#leafsblr

[r0bzombixx]

i think ive been having revelations.

[spiderrrlegs]

After those last two games

[hattyformatty]

[mxaether]

Here’s to the next 8 years, baby!!!!!

[microwaiver]

am34 • I-T G-I-R-L! 💕

[hawkeyefierce]

everyone say thank you maple leafs insta admin

[ksodirty]

[the999thstar]

Hi leafsblr! Can someone plz tell me how/why Mitch is always last in the goalie kiss helmet tap line?

I love it for him & clearly he loves it for him but is there lore???

Thx in advance 🙏

[beware-the-jabberwock]

Ready for tonight!!!

[ryan-nugenthopkins]

"How familiar are you with protein detection in relation to tumour cells?" Marner squints at him. "I know that tumours are bad. And probably related to cancer? Which is also bad." "Okay," sighs Auston.

Mitch is a serious academic, okay? It’s not his fault that game developers are the ones most interested in his work. Yes, he hosts Fortnite tournaments for the esports club. It’s because he’s cool and hip with the kids. But his antics have given him a certain reputation among the faculty, and it’s hurting his chances for a better position at the University of Toronto - and worse, ruining his funding applications to the serious investors. His field of study is meaningful, even if most people can’t see how. He just needs the right project to prove it.

It’s Willy who suggests that he talk to Dr. Auston Matthews, the molecular biology professor who shares a line with him and Johnny on their intramural hockey team. Matthews, apparently, is doing the exact sort of work for which his machine learning systems might be useful. But the two of them have never talked, outside of arguing over possession and ref calls. Hell, he isn’t even sure if Matthews knows what he does. For all their chemistry on the ice, he might just hate Mitch’s guts.

Auston is surprised to see his intramural linemate in an egregiously corny gamer t-shirt show up to the door of his lab. He’s even more surprised when the guy introduces himself as Dr. Marner and offers a proposition - to collaborate with him on a project, using his AI experience and Auston’s work on cellular biomarkers to create a diagnostics app, one that can make detection of cancer easier for those who with difficulties in accessing care.

The kindest way to describe Dr. Mitch Marner would probably be “unorthodox.” His department head, as rumoured, calls him “infuriating, but too good to let go.” No one can deny that his work in machine learning has brought a renewed interest in Toronto’s tech sector, as Canada’s own AI talent up there with some of best in the world. It’s not as if Auston is hurting for funding - but a project featuring the interdisciplinary shtick that the university currently loves, with a name like Marner’s, might be the last piece to finally put him on that coveted tenure track.

So Auston accepts. How badly could this go, anyway?

[wefuckinglove33]

fell asleep during the game, woke up and watched the highlights and tavares scored a hat trick?!?

[r0bzombixx]

she got away.

[spiderrrlegs]

me @ the leafs until they get their shit together

[hattyformatty]

welcome back dylan cozens and bowen byram!

[mxaether]

you know. them.

[microwaiver]