Laughton has been among the league's leading advocates for promoting LGBTQ+ acceptance for athletes and others.
Although the NHL will continue having Pride nights, it will not allow Pride stick tape while the players are on the ice.to use rainbow Pride stick tape while on the ice, according to a memo sent to teams. Flyers forward Scott Laughton disagrees.
“I think it got probably a little too political last year with everything, when you’re just trying to make it easy on people to come to games and feel welcome,” Laughton said., an organization that advocates for respecting LGBTQ+ athletes. He regularly hosts guests from the LGBTQ+ community at games throughout the year. Laughton spearheaded a number of initiatives last season together with former Flyer James van Riemsdyk.
Though it was more than a year ago since he last played in a regular-season NHL game, those 10 games have been valuable experience for the right winger.
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