I was wandering through the wilds of bluesky when I stumbled on this screenshot which sounds entirely bananas? Does anyone know if this verifiably took place?

Couldn't find that specifically, but apparently he's under investigation for broader and similar financial issues:

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/pwhl-owner-mark-walter-under-155511162.html

It is certainly sus that this person didn't link anything, not even a screen shot of what this "random reddit poster" actually said.

I just hope the league survives this stuff...

Sorry for the link to Twitter, it was all I could find. And the Twitter alternatives are down.

It appears to be! The hockey news covered it this morning.

They cite an article from Sportico, who cite Reddit. (archive.is link of Sportico article)

Sportico links the document straight from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, too: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/ipas/search/api/v3/public/download/trademark/9320/0567

This is the risk of having one person owning the league. We could lose the PWHL simply because of his issues, even if it was succeeding on its own merit.