# @offside on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc4OGMIP9sh
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69965957-offside-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-04T20:18:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Offside (@offside) — https://gondola.cc/offside

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The rumour mill has been working overtime ever since Elliotte Friedman and Kevin Bieksa reportedly became “free agents” on Sept. 1 😳🚨

While Sportsnet has taken a ton of criticism from fans in recent years, Friedman and Bieksa are likely the network’s two most popular hockey broadcasters. It begs the question: are Sportsnet execs playing with fire here? 😬

Maybe not with Friedman, who is “inching closer” to a deal with Sportsnet, according to Rob Longley of the Toronto Sun🤞

As for Bieksa, Longley is reporting that the former Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim Ducks defenceman has “entertained opportunities” to work in the United States 👀

#nhl #sportsnet

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