slapshot1619 Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 From Bucky gleason's column.... Phoenix had the decency to pull Clarence's Kevyn Adams aside before the deadline to discuss teams interested in his services. Adams was told the Sabres weren't among them and immediately signed a one-year extension with the Coyotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FogBat Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 Hey, Eklund! Put this :bag: on for all your prevarications! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetweenThePipes00 Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 You guys take Eklund WAY too seriously ... he has never claimed that everything he hears is GOING to happen. The problem is that people see what he openly admits is a RUMOR and run with it as if "Eklund said this WAS going to happen!" Besides, Phoenix didn't tell Adams that until the day before the deadline. Eklund had been saying Adams was a POSSIBILITY to Buffalo for weeks. If the Sabres don't hit that crazy stretch of injuries, they are much more likely to look for a guy like Adams and keep Biron. Instead they had to set their sights higher. Again, I am not defending Eklund's success rate. He reports EVERYTHING he hears, and most of it never happens. Thing is, he KNOWS this and ADMITS it off the top. So what's the big deal? Take it for what it is. I have no problem with the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 You guys take Eklund WAY too seriously ... he has never claimed that everything he hears is GOING to happen. The problem is that people see what he openly admits is a RUMOR and run with it as if "Eklund said this WAS going to happen!" Besides, Phoenix didn't tell Adams that until the day before the deadline. Eklund had been saying Adams was a POSSIBILITY to Buffalo for weeks. If the Sabres don't hit that crazy stretch of injuries, they are much more likely to look for a guy like Adams and keep Biron. Instead they had to set their sights higher. Again, I am not defending Eklund's success rate. He reports EVERYTHING he hears, and most of it never happens. Thing is, he KNOWS this and ADMITS it off the top. So what's the big deal? Take it for what it is. I have no problem with the guy. He throws completely random crap out there. That's fine. My problem is with people who take his site as if it's the Bible.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 I just needs to be widely known that Eklund doesn't base his rumors on any facts, observations, or legitimate investigation. That said, are there rumor sites (besides TSN radio on deadline day) that actually investigates or probes to reveal true information? Even TSN's very simple "so and so didn't come out on the ice for practice today" was a great way to justafiably start a rumor. Guessing about what one thinks a team needs and who can supply those needs like some armchair GM is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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