darksabre Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 This is the speculation thread and Shannon, Dreger, McKenzie, Friedman do something on a daily basis that 99% of the posters on this board do not, talk with NHL GMs. If any of them consistently made ###### up they wouldn’t have a job. Does a large majority of what they say not come true, sure but that information is coming from NHL Front Offices Sure, but a lot of what they say is "things that aren't not true". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 I agree. Or just close that one now; it's not relevant anymore. Or append “Deadline Day” to the title of this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 This is the speculation thread and Shannon, Dreger, McKenzie, Friedman do something on a daily basis that 99% of the posters on this board do not, talk with NHL GMs. If any of them consistently made ###### up they wouldn’t have a job. Does a large majority of what they say not come true, sure but that information is coming from NHL Front Offices And of course an NHL GM has never mislead a journalist or used them for his own purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 This is the speculation thread and Shannon, Dreger, McKenzie, Friedman do something on a daily basis that 99% of the posters on this board do not, talk with NHL GMs. If any of them consistently made ###### up they wouldn’t have a job. Does a large majority of what they say not come true, sure but that information is coming from NHL Front OfficesHe completely contradicted himself within 5 minutes because fans were yelling at him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 Seravalli on TSN has a video from last night saying 5 teams are interested in Kane, but I’m not in the correct region (Canada) to watch the video. Anyone here in Ontario and can tell us what he said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3putt Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 At this point I'm just amazed Dreger said anything about anything without connecting it to the Leafs. And Shannon is worse. he seems to think the NHL exists to serve the Leafs and its fanbase and anything that happens must have a positive impact on the Leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 Sure, but a lot of what they say is "things that aren't not true". Of course, they have a job to do. They have to fill Insider Trading and Saturday Headlines Segments during the season and eight hours of airtime today. NHL Front Offices know the game and throws them some info most which has some degree of truth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 This is the speculation thread and Shannon, Dreger, McKenzie, Friedman do something on a daily basis that 99% of the posters on this board do not, talk with NHL GMs. Well I’m glad you did see fit to recognize that time in 2006 when Darcy and I crossed paths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTS Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 Since Spectrum's pass-thru authentication for ESPN3 is not working I broke down and signed up for 5 days free trial of YouTube TV which lets me get ESPN3. I tried to listening to WGR550 but honestly the Instigators are so bush league in their coverage it was painful. Bring on the trades! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 He completely contradicted himself within 5 minutes because fans were yelling at him. He said there was a belief, one GM could have said I don’t think Kane is being moved today or maybe he likes with Sabres Fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samson's Flow Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 I speculate that Kane will be traded for some combination of picks and prospects, as long as both GM's are satisfied with the asking price. ...am I doing this right? :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 He said there was a belief, one GM could have said I don’t think Kane is being moved today or maybe he likes ###### with Sabres Fans But that right there is the problem. Saying "there's a belief" does not properly convey the information he received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 Since Spectrum's pass-thru authentication for ESPN3 is not working I broke down and signed up for 5 days free trial of YouTube TV which lets me get ESPN3. I tried to listening to WGR550 but honestly the Instigators are so bush league in their coverage it was painful. Bring on the trades! They quite the lineup of face punchers today. With apologies to Kris Baker and Brian Duff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 And Shannon is worse. he seems to think the NHL exists to serve the Leafs and its fanbase and anything that happens must have a positive impact on the Leaves. so he is a typical Leafs fan? I speculate that Kane will be traded for some combination of picks and prospects, as long as both GM's are satisfied with the asking price. ...am I doing this right? :unsure: if you posted that on Twitter it would qualify you to be an NHL insider! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3putt Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 so he is a typical Leafs fan? if you posted that on Twitter it would qualify you to be an NHL insider! Yeah typical but with a media platform behind him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 But that right there is the problem. Saying "there's a belief" does not properly convey the information he received. He could have gotten a text that “ I believe Kane doesn’t get moved today” and he reported as “There is a belief” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducky Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 Seravalli on TSN has a video from last night saying 5 teams are interested in Kane, but I’m not in the correct region (Canada) to watch the video. Anyone here in Ontario and can tell us what he said? Five teams serious about him...nobody willing to pay high asking price at first but there are 5 teams circling since Nash was moved...Sabres willing to eat 50% of Kaner's salary to help the deal along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 (edited) Five teams serious about him...nobody willing to pay high asking price at first but there are 5 teams circling since Nash was moved...Sabres willing to eat 50% of Kaner's salary to help the deal along. It’s probably safe to assume that the Jets are not one of those five ;) Edited February 26, 2018 by Brawndo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 He could have gotten a text that “ I believe Kane doesn’t get moved today” and he reported as “There is a belief” But "there is a belief" makes it seem like it's a growing sentiment. If it's from a single source, it should be reported as such. I don't think the reporters are useless like Flagg does, but Shannon definitely screwed the pooch here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 Yeah typical but with a media platform behind him. so like most of the sports networks here then? Although living in this area I may be biased, I believe sportsnet and tsn have local broadcasts and broadcasters depending on your area that would be biased towards the local team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swedesessed Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 I speculate that Kane will be traded for some combination of picks and prospects, as long as both GM's are satisfied with the asking price. ...am I doing this right? :unsure: That's good, just use the 'sources' word to give it that little something extra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 Five teams serious about him...nobody willing to pay high asking price at first but there are 5 teams circling since Nash was moved...Sabres willing to eat 50% of Kaner's salary to help the deal along. Which teams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 I don't think it's a race thing (and PTR is trolling all of you anyway). But I think it's a fancy-stats thing. Kane, despite his numbers, destroys the stats of the line he is on. Is it a chemistry thing? Is it just about the way he plays the game? I don't know, but I think GM's don't see him as "plug-n-play" like they might see other players (like Nash, who has played on a couple teams with success). Kane, because of how he plays the game, is simply a bigger roll of the dice. If you have a line that isn't producing anyway then he probably wont do much damage. But you might be in trouble if you're trying to plug him into a line that already works just fine. If offering an opinion is trolling then what are you all doing? I definitely think Kane being black is a huge reason his transgressions linger while, as Sabel79 points out, the white Kane's foibles are quickly forgotten. Could also be a reason why others see him as smug. Please point to an occasion when EKane was smug. I seemed to miss that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 No surprise, but the Penguins are not in on Kane. Per Jason Mackey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samson's Flow Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 That's good, just use the 'sources' word to give it that little something extra I knew I missed something! Five teams serious about him...nobody willing to pay high asking price at first but there are 5 teams circling since Nash was moved...Sabres willing to eat 50% of Kaner's salary to help the deal along. Five teams interested is probably enough of a critical mass to get a trade done with pretty favorable terms for the Sabres. If those teams start even a small bidding war we will like the return coming back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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