New post: This current Leafs team isn’t hard to play against. These days, they’re not especially hard to beat. But man, are they ever getting hard to root for.

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after a decade of bad times, i hope buffalo’s goal differential is like 50 goals above expected this year. give them ALL the puck luck

happy halloween bbys 🎃👻

they’re handing out Kit Kats at Sheldon Keefe’s house tonight. doesn’t sound like those are Marner’s favorite — he’s a Twizzlers guy — and frankly, you gotta wonder what that means for Keefe moving forward.

Marián Hossa wasn't just blessed with talent.

'[A] marriage of rare physical tools, and equally uncommon drive, ultimately led to Hossa’s placement at No. 83 on The Athletic’s #NHL99 .'

Where did that competitive fire come from?

📚 Max Bultman | dom 🕰️

Depth charts have been updated
Atlantic: theathletic.com/3666610/2022/1…
Metro: theathletic.com/3666664/2022/1…
Central: theathletic.com/3666691/2022/1…
Pacific: theathletic.com/3666718/2022/1…

For our NHL99 series, dom 🕰️ and I wrote about Marian Hossa’s rare talent, rarer drive, and how a year playing with Pavel Datsyuk helped him find a new (championship) level: theathletic.com/3642946/2022/1…

the leafs are taking “the regular season doesn’t matter” way too literally to start the season

holy fuck what a catch by romeo 🧀

denis malkin send tweet

imagine how dominant this would look if johnny gaudreau made the right choice this summer

*gets pelted with tomatoes by the state of ohio*

remember when men would go to war

This might be the weirdest and best thing I’ve ever written??

Anyways, go team Leo!

♏️ Hockey Horoscopes ♌️
with Hailey Salvian

The most important thing we've ever written: which astrological sign rules the Zodiac?
theathletic.com/3726017/2022/1…

🔮dom 🕰️ and Hailey Salvian doing real analytics🔮

'This story was written for an audience that isn't me? Preposterous!'

finally, hockey content for the sport’s core audience: astrology girlies (gender neutral)

♏️ Hockey Horoscopes ♌️
with Hailey Salvian

The most important thing we've ever written: which astrological sign rules the Zodiac?
theathletic.com/3726017/2022/1…