The Tom Dundon way: How the NBA’s controversial new owner built an NHL powerhouse www.nytimes.com/athletic/732...

The Tom Dundon way: How the NBA’s controversial new owner built an NHL powerhouse www.nytimes.com/athletic/732...

Why it's finally the Carolina Hurricanes year www.nytimes.com/athletic/729...

Game 4 was one of the most lopsided games of the entire 2025-26 NHL season, and the Canadiens are on the brink. My column from Montreal www.nytimes.com/athletic/731...

Game 4 was one of the most lopsided games of the entire 2025-26 NHL season, and the Canadiens are on the brink. My column from Montreal www.nytimes.com/athletic/731...

How the Hurricanes are beating the Canadiens at the matchup game www.nytimes.com/athletic/731...

Hurricanes vs. Canadiens: 3 things we’ve learned through 3 games www.nytimes.com/athletic/730...

Hurricanes vs. Canadiens: 3 things we’ve learned through 3 games www.nytimes.com/athletic/730...

Leafs announce Max Domi "underwent offseason surgery to address an issue he played through during the 2025-26 season. Due to complications arising from the procedure, Domi will be out indefinitely." Status for training camp TBD.

Nikolaj Ehlers is rewriting his playoff narrative with the Hurricanes www.nytimes.com/athletic/730...

Tailgating with Tulsky: Why the GM visits fans before every Hurricanes home game www.nytimes.com/athletic/730...

How did the Canadiens’ game plan catch the Hurricanes so off guard in Game 1? www.nytimes.com/athletic/729...

One of the NHL's youngest teams, in the final four, with a great prospect pool and cap situation. Have the Canadiens become one of the best rebuilds yet? www.nytimes.com/athletic/729...

One of the NHL's youngest teams, in the final four, with a great prospect pool and cap situation. Have the Canadiens become one of the best rebuilds yet? www.nytimes.com/athletic/729...

Today's column is on the Carolina Hurricanes, how they've improved, and why this might finally be a breakthrough year. With some insight from GM Eric Tulsky www.nytimes.com/athletic/729...

Today's column is on the Carolina Hurricanes, how they've improved, and why this might finally be a breakthrough year. With some insight from GM Eric Tulsky www.nytimes.com/athletic/729...

Out of the NHL’s top 19 goalies in terms of average annual value, only one has started a game in the second round. On the rise of the tandem goalie, and how big a factor it has been in these playoffs www.nytimes.com/athletic/728...

Today's NHL newsletter. Free to read www.nytimes.com/athletic/728...

Out of the NHL’s top 19 goalies in terms of average annual value, only one has started a game in the second round. On the rise of the tandem goalie, and how big a factor it has been in these playoffs www.nytimes.com/athletic/728...

Firing the coach was the correct (and in many ways easy) call for the Leafs. Now comes the much harder part - fix the roster with under seven weeks until July 1 www.nytimes.com/athletic/727...

Firing the coach was the correct (and in many ways easy) call for the Leafs. Now comes the much harder part - fix the roster with under seven weeks until July 1 www.nytimes.com/athletic/727...

New podcast is up pod.fo/e/414f08

The Leafs have fired coach Craig Berube.

How the Hurricanes and Avalanche can make NHL playoff history. Today's newsletter (sign up today) www.nytimes.com/athletic/726...

Hurricanes about to become just the 10th team in modern NHL history to start the playoffs 7-0. It's only happened twice since 1994.

ICYMI: @scottcwheeler.bsky.social with some really great insight on how the Leafs should approach having the top pick and the different options available pod.fo/e/40f5f9

New podcast: On Gavin McKenna, the Maple Leafs and all the options pod.fo/e/40f5f9

How much better can Gavin McKenna make the Maple Leafs right away? www.nytimes.com/athletic/725...

How much better can Gavin McKenna make the Maple Leafs right away? www.nytimes.com/athletic/725...

Column: John Chayka has a divisive reputation. Can he and the Maple Leafs overcome it? www.nytimes.com/athletic/725...

New Leafs podcast is up. Thanks for listening pod.fo/e/40e436

Column: John Chayka has a divisive reputation. Can he and the Maple Leafs overcome it? www.nytimes.com/athletic/725...

Four of the NHL's youngest teams are still playing for the Stanley Cup. On how this shift happened, and where it might be leading for a league suddenly in transition www.nytimes.com/athletic/725...

Four of the NHL's youngest teams are still playing for the Stanley Cup. On how this shift happened, and where it might be leading for a league suddenly in transition www.nytimes.com/athletic/725...

Rebuild or retool? Debating which path the Toronto Maple Leafs should take www.nytimes.com/athletic/724...

Today's NHL newsletter @TheAthleticNHL with a look around the playoffs. Round 1 could end tonight; Round 2 begins tomorrow www.nytimes.com/athletic/724...

New podcast is up pod.fo/e/40ac6f

Free to read: The latest on the Maple Leafs front office search www.nytimes.com/athletic/724...

Rod Brind'Amour wants more video review. Many NHL fans want less. My attempt at a compromise solution here that works for all. www.nytimes.com/athletic/723...

Rod Brind'Amour wants more video review. Many NHL fans want less. My attempt at a compromise solution here that works for all. www.nytimes.com/athletic/723...

On the Ridly Greig sucker punch, an incoming suspension, and the NHL's retribution cycle on display www.nytimes.com/athletic/723...

NHL playoffs elimination watch: Senators, Kings, Penguins staring down first-round sweeps www.nytimes.com/athletic/722...

On the NHL’s controversial playoff format, where eight of the nine best teams all face one another in Round 1 www.nytimes.com/athletic/720...

If the Leafs had one fewer point this season, they would have finished third last in the NHL and guarateed keeping a top five pick through the lottery. The way they handled the end of the season was not great. www.nytimes.com/athletic/719...

NHL playoff matchups and schedules are set. Here’s your cheat sheet www.nytimes.com/athletic/720...

On the New Jersey Devils hiring Sunny Mehta as general manager www.nytimes.com/athletic/720...

I spent some time in Seattle this season to get a handle on where the Kraken franchise is at, after five years. Here's my look at the highs and lows for a team still trying to find its way www.nytimes.com/athletic/714...

From @theathletic.com: How did the Toronto Maple Leafs crash out in such staggering fashion: from the NHL’s longest running postseason streak to the near-bottom of the standings and the first playoff absence in a decade? Inside the stunning fall of the Leafs: nyti.ms/4tMRQML

Inside the stunning fall of the Maple Leafs: Chaos, dysfunction and AI www.nytimes.com/athletic/719...

On the Leafs haphazard tank job and what it says about where they're at www.nytimes.com/athletic/719...