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Photo by Karl Hedin<\/a> \/ Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n It’s that time of the year again, as the hockey season approaches as we pause to think about the rights and freedoms of the owners of the NHL’s 32 teams. <\/p>\n With several players demanding trades or perhaps quietly agitating behind the scenes to influence their teams’ actions, we take today to demand they honour those contracts of theirs to the bitter end. No matter how bitter. <\/p>\n We all, I’m sure, want Auston Matthews to keep his thoughts on the Leafs trashing years of his peak playing career to himself. <\/p>\n On to the news!<\/p>\n Lots of photos going around from this cottage country hockey camp: <\/p>\n the question is who wasn’t training in muskoka this week lmao pic.twitter.com\/CRWwbRt0iY<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 yoyo (@poutingthrough) August 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Big grinning Cup winner centre front, with a few familiar faces dotted around. I hope they didn’t do any union-type agitating while they were nose to the grindstone at their own expense.<\/p>\n It is now certain that Patriks Plumins with play in the Q this season. This is likely a very good move for him, since he will get to play a lot for the first time in his career. <\/p>\n Premi\u00e8re pratique avec les Sags pour Patriks Plumins \u2705<\/p>\n Le gardien letton de 6\u20194\u201d, rep\u00each\u00e9 en 4e ronde par les Maple Leafs de Toronto, a fait son arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 Chicoutimi hier\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfb#fierdetresags<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ljbXH1jb2g<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Saguen\u00e9ens (@SagueneensLHJMQ) August 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n A refresher: <\/p>\n