Ahead this week on the Christmas Edition, Jonas Gustavsson – The Grinch – stole Christmas from the Boston Bruins in his return to the lineup but two earlier losses left the Maple Leafs with only a five hundred record on the week. Concluding the Redline Report is a pair of Quick Hits on Sidney Crosby and Jason Spezza.

On The Bubble features lots of Listener Contributions from Twitter and Email. The Junior Hockey Report takes a look back at a pair of St. Michael’s Buzzers games before we conclude with a flaming hot Troubling Fact of the Week.

Rigamarole looks back at the Maple Leafs’ season thus far, how they got to where they are and what needs to happen for them to make the playoffs. Sit back; roast those chestnuts on the Minnesota Wild’s open fire. This is the Christmas Edition of AFITC.

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