Deen’s Daily: Josh Manson Pens Beautiful Tribute to His Late Mother Lana

Josh Manson, through the Players Tribute, penned a beautiful letter to his late mother, Lana, on Tuesday.

All that and more on this edition of Deen’s Daily — August 5.

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It’s been two years since Manson lost his mother to cancer. On the anniversary of her passing, he penned a beautiful and moving tribute to his mom, and it’s one of the better stories I’ve read this summer. The link is below.

READ MORE: Mom — By Josh Manson

I’ll never forget the shirts Ryan Johansen and the rest of his Avalanche teammates had made for Manson during the mother’s trip in November 2023. I know Johansen’s time here wasn’t remembered fondly, but that’s one memory that has and will always stick out for me. Johansen spoke eloquently back then about how the idea came to be. And how he ran the idea by Josh before having the shirts made.

Josh Manson says the shirts for the Mom's trip was Ryan Johansen's idea. He approached Manson two weeks ago to run it by him.

Once Josh gave his blessing, Ryan quickly had the shirts made and distributed pic.twitter.com/3wKayGCj8O

— Aarif Deen (@runwriteAarif) November 6, 2023

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