Ottawa Senators’ goaltender Linus Ullmark stepped away from the Senators’ activities at the end of December for personal reasons. In recent days, malicious rumors have spread in the NHL regarding the reason for the Swedish goaltender’s absence.

According to rumors, Ullmark has cheated on his wife. After this, the Swedish goaltender reportedly told his wife about all his teammates who have also cheated during away games. This information was allegedly then passed on by Ullmark’s wife to the players’ girlfriends and wives just before Christmas, which, according to the claims, led to several breakups. For this reason, other players want Ullmark out of the team.

NHL reporter David Pagnotta recently stated on the The Sheet program that, according to what he has heard, the relationship between Ullmark and Ottawa is not in the best possible shape. At the same time, Pagnotta has heard that Ullmark has been offered in trades to other teams.

Ottawa Senators GM Steve Staios has denied the unpleasant rumors regarding Ullmark in a club statement.

– Our organization is extremely disappointed to read completely fabricated and false stories that are spreading on social media about us. Linus is away from our team for personal reasons, and he has the full support of the entire organization. We ask that people respect his privacy, but clearly our request has gone unheard by the lowest-level trolls and sick individuals lurking on the internet, the statement reads.

– We are disgusted that outside forces are trying to disrupt our team. This statement puts an end to all the ridiculous speculation that is spreading online.

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"There have been a lot of rumours around Ullmark's leave and whether his relationship with the organization has been strained in some fashion. It sounds like that's the case. Other teams I've talked to have heard his name out there."

- David Pagnotta via Jeff Marek's 'The Sheet'

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