.Ottawa Senators defenceman Cody Goloubef is in the lineup for the first time since March 14. Chris Stevenson 🇨🇦🏒⛳️🍺 asked him about life on the sidelines. theathletic.com/1341438/2019/1…

For those of you worried about Babsocks, I’m confident that Keefe’s Briefs™️ can become a thing.

In my Monday #Sens notebook this week: -Analyzing why Erik Brannstrom was sent down, -Can Logan Brown fight his way back up the lineup? -BSens are buzzing And more 🥳 theathletic.com/1443169/2019/1…

Bobby Webster stays behind the scenes with the @raptors. But he was an integral part of Toronto’s first NBA title. And his rise in the league is one of the best untold stories in the game. By Dan Robson: theathletic.com/1436139/2019/1…

Athletic subscribers: Ottawa defenseman Thomas Chabot logged 37:50 of ice time Tuesday night, just 15 seconds off Dennis Wideman's NHL record. Hailey Salvian has the details of Chabot's exhausting night … theathletic.com/1474719/2019/1… #nhl

Akim Aliu shook the hockey world with a tweet. Dan Robson spent a day with him this week and reveals the story of Aliu's complicated relationship with the game he loves. theathletic.com/1477996/2019/1…

Danny Weight grew up with John Tavares living in his backyard. Jackson Niedermayer played ministicks beside Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry. Lukas Sillinger used to go shopping with Rick DiPietro. Now, these NHL progeny play together — trying to find their own way in the game.

GM Pierre Dorion confirmed today that the #Sens are in on the Artyom Zub sweepstakes. Here’s a detailed look at the player they’re after from Scott Wheeler and Hailey Salvian theathletic.com/1669524/2020/0…

My colleague ⁦Wency Leung⁩ donated a kidney to a stranger last year and I had no clue. This is an achingly beautiful meditation on giving and how we assess our personal limits that is miraculously void of ego or sentimentality. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Donald Brashear has spent his life rising and falling through adversity. Battling addiction, he lost his money, his home, his family. Now he’s working to put the pieces back together — and build something better. This is his story. The Athletic theathletic.com/2389723/2021/0…

This is a remarkable story told remarkably well by Dan Robson (as usual). theathletic.com/2389723/2021/0…

ICYMI: Auston Matthews can't possibly score 50 goals this season...can he? theathletic.com/2395353/2021/0…

You want to know more about the Canadiens new (interim) head coach? Marc Antoine Godin wrote this great profile on him in May of 2018 when Dominique Ducharme was hired, seemingly in preparation for this very moment: theathletic.com/346597/2018/05…

Excellent read from Marc Antoine Godin that takes us behind Marc Bergevin’s firing of Claude Julien — and reveals how the GM’s future is very much in the hands of new coach Dominique Ducharme. theathletic.com/2411408/2021/0…

Alright, everyone. We're running back last year's runaway hit where NHL execs shoot down (or approve!) your NHL trade ideas. If you have a good trade proposal for the NHL exec edition of 'Who Says No?' drop it right here ⬇️

So ... all playoff games go to overtime?

I love this story. Auston Matthews doesn’t just have a great shot. Or great hands. He’s changing the science of scoring. James Mirtle reveals how he did it. theathletic.com/2583540/2021/0…

One of my personal favorites.

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Ilya Mikhehave the Leafs first goal.