NHL players may need to be more cautious than ever before regarding their activity on Instagram.
If you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, an account by the name of &#8220;NHL Follow Tracker&#8221; has been making waves on X in recent months. The account, which boasts of &#8220;tracking 700+ NHL players&#8217; Instagrams 24/7,&#8221; tracks active player follows and unfollows from their personal Instagram accounts.
Fans were interested to hear that former Calgary Flames forward Nazem Kadri started following Megan Fox, for instance.
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👉 43kadri (Nazem Kadri) started following 1 and unfollowed 0:
✅ meganfox (Megan Fox) 🔗 <a href="https://t.co/I2fG9ehaDZ">https://t.co/I2fG9ehaDZ</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Flames?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Flames</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NHL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NHL</a> <a href="https://t.co/bHMeZSpH7l">pic.twitter.com/bHMeZSpH7l</a>
&mdash; NHL Follow Tracker (@NHLFollowTrack) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLFollowTrack/status/2033943832149299458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Generally, these discoveries are completely harmless, though they do create some great banter for fans. Take, for example, the moment when Canadian-born defenceman Olen Zellweger unfollowed Auston Matthews, Clayton Keller, and Jack Eichel just one day after <a href="https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-loses-ot-usa-olympic-gold-medal-game" target="_blank">the U.S. men&#8217;s hockey team won Olympic gold</a>.
&#8220;Olen Zellweger, I was not aware of your patriotism. Imma have to follow you now,&#8221; one user wrote.
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👉 olenzellweger (Olen Zellweger) started following 0 and unfollowed 6:
❌ _ellerylopez (elle) 🔗 <a href="https://t.co/qBEDkpFMBd">https://t.co/qBEDkpFMBd</a> ❌ austonmatthews (AM) 🔗 <a href="https://t.co/hpdh4nwQ3I">https://t.co/hpdh4nwQ3I</a> ❌ claytonkeller19 (Clayton Keller) 🔗 <a href="https://t.co/BKivOC7LND">https://t.co/BKivOC7LND</a> ❌ jackeichel (Jack Eichel) 🔗… <a href="https://t.co/FvAqh2Lyfh">pic.twitter.com/FvAqh2Lyfh</a>
&mdash; NHL Follow Tracker (@NHLFollowTrack) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLFollowTrack/status/2025840175293817073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Another funny moment from this new account came back in December, when New Jersey Devils defenceman Luke Hughes followed the Minnesota Wild on Instagram shortly after his brother, Quinn, had been traded there. While that in itself got some talking, what made it even better was that he also followed <a href="https://dailyhive.com/toronto/everyone-thinks-tate-mcrae-dating-hughes" target="_blank">Tate McRae, who his other brother, Jack, was rumoured to be dating</a>.
&#8220;Bro is catching up with family business,&#8221; a fan quickly replied.
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👉 lhughes_06 (Luke Hughes) started following 3 and unfollowed 1:
✅ minnesotawild (Minnesota Wild) 🔗 <a href="https://t.co/Q1JEYbjcgO">https://t.co/Q1JEYbjcgO</a> ✅ tatemcrae (Tate McRae) 🔗 <a href="https://t.co/u15j9IuThz">https://t.co/u15j9IuThz</a> ✅ tshea32 (Tyler Shea) 🔗 <a href="https://t.co/CHdWidUkrO">https://t.co/CHdWidUkrO</a>
❌ canucks (Vancouver Canucks) 🔗… <a href="https://t.co/IkDjbV5nNs">pic.twitter.com/IkDjbV5nNs</a>
&mdash; NHL Follow Tracker (@NHLFollowTrack) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLFollowTrack/status/2003354097164988784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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This account doesn&#8217;t just track players. It also monitors NHL teams&#8217; Instagram pages. For example, it revealed that the Colorado Avalanche followed Kadri shortly after acquiring him in a trade from the Flames.
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👉 coloradoavalanche (Colorado Avalanche) started following 1 and unfollowed 0:
✅ 43kadri (Nazem Kadri) 🔗 <a href="https://t.co/o2dx3TZD5k">https://t.co/o2dx3TZD5k</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoAvsGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoAvsGo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NHL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NHL</a> <a href="https://t.co/PRcEGHkDL4">pic.twitter.com/PRcEGHkDL4</a>
&mdash; NHL Follow Tracker (@NHLFollowTrack) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLFollowTrack/status/2030053791756861689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 6, 2026</a></blockquote>
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One of the funniest updates from this account came less than a month ago. Pittsburgh Penguins star forward Evgeni Malkin began following an account named &#8220;Humans Choose Kindness,&#8221; only to unfollow it just days later. Fans online had plenty of fun with the situation.
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While this account has and will continue to make NHL players more aware of their Instagram activity, it has also created plenty of fun for fans, who can expect more hilarious reveals from it moving forward.
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If you haven't seen it yet, an account by the name of "NHL Follow Tracker" has been making waves on X. The account, which boasts of "tracking 700+ NHL players' Instagrams 24/7," tracks active player follows and unfollows from their personal Instagram accounts.

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NHL players need to be more cautious than ever before regarding their activity on Instagram, with a new X account tracking their every move.