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‘Marns added “Derms” to the chat’
Marns: everyone please welcome our lord and savior
Chucky: not disagreeing but i think that might be offensive to like religion?
Sid: sacrilegious
Bee: bless you
Hughsie: i think it depends on the religion tbh
Derms: i am so confused
Matts: by religion?
Derms: no dumbass. Im confused about what group message this is and why im here
Marns: oh! Its the chat for gay NHL players!
Derms: Marns im not gay
Barrie: Not everyone here is gay dude. Some of us are bi
Derms: not bi either
Derms: totally straight
Kerfy: but the tape??? Like dude you single-handedly got the league to allow pride tape again
Derms: It was a stupid rule?
Chucky: wait Travis
Chucky: are you saying you put your head on the chopping block for the queer community bc you’re an ally?
Chucky: like no offense but you’re not Sid or Davo, you could have lost your career
Derms: tbf, I only thought like 10 people max would see it. I didn’t think it would blow up the way it did
Derms: I have someone really close to me who is still in the closet and thats shitty as hell so I wanted them to know that I was still in their corner regardless of what the
league said
Derms: But then it ended up all over social media and I was expecting a suspension or something for “defying the use of non-regulation stick tape” or some other stupid
reason. Like once it was such a big deal, I didn’t think they’d be stupid enough to kick me out of the league bc of the backlash that would come.
Derms: Except nobody ever heard anything about what my punishment would be. Then Bettman came out and said the original ban was “misunderstood” and that players
could use any stick tape that they like.
Derms: and I wasn’t fined or reprimanded at all so
Sid: Kid, that’s brave as hell.
JD: imagine being there in person and seeing it. fuck i wanted to cry
Zeegs: same
Kerfy: it does suck knowing that an ally was able to do more than any of us were tho
Derms: thats stupid as fuck Alex
Derms: being straight meant i had so much less to lose. Like if any of you had done it there was a risk of being outed which would SUCK and could potentially be dangerous
Backe: Except it was dangerous for you too. You could have lost your job.
Derms: i mean it could be physically dangerous for you guys as well as career wise
Stromer: Damn it Travis. That’s so fucking nice.
EJ: He can stay in the chat.
EJ: I don’t care if he’s not queer, he can be the exception
Landy: agreed
Geno: He break league rules for us so we break chat rules for him.
Bee: all hail Travis Dermott
Feds: Is that a country singer?
Flower: What? No
Geno: He is hockey Jesus for the gays
Feds: I don’t know what the means but good for him
Stromer: the league banned the use of pride tape on sticks for dumb af reasons (they said it was for uniform reasons but really it was because it upset religious people and
the league didn’t want to lose money)
Stromer: but Derms (Travis dermott) taped his stick with it anyway during a game and it blew up on social media which led the league to take back the ban and say it was all
a “misunderstanding” which is bullshit
Alex: the craziest part is that, yeah Derms is a great fucking player, but he took a HUGE risk by using the tape bc he’s not a generational talent like Davo or Sid and he’s not
a first overall pick like Matts or Hughes AND he’s not even queer.
Feds: He is not gay?
Derms: Nope
Marns: that hasn’t been proven true yet
Marns: you hit on me once
Derms: I DID NO SUCH THING
Derms: I told you I liked your suit ONE TIME and you said “I’m flattered but I’m in a relationship” and walked away
Willy: tbh that’s funny as hell and sounds exactly like something Mitchy would do
Derms: you know what?
Derms: Willy being in here is the least surprising part about this chat
Tito: What’s the most surprising part?
Derms: aside from its existence? Sergei Federov being here is pretty wild
Tito: I’m offended you didn’t say me
Derms: Tito you once ordered a blowjob shot at a bar and told me “look at how good I am at these. Well probably. I’ve never had one of the shots before.”
Tito: I do not remember this
Tanger: That’s so embarrassing for you
Feds: I love baby gay Jesus
Derms: still not gay
Hughsie: I mean you being gay Jesus makes sense??
Hughsie: Jesus was both ethnically and religiously Jewish. He wasnt christian its the people who believe he was the messiah that are Christians.
Hughsie: So you being gay Jesus would technically mean that you were the messiah to gay people. which is true. At least in this chat.
Cauly: jackie baby youre so smart
Marns: didn’t expect to get a lesson in religion but im glad it proves my point
Bee: i wanna know why travis isn’t surprised by Willy being here
Derms: you mean aside from everything about him? And whatever shit was going on with him and dubas
Sid: WHAT?!?!?
Sid: What is going on with Willy and my GM???
Willy: well he was my gm first
Bee: that doesn’t answer the question tho
Willy: what question
Backe: Sid. The baby Nylander is playing for your AHL team, no? Just ask him.
Matts: why do you think Alex knows????
Backe: Alex is the younger sibling. He has always been able to find out what William is up to.
Sid: Nicklas, you’re a genius.
Landy: Don’t encourage his head to get any bigger.
EJ: You are the last person to make a big head comment Gabriel.
Derms: ngl i thought this was gonna be more of a queer support chat not whatever the fuck is going on now
Derms: like spying on one player in this league by using his little brother in another league for information
Krieds: Inter-league espionage.
Chucky: new chat name just dropped y’all