like never before! Do better, take action! <a href="https://t.co/vbv2ncejzR">pic.twitter.com/vbv2ncejzR</a>
&mdash; Benjamin Aliber (@baliber24) <a href="https://twitter.com/baliber24/status/1389388312822091782?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2021</a></blockquote>
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There was a ton of uproar and calls for major repercussions for Wilson.
Alas &#8211;
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Washington’s Tom Wilson has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for Roughing NY Rangers’ Pavel Buchnevich.
&mdash; NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1389589182083911681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Womp womp.
BUT THEN!
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<a href="https://t.co/M7tw4YOeDF">pic.twitter.com/M7tw4YOeDF</a>
&mdash; New York Rangers (@NYRangers) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYRangers/status/1389704210288152576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2021</a></blockquote>
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OH SH!T!
So to recap: Scrum during game, Wilson does some questionable stuff, he doesn&#8217;t get appropriately penalized by NHL player safety &#8211; all of this? Par for the course with the NHL. But a major market team calling out the league, Player Safety, and demanding that GEORGE PARROS BE REMOVED? Not so par for the course!!!!
Now, to top it off, THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN TONIGHT!!!!!!
What will happen??????
Quick Hits
I guess there are other teams and other things to touch on, so let&#8217;s take a quick look around the league:
@Sidney Crosby fighting??? What is in the water this season?
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Sidney Crosby and Travis Konecny got into a wrestling match. 😬<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NHLonSN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NHLonSN</a> <a href="https://t.co/5H6DFw0KGC">pic.twitter.com/5H6DFw0KGC</a>
&mdash; Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1389748239868612613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Aww, we love a good baby goalie fairytale:
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28 year old rookie goalie Michael Houser has just won his first 2 NHL games on back to back nights. Tonight 45 saves and a shootout win for Buffalo against the Islanders. An amazing story
&mdash; David Amber (@DavidAmber) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidAmber/status/1389756464059854849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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More baby players getting their shot!
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Alex Newhook will make his NHL debut today, Jared Bednar says on Altitude. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Avs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Avs</a>
&mdash; Peter Baugh (@Peter_Baugh) <a href="https://twitter.com/Peter_Baugh/status/1389947176734822401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2021</a></blockquote>
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We love to see it.
Keep your eyes on that Rangers/Capitals game tonight, friends. it&#8217;s gonna be a doozy.
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Happy Hump Day!

Happy Hump Day gossip hounds. I'm sure there are little things we can and will touch on from around the league, but obviously the big story is the @Tom Wilson-New York Rangers-NHL Player Safety saga to wrap our heads around, so we'll get to that shortly. Let's start, though, as always, with what's happening in Leafs-land.

Leafs Lads

Happy birthday @Mitch Marner! Everyone's favorite overgrown Leafs kid is celebrating today:

https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1389927869648760833?s=20

Our still sidelined goalie @Frederik Andersen is talking about where he likes to eat in Toronto (when not in lockdown, obviously):

https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1389625878146125826?s=20

And the Leafs have signed a new baby player:

https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1389942963921465344?s=20

Welcome to Leafsnation, Kirill. Good luck and godspeed.

At practice today, someone is sporting some new gear:

https://twitter.com/dalter/status/1389975070932709377?s=20

Now, to clarify:

https://twitter.com/dalter/status/1389975510197981184?s=20

Sharing goal pads?? Is this a new thing?

Also, check out the interesting lines at practice:

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1389976166090657792?s=20

Hopefully some of these absences are precautionary, to keep players healthy for the upcoming playoffs:

https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1389973985899712514?s=20

The Big News

Okay, let's break this down shall we?

This happened in the Rangers/Capitals game the other night -

https://twitter.com/baliber24/status/1389388312822091782?s=20

There was a ton of uproar and calls for major repercussions for Wilson.

Alas -

https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1389589182083911681?s=20

Womp womp.

BUT THEN!

https://twitter.com/NYRangers/status/1389704210288152576?s=20

OH SH!T!

So to recap: Scrum during game, Wilson does some questionable stuff, he doesn't get appropriately penalized by NHL player safety - all of this? Par for the course with the NHL. But a major market team calling out the league, Player Safety, and demanding that GEORGE PARROS BE REMOVED? Not so par for the course!!!!

Now, to top it off, THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN TONIGHT!!!!!!

What will happen??????

Quick Hits

I guess there are other teams and other things to touch on, so let's take a quick look around the league:

@Sidney Crosby fighting??? What is in the water this season?

https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1389748239868612613?s=20

Aww, we love a good baby goalie fairytale:

https://twitter.com/DavidAmber/status/1389756464059854849?s=20

More baby players getting their shot!

https://twitter.com/Peter_Baugh/status/1389947176734822401?s=20

We love to see it.

Keep your eyes on that Rangers/Capitals game tonight, friends. it's gonna be a doozy.

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Happy Hump Day!

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