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Page 6ix Wednesday, September 30th: Dogs and Cups and Goalies, Oh My!
Welcome back, hockey gossip fans. While there is plenty of drama going on in the world right now, this week was actually relatively slow on the hockey gossip front. Nonetheless, there IS drama to discuss, and some lightheartedness to kick us off.
Leafs Love Dogs
The Leafs boys (and their ladies) were all about the dog content this week. @Mitch Marner and his girlfriend Steph continued their tradition of hosting fellow Leafs up at their cottage. But this time, the special guests were none other than Morgan Rielly and Tessa Virtue, and their pup Zoë . Zoë and the Marner-LaChance pup, Zeus, hit it off.
Elsewhere, @Travis Dermott and one of his adorable pooches posed for a sweet picture promoting dog food:
i’ve said it before and i stand by it: the leafs can post all the promo ads they want as long as they feature their dogs
And finally, @Auston Matthews took his buddy Felix with him for a workout and training at ASU.
The Cup Runneth Over
Of course, the Big News this week is that the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars in game six to become this year’s Stanley Cup champions. This is exciting, of course, for Bolts fans, but less so for Stars fans. And naturally, there was some drama about it all.
Firstly, some Stars fans were a tad bit upset by the nature of the Lightning celebrations:
oof after watching blake coleman’s ig story and hearing everyone in the background yelling “fuck dallas” and “they’re fucking going home empty handed” i really hope the stars players couldn’t hear the lightning celebrating last night considering they’re staying in the same hotel
Even more dramatic, though, was Damien Cox claiming that this year’s Cup wasn’t as difficult to win as usual:
A couple Lightning players took issue, and took time out of celebrating to tell Damo what they thought of his tweet:
You try going through what we went through, not seeing our families for months, living in a hotel for 60+ days, 24 teams that had a chance, no home advantage for either team, but hey, say what you want
Haha,sure,let’s forget about back to backs and no rest in between the series👎
Some hockey fans also took issue, and reminded everyone that Damo has a history of ~interesting~ Twitter behaviour:
Another fun day on Hockey Twitter!
The Rumour Mill
With a tweet that made quite the splash, Bob McKenzie came back to Twitter to fan the Buffalo flames and suggest that @Jack Eichel might be looking to get out. We suggest reading the entire tweet thread, though, to get the whole story.
Imagine my surprise when I started making calls today and heard Jack Eichel trade rumours, including unverified chatter he may have at some point recently requested a trade out of BUF and that NYR were amongst interested teams. This, of course, required further investigation.
Is this a case of just a rumour? Or is it a where there’s smoke there’s fire situation?
The End of an Era
And finally, in a move that has fans around the league in uproar, the New York Rangers bought out the final year of goaltending legend @Henrik Lundqvist’s contract.
OFFICIAL: Rangers announce that the team has bought out the final year of goaltender Henrik Lundqvist’s contract.
Check out Hank’s goodbye, here, and have some tissues handy:
Representing this organization has been the biggest source of pride and joy in my life. I’m so grateful for the opportunity, for the friendships and for all the great memories created wearing the red, white and blue. I will always cherish my time as a Ranger.
That’s all for this week, hockey gossip fans. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter. See you next Wednesday!
Breaking News
- Easton Cowan was the positive surprise for 2025-26 Maple Leafs, should thrive under Jim Hiller
- Around the NHL: Jets continue Connor Hellebuyck trade talks, Patrick Kane linked to 2 teams
- Former Maple Leafs goaltender Dennis Hildeby reflects on career with Toronto following trade to Lightning
- Matthew Tkachuk lists Leafs’ Sergei Bobrovsky as ‘backbone’ of Panthers’ Stanley Cup-winning teams
- Who is the Maple Leafs’ ideal defensive partner for Darren Raddysh?
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