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Capitals’ Brendan Leipsic is going to have a rough year whenever hockey comes back from hiatus.
UPDATE: The Washington Capitals Are Terminating Brendan Leipsic’s Contract
On Wednesday afternoon, Leipsic’s Instagram DMs were leaked on the Internet and some of the DMs featured Leipsic mocking former and current teammates.
https://twitter.com/HockeyXT/status/1258152517596217344
Here’s Leipsic calling some of his current lineman “fucking losers.”
https://twitter.com/leahflame/status/1258145061319004161
https://twitter.com/holtbymoly/status/1258169709427654657
In another DM, Leipsic mocks former teammate Tanner Pearson’s wife by calling her “fat.”
https://twitter.com/leahflame/status/1258138873969823744
Some of the other DMs are NSFW sexual in nature and you can see the entire thread here.
https://twitter.com/pxlitic/status/1258162608823308294
https://twitter.com/pxlitic/status/1258163776173604865
The Capitals released a statement saying they were looking into the DMs and Leipsic went on to delete his Instagram account.
The Washington Capitals are aware, and looking into, the recent Instagram comments attributed to Brendan Leipsic, I'm told.
— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) May 6, 2020
Also it appears that Leipsic's Instagram is also no longer active, as of this afternoon.
— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) May 6, 2020
Update: Leipsic has apologized after saying one his friends got his account hacked which led to the screenshots of “private conversations” making their way onto the Internet
https://twitter.com/19LEIP/status/1258173279946199040
The NHL has also released a statement.
Statement from the National Hockey League. pic.twitter.com/aZm1M2wZBk
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) May 7, 2020
Twitter is expecting Tanner Pearson to lay in Leipsic whenever they play again.
You’d think Tanner Pearson takes matters with Brendan Leipsic into his own hands when hockey comes back. I would imagine Jake Virtanen is on that list too. Lots of guys are going to be lining him up for a long time to come. Assuming he’s in the league.
— Jesse Marshall (@jmarshfof) May 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/codyglasses/status/1258156231635505153
https://twitter.com/dameofscones/status/1258150434033803269
https://twitter.com/MyDrumLuck1987/status/1258151458987544576