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# Long Weekend FTB: Labour Day means Hockey is Nigh
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/long-weekend-ftb-labour-day-means-hockey-is-nigh/
- Published: 2026-09-05T10:00:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-05T10:00:31.000Z
- Description: And the last quiet weekend is right now.
- Author: Cathy Squires
- Tags: From The Branches

The Canucks did a big contract on an unproven player that if this works out will be a cheap deal in a few years: 

> 8 MORE YEARS OF ZEEV! 🤩  
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> General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that the [#Canucks](https://x.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) have agreed to terms with defenceman Zeev Buium on an eight-year contract extension with a $9.38 million AAV.  
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> DETAILS | [https://t.co/820PqgYgjb](https://t.co/820PqgYgjb?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) [pic.twitter.com/KuP6jvfooB](https://t.co/KuP6jvfooB?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) [September 4, 2026](https://x.com/Canucks/status/2095991774129148039?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

The deadline for eight-year deals is September 15.

[‘We were aggressive’: Canucks place massive, calculated bet on Zeev BuiumUnder new general manager Ryan Johnson and co-presidents Henrik and Daniel Sedin, the Canucks have placed a massive, calculated bet on Buium, who was the centrepiece in the haul of assets Vancouver received last December for trading superstar defenceman Quinn Hughes to Minnesota.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/sn_favicon-294e9c2a-0c12-4b91-93ef-862709502479.ico)Sportsnet.caIain MacIntyre![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/Zeev-Buium-eee506e8-7c18-4315-80f4-73fe28ec8d7c.jpg)](https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/we-were-aggressive-canucks-place-massive-calculated-bet-on-zeev-buium/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

> The NHL’s next Board of Governors meetings takes place later this month and will provide an update on potential expansion markets (such as Houston/Austin, Atlanta, etc.).  
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> Per NHL source: “The board will be briefed on status of various expressions of interest.” [https://t.co/cbj43oOfYU](https://t.co/cbj43oOfYU?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
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> — David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) [September 4, 2026](https://x.com/TheFourthPeriod/status/2095972881939210353?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Response from Bill Daily to [The Athletic](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7566675/2026/09/04/nhl-not-close-application-phase-atlanta-expansion-group/?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.-lA.TRkt.X6n09bOU1422&source=emp%5Fshared%5Farticle).

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> "After a post from the X account “NHLtoAtlanta” gained steam Friday, the National Hockey League denied that one of the groups developing a project to build an arena in suburban Atlanta that could house an expansion team has “submitted a final packet for approval.”   
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> NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told *The Athletic* Atlanta is “not even remotely close to an application phase” after the development team behind The Gathering in South Forsyth posted an update saying it submitted a final financing packet to the NHL for review and approval.  
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> Although the group behind the project to build that arena continues to update the league on progress toward a bid for a franchise, the application process is formal, comprehensive and time-consuming, and none of what the group has provided forms the basis of an application.

> "I do think the Wild and Hughes are going to be meeting soon." 👀[@FriedgeHNIC](https://x.com/FriedgeHNIC?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) joined [#NHLTonight](https://x.com/hashtag/NHLTonight?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) to provide the latest on Quinn Hughes.  
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> 📺: NHL Tonight on NHL Network [pic.twitter.com/80kBYecRDl](https://t.co/80kBYecRDl?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
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> — NHL Media (@NHLMedia) [September 4, 2026](https://x.com/NHLMedia/status/2095966532648214760?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

[The chasm between journalism and insiderdom has never been widerPablo Torre’s reporting into the Clippers will be remembered for generations, proving the true value of journalism over insiderdom.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/cropped-AA_Logo_L-270x270-f47ca93c-cec0-4ebb-8ad7-53d239287389.jpg)Awful AnnouncingMatt Yoder![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/image-1-14a040ee-ceba-45d1-9f74-df6bdeb622f8.png)](https://awfulannouncing.com/opinion/chasm-between-journalism-insiderdom.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

[One player who has to deliver for every Atlantic Division teamThe Atlantic Division might just be hockey’s Group of Death. Which makes it even more important for each of these eight players to come through for their squads this season, writes Sportsnet’s Ryan Dixon.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/icon/sn_favicon-dc6a37a5-2196-441d-8697-262bb7dca0d0.ico)Sportsnet.caRyan Dixon![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/thumbnail/newhook-16x9-1-a51f0cbc-6da3-4074-b018-659b8a2d7020.jpg)](https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/one-player-who-has-to-deliver-for-every-atlantic-division-team/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Your schedule for once this weekend is over: 

We continue the T25 next week starting on Tuesday with number 7\. 

On the weekend we have the Leafs prospects in Gatineau, so we expect a roster early this week for that event. 

We will wrap up the T25 after that weekend and move right into profiles of new Leafs players as training camp begins, sometime around September 17\. 

The preseason roars up on us fast with two games on Saturday, September 19\. That's right two weeks to quasi-hockey. 

Time to get ready! Summer is almost over. Enjoy your long weekend, everyone.