#off the boards

Have you ever seen someone in online hockey communities say that Vancouver Canucks defenceman Quinn Hughes has “eldest daughter syndrome?” Or heard people call Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner “the first male victim of misogyny?”

In this 3-part series, Avery Beaumont unpacks masculinity in #NHL hockey, how it's developed over the past decade, and how that has changed hockey fanbases forever.

"Some of these men are making more money than I will ever see in my life, and yet they seem to be recycling the same three suits over and over?"

The moment you've all been waiting for...we now have our finalists in the Offside News NHL Bromance Bracket Challenge.

Read the voting results here.

That's my best friend, he a real bad b*tch.

Missing your favourite on-ice friendships? We put together just a few of our favourite duos (and trios!) to keep you going until puck drop.

"The situation with Duclair and the Islanders reveals the hypocrisy that exists within the NHL in regards to progress and racial equity. 'Hockey is for everyone'…if you can conform to the arbitrary rules that have no basis to how you perform on the ice. 'If you can play, you can play'…as long as you look and act exactly as we want. 'We welcome everyone to the rink'…who will assimilate to our culture without too many questions."