James Mirtle

Inside the stunning fall of the Maple Leafs: Chaos, dysfunction and AI nytimes.com/athletic/71943…

@C_harlie Doesn't seem like it tbh.

Shakes head….James! Will you and Jonas please start bringing positivity to your articles and Podcasts. And no you will not be polishing a terd here. These Leafs are actually a good team.

@BudsRLife Reality is what's scaring people though. This is what's happening in the org.

@mirtle I mean, its great reporting but fair to ask whether its this kind of attention that scares people from Toronto. You all but admitted that on the pod yesterday

I wrecked the Leafs.

Easton Cowan scored his first career AHL goal today in the Marlies win. Cowan on joining the team for the playoffs: "Me and management came together and thought it was the best choice for my development. I’m excited to be here with the boys and win some hockey games."

Stankoven playoff breakout star??

@nm_nvan @ThomasDrance NBA has divisions that don't impact the seeding / matchups. Seems to work.

@mirtle @ThomasDrance Divisions either mean something or they don't. Given we do have divisions, the playoff format is perfectly fine. If you want 1-8 seeding, eliminate divisions.

On the NHL’s controversial playoff format, where eight of the nine best teams all face one another in Round 1 nytimes.com/athletic/72056…

@OgiOgilthorp Two

@mirtle How many different pairs of glasses do you own ?

@LeafsRidealong Is there positivity right now?

@mirtle I know you've been leading the charge of negativity...but this team couldn't have been worse in the last 25. In fact, they found ways to lose games they probably should have won. Bottom 5 was double digits out after the Minnesota game and they still found their way there.

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. nytimes.com/athletic/71955…

@SamGreenwoodRIO Only by accident

@mirtle Worst team in the NHL post-olympics

The #LeafsForever put Michael Pezzetta on waivers puckpedia.com/waiver-wire

NHL playoff matchups and schedules are set. Here’s your cheat sheet nytimes.com/athletic/72050…

Round 1 playoff schedule is out.

@DownGoesBrown You jinxed it

And now tied again after two. I’m not worried. I’M NOT WORRIED.

On the New Jersey Devils hiring Sunny Mehta as general manager nytimes.com/athletic/72036…

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 nytimes.com/athletic/71416…

Mike Gillis’ #Canucks legacy, the Leafs’ situation and the myth of inevitability nytimes.com/athletic/71972… via @NYTimes

Star Wars convention? 🤔