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# FTB: The last week of the boring no-news off-season?
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/ftb-the-last-week-of-the-boring-no-news-off-season/
- Published: 2025-08-25T09:40:03.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-25T11:12:01.000Z
- Description: September starts in one week. Will they give us even a crumb of information to talk about this week?
- Author: Species
- Tags: From The Branches

It's the final week of August, and wouldn't you know it, nothing has happened over the weekend. Literally nothing. So either this week will be a gong show of activity, or it's another week of dead silence. I'll let you decide, but the answer is nothing.

However, we will continue with our Top 25 Under 25 this week and there will be six players in the rankings over the five days as there is a tie in this range. No spoilers on which day that tie will be, sorry, but it's a Kitten Ranching and Hockey Rankings LLC policy not to tell you in advance.

### News Crumbs

The headline is a bit sensational, but they do have more very highly skilled players now than in recent memory. I want Holzer to still make the team for the pun opportunities.

[Seider wants Germany to ‘challenge all the big names’ at Olympics | NHL.comRed Wings defenseman part of talented roster aiming to raise international profile, win medal![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/favicon-apple-touch-icon-122.png)NHL logoAaron Vickers![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/l7zrkxsk594uew437syv.jpg)](https://www.nhl.com/news/mortiz-seider-wants-germany-to-challenge-at-2026-olympic-winter-games-milano-cortina?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Yes, Pakistan has a national women's hockey team, and they're getting better each year.

[Color of Hockey: Rauf making impact as Pakistan women’s coach in LATAM Cup | NHL.comYale junior forward finds work behind bench ‘motivates me to keep going’ as role model![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/favicon-apple-touch-icon-121.png)NHL logoWilliam Douglas![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/gdlcp51gir5azsvrj5r7.png)](https://www.nhl.com/news/color-of-hockey-mariya-rauf-role-model-for-pakistan-women?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

And here's what TLN thinks of the Leafs prospect opportunities right now.

[Timing a trade, Benning as a wildcard, and best shape of my life SZN: LeafletsThere are actual events on the NHL calendar (albeit a promo tour in Eu…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/apple-touch-icon-285.png)TheLeafsNationJon Steitzer![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/image-67)](https://theleafsnation.com/news/timing-trade-benning-wildcard-and-best-shape-of-my-life-leaflets?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

And that's it!

Just give us some news, hockey leagues! WHHHHRGRBRGLBGRLBGLRBGLRLBGBRL!

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