Overview
- Multiple reports say players remain without rings nearly six months after the championship, and several say they have heard nothing since summer fittings.
- Abbotsford Canucks management told Abbotsford The News on Dec. 5 that a reply was coming within a week, then ceased communication, according to reporter Ben Lypka.
- Rick Dhaliwal raised the issue on Sportsnet 650, publicly questioning the lack of rings and urging the organization to resolve it.
- Recent AHL champions such as Hershey, Cleveland and Grand Rapids received rings by October or November, with the longest waits in the past reaching early December.
- Roster turnover complicates delivery, with key contributors now in the NHL or other organizations, and head coach Manny Malhotra saying in September he did not know when he would receive his ring.