The votes are closed on the T25, and the abacus got a workout tabulating the votes. The first post will be today, with the unranked and the honourable mentions, and #25 will go live on Wednesday.

We had several ties this year, more than I can ever recall, so we'll have some days with double posts between now and mid-September.

In NHL news, the Stars signed Nathan Bastian to a minimum salary deal, and there have been no trades.

The Leafs have not made the Kyle Clifford hiring announcement yet, so it's possible they've got other news to announce at the same time. We'll see if that comes out today.

The Hlinka Cup starts today.

IIHF - Hlinka Gretzky Cup starts Monday in Brno and Trencin
It’s an annual tradition – for U18 players from hockey’s elite nations, the season starts in August
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Landon DuPont headlines stacked Team Canada for Hlinka Gretzky Cup | TSN
TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button profiles seven players to watch for Canada as the 2025 Hlinka Gretzky Cup (LIVE on TSN, TSN.ca and the TSN App) gets underway on Monday.
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The tournament is on TSN if you want to watch.

Canadian Hockey on TSN National Broadcast Schedule | TSN
Check out TSN’s national broadcast schedule, with more tournament coverage to follow.
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A brief look at Maple Leafs news on the plethora of sites that have popped up to lure you in with enticing headlines and articles that are one tweet and some text shows every player not signed by the Leafs is someone they missed out on and every player speculated to be traded by any other team is a Leafs target. Which they will ultimately miss out on.

I have not been reading these:

That's it for today, everyone. Have a good one.

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